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The 10 Best Sonic Games

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Few video game characters are as iconic as Sonic the Hedgehog. The speedy little blue blur has been around for over three decades, touching every corner of pop culture along the way, from games, to comics, to TV, to blockbuster movies. But we’re here specifically to celebrate the mainline Sonic game series and pick the best of them. Before we start, let’s quickly touch upon our criteria. We tried to rank these games based on a combination of historical significance, innovation, and how well these games stand the test of time. Some games, like Sonic Adventure 1 and the original Sonic the Hedgehog, for instance, are obviously super important to the Sonic series and set the foundation for both 2D and 3D Sonic games to follow, but we felt like they both didn’t quite hold up as well as their sequels when judged by a modern standard, which was why they just missed this list. The 10 games on this list are the ones we feel are the best examples of both classic and modern Sonic style. So w...
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Baldur's Gate 3 Interactive Map and Locations for Acts 1, 2, and 3

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Baldur's Gate 3 is a game full of intricate detail. With so many dialogue options, characters, classes, and quests, everyone's experience is a little bit different. Discoveries are around every corner, and the only thing seemingly separating you from success or tragedy is a dice roll. That being said, it's a lot easier to somewhat plot your destiny when you know where you're going. IGN's Baldur's Gate 3 interactive map can help guide you on your quest through Act 1, 2 and 3. See the full Baldur's Gate 3 Map for all locations We have the most updated Baldur's Gate 3 map with the location of every item, chest, enemies, NPC, and more throughout the prologue, Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3. You can also check out our Baldur's Gate 3 walktrough for quests guides and details. Baldur's Gate 3 Interactive Map Currently, our Baldur's Gate 3 map features locations for the Prologue, Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3. This include a Nautiloid map, a map of t...
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Nintendo Works to Fix Game-Breaking Paper Mario Issue

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Nintendo has promised to fix a game-breaking issue in Paper Mario: The Origami King that can keep players from progressing through the story. Light location spoilers for Paper Mario: The Origami King follow. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/14/paper-mario-the-origami-king-announcement-trailer"] On Mario and Olivia's journey to the last streamer in The Origami King, players have to collect four stamps for their Spring of Rainbows VIP card in the Shangri-Spa area. After you collect all four stamps from four different hot springs, you gain access to a secret fifth hot spring. However, once you enter the fifth hot spring, the Spring of Rainbows, you lose your VIP pass. And, the other four hot springs will not give Mario a second stamp, meaning it's impossible to regain the VIP pass after you've already used it. If you try to re-enter the Spring of Rainbows, Mario will once again be asked to show his VIP pass. So, if you leave the Spring of Rainbows b...
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Shadow Warrior 3 Puts Doom, Duke Nukem, and a Samurai Sword in a Blender

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Of all the ‘90s games to revive, Shadow Warrior was a pretty bizarre choice. It was a cult classic at best – fun, but more or less a Duke Nukem 3D clone but with culturally insensitive jokes. But developer Flying Wild Hog pulled it off, as the 2013 return and 2016 sequel both showed that first-person shooters could still be over-the-top fun and funny at the same time – without any inappropriate dialogue. For the new Lo Wang’s third go-around in Shadow Warrior 3, the open world and the co-op are gone, with the focus instead on Wang himself. “When we were reviving the IP, there were certain ingredients that we needed in order to make it faithful to the original,” lead gameplay designer Pawel Kowalewski told me. “[But now], for Shadow Warrior 3, we wanted to go back to our roots and make a game that’s focused on a linear single player campaign that’s filled with over-the-top action from the opening credits.” That was clearly on display in the 17-minute gameplay demo I saw. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/06/shadow-warrior-3-announcement-teaser"] The comedy side of Shadow Warrior is certainly reminiscent of Duke Nukem, with Wang tossing out a snide remark in almost every combat encounter, but it’s all observational comedy rather than cultural. And that was by design. “We added this whole backstory to Lo Wang to modernize him,” Kowalewski said. “He likes video games, comic books, American films. We wanted to shift the humor toward these things.” [poilib element="quoteBox" parameters="excerpt=Shadow%20Warrior%203%20seems%20to%20benefit%20from%20its%20renewed%20focus%20on%20a%20linear%2C%20action-packed%20campaign."] And you know what? It works. The dialogue in the demo I saw is funny. But that’s not the primary reason I walked away impressed. Gameplay is king, and Shadow Warrior 3 seems to benefit from its renewed focus on a linear, action-packed campaign. Wang wallruns, blasts bad guys with big guns, slices them with his katana, uses a grappling hook to swing from one space to the next – it’s high-speed gameplay that seems to vibe nicely with the over-the-top attitude Flying Wild Hog is going for. Enemy variety, meanwhile, seems impressive, with frequent mini-boss battles thrown in to keep you on your toes, and Shaun of the Dead-levels of gore to accompany the shooting, blasting, slicing, and smashing. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2016/10/13/shadow-warrior-2-review"] Using Unreal Engine 4 helps too. The team switched to it after the previous two games ran on an in-house rendering engine. “It’s a change for us,” Kowalewski said, “But it’s a change for the better. Working with Unreal speeds up the development process. The engine is very user friendly. We are achieving the same goals in less time.” For players, you’ll instantly notice how pretty Shadow Warrior 3 is, from lighting to textures to the amount of on-screen gore flying around at once without performance suffering. [poilib element="quoteBox" parameters="excerpt=You%E2%80%99ll%20instantly%20notice%20how%20pretty%20Shadow%20Warrior%203%20is%2C%20from%20lighting%20to%20textures%20to%20the%20amount%20of%20on-screen%20gore%20flying%20around%20at%20once%20without%20performance%20suffering."] Shadow Warrior 3 also clearly echoes Doom, another ‘90s shooter that’s been successfully revived in the past decade. Sure, neither of them invented grappling hooks, midair dashes, or wallrunning, but Doom Eternal fused them all brilliantly earlier this year, so it’s tough not to notice the similarity here. Note that this isn’t even a complaint; those mechanics worked in Doom, and mixing in Wang’s katana here plus a healthy dose of over-the-top gore certainly left me with a lot of optimism about how fun Shadow Warrior 3’s combat will be. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, catch him on Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.

source https://www.ign.com/articles/shadow-warrior-3-first-look-preview-blending-doom-duke-nukem-and-a-samurai-sword

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