So far, Red Dead Redemption 2 s hardest mission has been to get it to work. A fair few folk have been unable to get beyond the new Rockstar Launcher, a crime punishable by tickling in these here parts. If you ve suffered, you might want to give it a try now. The latest update fixed the launcher trouble for our hardware editor Katharine Castle, who can now hopefully get to benchmarking it with a righteous fury.
At the start of this year I declared, via a supporter-only post, that the mobile-only Meteorfall was my downfall. It was all John’s fault (RPS in peace). He pointed me towards a game that refined roguelike deckbuilding down to binary decisions, sending me on gleefully overpowered runs that rivaled the satisfaction I found in Slay The Spire. Now he’s gone and pointed me at its PC sequel, which came out on early early access two days ago.
Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale is very different. It’s wearing the skin of a deckbuilding roguelike, but it’s pushing my brain in the same direction as abstract puzzlers like 868-Hack or Desktop Dungeons. I’ve only played for half an hour, but it might be good enough to stand alongside them.
What devilry is this a Flare Path devoid of disgruntlement? Either I’m going Semtex-soft in my old age, or I’ve spent the week in the company of games so marvellous they could turn Moaning Minnies into Appreciative Annies simply by smiling at them. Readers, meet Unity of Command II and A Painted Ocean, two titles that buoy the spirit and massage the mind as effectively as anything I’ve written about this year. (more…)
To completely defox today s word chain you ll need to provide Roman, my Chief Foxer Setter, with the sequence of 24 words suggested by the clues below.
A word can be any length and is linked to the next word in the chain by its last two or three letters. For instance honeysuckle might be followed by leviathan . Handel could come next. Then delta . And so on. Complicating things a tad are the six orange italicised clues. These have been shuffled. For example This ship probably doesn t refer to word #24.
1. Lance finds one in an episode of Detectorists2. A game featuring penguins3. A species of penguin4. Where this picture was taken>5. A novel by this man6. Where this picture was taken7. A word that links Andy Warhol, Radiohead, and this company8. A vehicle in this game>9. There’s one close to this spot10. This vehicle11. The largest species of this mammal dwells in South and Central America12. There’s one in this picture>13. A German city14. The developer of this loco15. A word that can go before biscuit, bridge, and day16. Someone who might use these tools>17. His daughter18. The company behind this device19. An amphibian native to the USA20. This board game>21. A battle fought in the year this man was born22. This metro station23. A Soviet AFV and a European revolution24. This ship>
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s cluster foxer:
British biscuits (defoxed by ylla)A1. Garibaldi (ylla)B1. Jaffa cake (Gothnak, ylla)C1. Nice (ylla)A2. Jammy dodger (Gothnak)B2. Bourbon (WildebeestGames, Dr. Breen)
Ethiopia (defoxed by Gothnak)D1. Lucy (Gothnak, AFKAMC)E1. Birr (a_monk)E2. Pietro Badoglio (ylla)E3. Negus (Zogg)E4. Queen of Sheba (a_monk)
Paradox games (defoxed by phlebas)C2. Victoria (phlebas)D2. Sengoku (phlebas, Gothnak)B3. Crusader Kings (Stugle)C3. Hearts of Iron (ylla)B4. Europa Universalis (Syt)
Hostage rescue ops (defoxed by Dr. Breen)A3. Operation Honey Badger (Gothnak)A4. Operation Nimrod (Rorschach617)A5. Operation Chavin de Huantar (Dr. Breen)B5. Operation Thunderbolt (a_monk)C5. Operation Barras (Dr. Breen)
‘Em’ words (defoxed by Dr. Breen)D3. Battle (a_monk)C4. Ploy (a_monk)D4. Burden (Gothnak, a_monk)D5. Bed (Stugle)E5. Boss (Stugle, a_monk)
Trying to find good gaming mouse if you’re left-handed is still a trying experience in this day and age. Sure, there are growing numbers of ambidextrous mice out there, such as our best gaming mouse champ the Asus ROG Pugio and Steelseries Sensei 310, but they pale in comparison to the number of right-handed mice. Well, that small number of leftie-friendly mice is about to get a little bit bigger, as Razer have announced they’re going to start making a proper left-handed version of their MMO gaming mouse, the Razer Naga.
Blessed day, fellow deals hunters. The chilly November winds may be kicking up a storm outside, but finally, after days of patches, unexpectedly quitting launchers, your deals herald has finally got Red Dead Redemption 2 working on her PC. And to celebrate this most yeehaw of rootin’ tootin’ days, I come bearing Red Dead 2-based deals (at least if you’re in the UK). Fear not, though, as there are plenty more savings to be had in this week’s best PC gaming deals, including the entire Dark Souls franchise, The Banner Saga, Borderlands 3 and loads more. To the deals!
With Red Dead Redemption 2 at long last released on PC, we’ve got a whole new audience of players just starting to ask questions about Red Dead Online, RDR2’s multiplayer component and their wild-west equivalent to GTA Online. Our Red Dead Online guide will walk you through everything you need to know, from how to get started playing online on PC to details of all the activities and mischief you can get up to once you’re past the opening mission!
Is it on the nose to call this a leak? Earlier today, Ubisoft posted a brief clip of Rainbow Six Siege‘s next season, Shifting Tides. Despite gentle, rolling waves that’d keep resident sea-dweller Alice O satisfied, I don’t think Ubi are ditching high-stress firefights for a rollicking seaside adventure. We’ve seen a brief glimpse of Shifting Tide’s new gadgets, and these toys ain’t messing around.
Cor, now here’s something I haven’t seen in a long, long time. Back in 2014, Superliminal (then an untitled puzzler from developers Pillow Castle) was just a simple little demo with a cool as hell gimmick. “Gosh,” I probably said, “that looks neat. I can’t wait to give that a spin.”
Five whole years later, and I’d almost forgot about it. Like fellow mind-bender Manifold Garden, it’s been a long road to release. With a new look and a new name, Superliminal finally enters the picture in just under a week.
