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Mightreya is a crunchy, meaty, complicated anime-superhero fusion of Devil May Cry and Gravity Rush
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Mightreya is a crunchy, meaty, complicated anime-superhero fusion of Devil May Cry and Gravity Rush

I've had my eye on Mightreya since long before it had its name, when it was just clips of a somewhat generic anime girl doing sick tricks and beatdowns in levels without assets. But now it looks like a genuine (the -uine pronounced like wine, so you've got the right intonation) action video game, with a slightly less generic looking anime girl continuing to do sick tricks and beatdowns, albeit with a bit more context. And you can even try it out for yourself now with a new demo! Which I did an

I still can't tell you what's going on in Hypnos but its demo's scenic megastructure world is one I want to keep exploring
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I still can't tell you what's going on in Hypnos but its demo's scenic megastructure world is one I want to keep exploring

When I first wrote about Hypnos upon its announcement last month, I noted how I don't really know what you do in it. The trailer was entirely about The Vibes, but that was enough for my mechanically minimalist loving heart. I've now had a go at the demo, and to tell you the truth, I'm still not entirely sure what you do, and I couldn't give a monkeys because oh me oh my, what a pretty world it does contain. Read more

One former Highguard level designer thinks it's struggled because Wildlight "leaned too far into the competitive scene"
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One former Highguard level designer thinks it's struggled because Wildlight "leaned too far into the competitive scene"

A few years ago, it's entirely possible that Highguard isn't the current talk of a town called Didn't Work. But now, when everyone wants a piece of the live service pie, it's not so easy to come in and claim some for yourself. We could spend an eternity figuring out what went wrong, but perhaps the words of former senior level designer on the shooter Alex Graner will provide a particular insight that the comment section of an annoying YouTuber won't. Read more