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Phantom Blade Zero’s Combat Is So Good, You Won’t Care The Story Makes No Sense

Phantom Blade Zero’s Combat Is So Good, You Won’t Care The Story Makes No Sense https://ift.tt/KPSX6di S-Game, the Chinese studio behind Phantom Blade Zero, clearly understands the core tenets of character-action games. If your melee combat isn't tight, responsive, and oozing cool, then what's the point? Some games might have better combat, but few can match Phantom Blade Zero's style.  Every moment feels like you're in the middle of a Chinese martial-arts movie, pulling off moves that shouldn't be feasible--moves that go against what we expect from third-person action games--yet are baked into the mechanics. The game is not without issues, and they do hold it back from reaching the genre's upper echelons, but the highs are stratospheric. Character-action games aren't typically known for telling riveting stories, and Phantom Blade Zero is no different. You play as Soul, a stoic assassin who dies in the game's opening moments when a sword tears t...
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Destiny 2 Still Has A Major Story Clarity Problem In Season Of The Witch

Destiny 2 Still Has A Major Story Clarity Problem In Season Of The Witch https://ift.tt/t14bRoM

Warning: Spoilers for the conclusion of the Season of the Witch's story to follow.

The conclusion of the latest Destiny 2 story arc, Season of the Witch, had some pretty high stakes going in.

After channeling Hive magic for weeks, Eris Morn resisted succumbing to temptation and permanently becoming the Hive God of Vengeance. Instead, Eris severed the immortality of Xivu Arath, the Hive God of War, and stopped herself from becoming humanity's new worst enemy, despite prophecies of that dark future from Elsie Bray. Meanwhile, the Ghost Immaru resurrected Savathun, the Hive God of Cunning, who is now back and more menacing than ever. But as a show of good faith and in an attempt to foster at least some kind of alliance with the Guardians, Savathun gave up Immaru as a hostage to Eris, pledging to fulfill her end of the bargain she struck with the Vanguard to help Guardians traverse the portal into the Traveler and take on the universe's greatest threat, the Witness. Oh, and Xivu Arath has disappeared thanks to Eris's efforts, which seemingly takes the Witness's greatest lieutenant off the board until after The Final Shape expansion.

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