Final Fantasy VII finally has a new trailer showing gameplay, the voice acting for Cloud, Barret, and Aerith. It isn’t much as this is the first 25 minutes of the game in general. More announcements will be held in June.
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Mortal Kombat 11 Krypt Patch Changes
Mortal Kombat 11 released last week. While the gameplay was praised, many fans were complaining about the Krpyt and Tower of Time system. Many players commented about the low reward numbers in-game currency – Koins, Soul Fragments, Hearts. With a low amount, players had to grind accessively to unlock skins, augments, and other goodies. People on Reddit and other gaming forums accused Netherrealms (Mortal Kombat Developer Studio) of forcing players to buy in-game currency with real money.
Netherrealms has released a new patch that addresses the players complaints for PlayStation 4 and will be on all other systems soon. Players will earn 3x more Koin, Soul Fragments, and Hearts for games. Tower of Time has also been adjusted in difficulty, payout, and Konsumables. Players stated the difficulty was too difficult and nearly impossible without using Konsumables. Hopefully with these changes, players can unlock more content on their own accord as Mortal Kombat 11 has a lot of extra credit in the Krypts. Below are more specific changes regarding the Tower of Time. Balance notes are also on the subreddit.
Towers of Time Adjustments
• Adjusted AI difficulty curve
• Further opponent health reductions in higher level Towers
• Performing a Fatal Blow while standing in an active modifier will no longer sometimes cause unexpected behavior or a crash
• Ice based modifiers will no longer attempt to freeze players during invalid states
• Adjusted and removed modifiers from many Daily Towers
• Increased Koin Rewards for kompleting Towers and Tower Platforms
• Increased Dragon Challenge Koin rewards
• Increased post fight Koin rewards
• Increased amount of Hearts earned from Fatalities, Brutalities, and Mercies
• Lowered modifier damage for many modifiers
• Adjusted the lifespan of several modifiers
• Dramatically increased cooldowns on Tag Assist modifiers
• Fixed a missing Reduced Damage modifier in The Gauntlet
• Several Gift/Curse Modifiers are now considered projectiles allowing them to interact with moves that effect projectiles as intended
• Adjusted Gauntlet difficulty and progression requirements
• Disabler Konsumables now work with all intended modifiers
• Improved targeting for several Konsumables
• Sektor Hunter Killer Protocol Modifier is now disabled by the Rocket Disabler Konsumable
• Corrected some multipliers on Augments for some characters which were inconsistent with others
• Fixed incorrect Armor interactions with some Modifiers
• Decreased Konsumable cooldowns for players
Borderlands 3 Trailer & More!
Gearbox just showcased Borderlands 3 at Pax East. While most of the announcements were just people talking about how excited they were to work on the game, the trailer showed a bunch of stuff.
As usual, there are 4 Vault Hunters you can play as in the game. While their names weren’t specified, you can see some of their abilities showcased.
- There’s a buff female Hunter who has the markings of a Siren and can apparently spawn six massive arms. We see her briefly summoning a giant arm later in the trailer and holding an enemy in a containment bubble.
- A younger female Hunter appears standing in front of a mech that she can apparently summon. Other players can apparently co-pilot.
- An older male Hunter apparently uses a gadget that will let him create a holographic version of himself. He may be a character from Tales of the Borderlands
- An android Beastmaster appears to fight alongside a variety of pets, including a Skag and Spiderant.
Some characters from their previous Borderlands titles will be returning. Brick, Lilith, Mordecai, (Borderlands) Maya, Ellie, Marcus, Tiny Tina (Borderlands 2), Rhys (Tales of the Borderlands) and other returning characters all make cameos.
The two antagonists may be called Troy and Tyreen according to GamesRadar. They could both be Sirens based on their tattoos and eye colours. This may not be true because Sirens have all be females according to the game lore.
The game’s announce date hasn’t been shown but Gearbox has stated they will release more information on April 3rd, the same day Borderlands Remastered is set to release.
I am excited for Borderlands 3. It’s one of my favorite co-operative shooters to play due to its colors, fun environment, and crazy gun types.
Anthem PlayStation 4 Disaster Report
Anthem has been out for almost one month and it’s been receiving average reviews. The Metacritic score is 60%. Players note the similarities to Destiny and Warframe but often note how the different UI and mechanics can be frustrating. While the game is beautiful, many reviewers commented on the lack of overall content from the game. The game is considered EA Bioware‘s last hurrah as Mass Effect Andromeda sold and reviewed below the company’s goal. Unfortunately, Anthem has been having many glitches within the game; specifically the PlayStation 4 version.
Reporting on Anthem’s subreddit, playing the game will cause the system to close the game or shut off. Some players cause the system to have a software error which will force the players to start the PS4 in safe mode. EA is aware of the issues and has provided a link for players to report crashes.
PlayStation has offered refunds for players who purchased the digital copy of the game. You can reach out to PlayStation support to request a refund. Many people have noted there was no hassle. PlayStation usually doesn’t offer refunds for digital purchases.
It’s unfortunate that Bioware is tied to a lackluster game launch. A lot of people believe the game was rushed out to meet the quarter end. Considering the studio worked on such massive franchises like Knight of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, and Mass Effect, it’s disappointing to see their game fail to meet player’s standards.
What are your opinions on Anthem?
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