Hi everyone, and happy April Fool’s Day. This is not a review. Sometimes people get confused about that, so on this day of foolishness, I’m going to break it down for you all. You can tell if something is a review on TheGamer because the image at the top will say ‘REVIEW’ in big capital letters, it’s posted to the review section of the site, and has a scorecard at the bottom....

InAtomic Heart, you play as P-3, a Russian covert agent who also happens to be the most unlikeable protagonist I’ve ever had the misfortune of spending over 20 hours with. He’s a caricature of the dutiful agent of the state - petulant, comically ignorant of the world around him, and voiced in a manner so annoying I eventually switched the audio to Russian. I couldn’t stick to it, however, asthe subtitle font is so smallI had to lean forward and squint to read it....

One quality that makes arcade games so attractive is that they have a sort of seductive simplicity at first glance: there aren’t many buttons, the graphics are basic, and the list of rules is short. RELATED:Hyper Gunsport: Every Team, Ranked As is the case withHyper Gunsport, this simplicity is what makes the best of the genre so addictively complex: when all the fluff is stripped away, you come face-to-face with a set of mechanics just begging to be honed to their last pixel, refined to the final second, perfected until there is nothing left to perfect....

Quick Links MapleStoryis a classicMMORPG, set in a brightly-colored and chibi-esque world. Since the game’s launch in 2003, new players have continuously touched down on Maple Island, looking for the next greatest adventure. If you are new to the game, you may have a few questions, and we are here to help. Related:MMORPGs With The Best Storylines Here, you can find helpful tips for those who are just starting. This can be useful for those that are new to the game, as well as returning players....

The Legend of Zeldaseries has a strong history of amazing dungeons with bosses that perfectly end cap the experience. Figures like Zant and Ghirahim are icons in their respective games, and other bosses are so beloved that they feature in four or more different entries. Related:The Correct Order To Play Every 2D Zelda Game There are still many lesser known bosses, however. Some you might have forgotten, or maybe you’ve never played their game to begin with....

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s voice acting isn’t great. But unless you’re counting the maligned CD-i games (which I’m not), it’s the first timeNintendohas ever voiced its most iconic characters. Knowing this, the modern classic not only does a commendable job with its vocal performances, but it raises the series’ benchmark when it comes to storytelling and creating lore that anyone can care about. It is far more involved, emotional, and impactful in the plight of its narrative, largely thanks to the actors helping bring it to life....

I’m just going to put my cards on the table immediately - I don’t really care about theMariovoice. He’s an often silent protagonist who mainly speaks in ‘wahoos’, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie is not the first time his Italian origins have been made into Italian-American by way of Brooklyn. You could hear that twang in Pratt’s voice, though many seemed to pretend they couldn’t. I’ve long beenon the record as a Chris Pratt Mario voice defender, so when I sat down with the man himself, I had to ask - did he realise the voice of Mario was going to be such a big deal?...

Quick Links Pokemon Unitedivides its playable characters into four different categories based on their role on the battlefield, Attackers, Defenders, Supporters, Speedsters, and All-Rounders. Their latest release,Goodra,falls into the Defender role, coming in as the eighth Pokemon in the game that fits this role. Related:Pokemon Unite Build Guide: Zacian Goodra proves to fit this role to a tee, possessing extremely high defensive stats paired with moves and abilities that make this Pokemon virtually impossible to knock out....

Getting ready for my first big bank heist, the voice of Chains inPaydaytells me that I should mask up to hide my identity before this job. Michael Madsen, playing a coked-out crime boss replies sounding like he’s about to fall asleep, “No way, masks are for pussies.” Hold for applause… Related:Destiny 2 Lightfall Review - How Did We Go From The Witch Queen To This? Sometimes as writers we use comparisons too liberally....

Diablo 4held its early access beta last weekend, and things didn’t go so great for a lot of eager Diablo fans.Long login queues and unstable servers throwing random disconnects at playerswere the chief complaints, but there were also complaints of a memory leak on PC and some players found their saved characters had disappeared. The server problems got so bad thatBlizzard had to limit the number of playersin order to bring some stability, resulting in even longer login queues....

Fortnitelaunched its Unreal Editor For Fortnite (UEFN) this week. Tools that allow players to make incredible new creations in-game. One of the first ideas players had was to create prior Fortnite islands lost to time, butEpichas made it clear it doesn’t want you doing that. Highlighted byShiina, Epicissued a statementexplaining its new creative tools cannot be used to recreate old versions of the Fortnite map. Epic makes it clear players arenot allowed to use the intellectual property of otherswhen using UEFN....

The striking image of a hooded person, crouched mid-air, with a blade coming from their wrist, immediately saysAssassin’s Creed—the silhouette alone is enough. It was an iconic series with an undeniably distinct aesthetic regardless of whether it was Ezio or Connor on the cover. But then Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla came out, a trilogy ofWitcher-likes that opted for bloated worlds filled with meaningless side quests, tiered loot, and a focus on Souls-like combat thatstripped away the stealth of the originals....

The classicFalloutgames are an acquired taste - as in, if you don’t like them, you should acquire some taste. Ha. But seriously, despite how much modern audiences might struggle with their old isometricRPGdesign, these classics haveretained a strong following- and even adedicated modding scene. Now, the latest fan creation to turn some heads comes in the form of Fallout 2D - a remake that changes the game’s genre entirely. As shared over on Reddit, a fan is reimagining the classic Fallouts as a 2D shooter, giving you a new way to blast through the Chosen One’s story....