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This can be curbed with the various in-game settings that let players customize the HUD to their hearts' content. Everything from the mini-map to Arthur's stats can be tweaked to make them situational, ensuring that players can only see these aspects of the heads-up display when required. It's a simple but valuable RDR2 tip for players who prioritize immersion over everything e


The Last of Us was a leap forward for games on the same level as Half-Life 2 and Super Mario 64 . The history books will point to The Last of Us as the game that brought AAA narrative to a cinema-quality standard, and pushed the entire industry forward in terms of performance, motion capture, writing, and AI. The Last of Us defines gaming in the 2010s. It is a functionally flawless game that took monumental risks that we now take for granted after so many have followed in its footst


John Marston and Arthur Morgan are arguably two of the best video game protagonists of the decade and two of the coolest cowboys to ever come to any screen. But that doesn't mean everyone should up and forget likely the first cowboy to prove the Wild West was a pretty great place to be, right? Sheriff Woody would no doubt put John, Arthur, and the rest of Dutch's gang into their place as soon as he stepped into town, because who would want to disappoint Woody? He might even get Micah to beh


It's funny the way game mechanics work, right? It doesn't seem that greeting a couple of strangers on the street would be enough to counteract deeds such as, well, killing strangers, but hey. Anything goes in Rockstar's world. Besides, it's got to be much easier to counteract your dirty deeds as an outlaw in the early 20th century than you might think. It's not like they had the Internet to circulate Arthur's face all over the place at the speed of light! Maybe that explains it? At least a little


Released in 2011, Mass Effect 2 feels like a lifetime ago. BioWare's trilogy takes users on an expansive journey across the galaxy, as Commander Shepard steers the Normandy and its crew through a conflict against the Reap


The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has so much to offer in terms of exploration and discovery that it was almost impossible for me to ever feel anything other than childlike wonder when venturing out in its Open world survival guides|https://openworldpedia.com/. I couldn’t put it down, but when I finally had to, I just couldn’t stop thinking about


A movie tie-in game and a sequel to an already mediocre outing, Kung Fu Panda 2 somehow manages to fail to meet even the lowest of expectations. As an entry-level action game, Kung Fu Panda 2 does the bare minimum expected of the ge


Who says you need a social life when you have a game as immersive and entertaining as Red Dead Redemption 2 ? The story is incredibly involved, and with all the different side missions on top of all the hunting, shopping, murder-spreeing, etc. you can do, it's easy to spend all of your time playing. But hey, you (hopefully) only buy the game once, and if you really do spend all your time playing it, it's kind of saving you money, isn't it? This is the kind of mentality to take to enjoy a meme like this


What more can be said about Destiny 2 ? It's the best damn looter-shooter ever made, hands down. It does guns and gunplay better than anyone else. Slap on some interesting space magic to keep it interesting and thousands of different weapon and part combinations, and Destiny 2 never gets old. New content is being added all the time, and with the recent migration to Steam, the player base is bigger than e


Starcraft 2 has stood as a nostalgic beacon of light in a decade filled with crumbling, powerful studios, serving as a monument of what Blizzard used to be known for. Starcraft 2's continual support by developers and incredibly strong 2010 debut has nurtured its stability throughout the decade. A world of gameplay options appeals to both casual and competitive players. The RTS genre never reached peaks likened to League and Fortnite , yet consistently has kept its sizable audience content for an impressive ten years and count


Given the sheer number of things players can accomplish in Red Dead Redemption 2 , it's easy to see why a lot of people can miss out on the treasure maps and the secrets that they lead them toward. The world is beautiful, but it's also overwhelmingly massive to the point where some people may find it a challenge to figure out the visual clues present in these sketched treasure m


If there's anything gamers love more than gaming, it's probably memes. Video games are the perfect source for memes because of their less-than-realistic graphics, funny AI, and what some like to call "game logic." Though most games tend to follow real-world rules, sometimes that can look a little ridiculous. Some games, like the two in the Red Dead Redemption series, have so many characters and such an involved storyline it's hard not to create memes out of them. If you follow the series at all or know anything about good ole John Marston, you're bound to laugh at these ten me