In the Eighties, computer games required replay value to sell and coin-ops had to keep players’ games short to be profitable, so it stands to reason that the earliest attempts at 3D rally games for PCs differed from their arcade equivalents. Take the 1988 PC title Lombard RAC Rally. It was hardly realistic, but it replicated actual courses and entire seasons. The 1989 coin-op Big Run, by comparison, was Out Run with rally cars.By 1996, console games had a foot in both camps. They required longevity, but they were also expected to provide an arcade-like experience. This explains the thinking of a Codemasters team whose project took inspiration from both arcade and PC rally titles, as former Codemasters coder Chris Southall remembers. “A lot of us on the team were big Sega Rally fans,” Chris notes. “We had a Saturn in the office with one of those early steering wheels, and we played a lot of Sega Rally at that point. There was another game on PC that we spent a lot of time playing called…

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The best God of War Ragnarok armor sets in the game make a huge difference to the way you play and survive the forces of Odin and Thor. Whether it’s early game armor giving you a slight edge, or late game sets that come with devastating enchantments, armor sets in God of War Ragnarok are an integral part of how to play. Either found in the world or forged by master craftsmen the Huldra Brothers, armor allows you to power through and survive strikes from draugr and deities alike. If you want to wear the greatest garments the nine realms have to offer, here’s how to get all the best armor sets in God of War Ragnarok.Best God of War Ragnarok armor sets These are the best God of War Ragnarok armor sets, depending on build and priorities:Best overall/late game armor – Berserker ArmorBest early-game armor – Nidavellir ArmorBest mid-game armor…

Destiny 2 is moving away from its longstanding annual expansion model after The Final Shape, Bungie announced in a seismic blog post marking the series’ 10-year anniversary and charting its future, and embracing “medium-sized” expansions released twice a year and cut with four annual free updates.The game is also quickly dropping the three-Act Episode model which has become the epilogue to The Final Shape. Beginning in 2025, a paid Destiny 2 expansion will arrive every six months. Each expansion will start a new season, with the season itself being “available to all players,” and free “Major Updates” coming every three months will refresh these seasons and introduce new content of their own. Destiny 2’s next expansion, Codename: Apollo, is set for summer 2025, after the end of the ongoing Episodes and Acts already teed up. It will launch with a major update codenamed Arsenal, and then fall 2025 will see another major update codenamed Surge. Looking further ahead, expansion Codenam…

Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land – First Look – YouTube

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The long-running but relatively niche crafting JRPG series Atelier is aiming for mainstream, international appeal with the recently announced next entry, Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land.In an interview with 4Gamer (via Automaton), producer Junzo Hosoi said there have been aspects of the Atelier series that don’t hold up to standards set by other RPGs. “I’m not sure if I should say this, but there have been aspects of Atelier games that compared unsatisfactorily to other RPGs but were forgiven due to being part of the Atelier series.” he said. “This time, we want to create a high-quality RPG that many users who have never played Atelier before will like.”Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg kicked off the series way back in 1997, and all in all, there have been a whopping 25 mainline entries and 17 spinoffs. Naturally, there’s a dedicat…