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Early Dragon Ball FighterZ Goku Impressions

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been playing a lot of Dragon Ball FighterZ with a focus on writing a review. That should be up soon, but having to work through the story mode and try out a number of the other game’s features has put a lot of my own team-building work on the back-burner. As I transition into playing the game more competitively, I’m going to try my hand at building at least a base understanding of the whole roster before making hard choices about which characters will make my A-team.

Not sure if I’m going to do a write-up for every character, but I’ll cover characters I play as if they’re fun to write about. First up, let’s look at the franchise poster boy, Goku!

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Celeste Review

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There is a magic to Celeste that you won’t see at first glance. Having seen it in Nintendo’s Direct Mini, I brushed it off as just another Super Meat Boy clone. Hasn’t the world been subject to enough challenging 2D platformers with retro graphics? After playing this game, the answer is a resounding, “No.”

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Dragon Ball FighterZ Has Shipped and Sold 2 Million Copies at Launch

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(Insert “it’s over 9,000!” reference here)

Dragon Ball FighterZ went full Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan at launch, shipping and selling a combined two million copies across all platforms. According to Gematsu, it’s the fastest selling game in the Dragon Ball series. By comparison, that puts it close to two-plus years of Street Fighter V sales, and not that far behind Tekken 7. I can’t find concrete numbers regarding Injustice 2, but it’s roughly in this same lofty ballpark as well.

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Life is Strange Review

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Telltale and The Walking Dead opened the door for the modern adventure game. Played from a third-person perspective, with a puzzle-solving and a focus on decision-making, it made new types of stories possible. Square Enix entered the space with Life is Strange. Playing the role of a teenage girl in a small town, you go through a really rough week in her shoes.

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Celeste Live Stream

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Watch me fall in love with the latest indie darling before its B-side level rips my heart out of my chest.

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Out Now: Dragon Ball FighterZ

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There are no shortage of Dragon Ball fighting games on the market. However, none of them look as close to the source material as this, and none have been backed by a developer as renown for fighting gams as Arc System Works.

Dragon Ball FighterZ has been stunning viewers since it debuted at E3 2017 off the strength of its anime-like visuals and team-based gameplay. With Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite having stumbled out of the gate, combined with the buzz surrounding this game, it has the opportunity to really establish its footing in the genre as a force to be reckoned with. With the game out now, we don’t have to wait to see if it’ll kamehameha the competition!

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Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Review

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Rushed out the door in 2016 to coincide with Capcom Cup, Street Fighter V was released in an embarrassingly bare-bones state. While I initially praised the game for its great gameplay and detailed graphics, the launch product was woefully lacking in many ways. From a single-player suite that didn’t include a traditional arcade mode, to unstable netcode, to menu items that had “coming soon” messaging as placeholders, the sorry state that the game debuted in negatively impacted sales and public perception in a big way. Had it not gained a foothold as the premier fighting game esport, this game would have fallen off a cliff into obscurity.

Despite the bungled launch, Capcom has continually put in the effort to improve the product. In the summer of 2016, they added a story mode as a free update. The netcode has been stabilized for the most part. They’ve even added 12 more characters as paid DLC to boost the current roster size to 28, with another six on the way. Unlike those incremental fixes and updates, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition is a sizable step towards the game that this should have been all along.

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Dragon Ball FighterZ Open Beta Matches

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Some of my first matches in this stunning fighting game. Dragon Ball FighterZ is out at the end of the month!

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Out Now – Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

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Today’s the day!

To Capcom’s credit, they’ve made many updates prior to this in order to improve the half-baked version of Street Fighter V they put out in 2016. But the Arcade Edition update is the first truly major shake-up to the game. Now including a long-awaited arcade mode, multiple V-Triggers for each character, new modes and more, the package here is probably what should have come out in the first place.

If you don’t have Street Fighter V yet, now’s a good time to jump in. At a discounted price, you’ll get the disc plus the first two seasons of DLC characters, raising your base roster up to 28. If you already own Street Fighter V, you’ll get the update for free, albeit without the extra characters.

Admittedly, my interest for the game has fallen off quite a bit. However, I will give this a go and maybe there’s enough improvements here to keep me around!


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For Honor Impressions

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Who wins in the ultimate battle between knights, vikings, and samurai? Ubisoft hopes you can answer that question by playing For Honor. This novel game mashes up elements from team-based shooters and fighting games to create something unique. Does this battle between some of mankind’s greatest warriors live up to the hype?

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