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Friday, 23 October 2020
Marvel’s Avengers Pro Tips: Hulk
Marvel’s Avengers Pro Tips: Hulk
Want
some tips and tricks for taking down those puny AIM bots? Crystal Dynamics’
Scott Walters shares some techniques on how to help Hulk Smash more
effectively.
Wednesday October 21, 2020 21:30
By Scott
Walters
Tags: Marvel's Avengers,Marvel’s Avengers
Hello - this is Scott
Walters, Combat Designer at Crystal Dynamics. Today, I want to share some of my
own tips and tricks about one of the most incredible Avengers of all - Hulk.
As you’d expect, Hulk’s
combat style is aggressive and straight to the point, making him the ideal
choice for players who just want to rush in and start smashing stuff.
Although Hulk was
designed to be straightforward and easy to pick up, there’s a ton of depth to
his skills. Understanding how his various abilities work together - is vital,
as is maximizing his use of Rage.
Read on and I’ll share some thoughts on some of his most valuable skills, provide some guidance on heroics, and list some super-fun combos that you should try out.
Melee Skills
- Battering Ram (Sprint + Light) is an excellent combo starter.
It lets Hulk rush in and stagger foes from the outset of the battle.
- Monstrous Swipe (Dodge + Light) lifts those puny AIM robots up to
the perfect height for Hulk to juggle. Not only does this do more damage,
it also stops them from fighting back.
- Practice Hulk's golf swing with Hammer Strike (Light > Light > Light > Light >
Heavy) and see just how far he can send enemies flying.
- Of course, Hulk is best known for his Smash! Use
the Smash (hold Heavy) ability to knock down nearby foes
and break enemy shields.
- Use Aftershock (Heavy)
and Tectonic
Fury (Heavy up to 5 times)
after Smash to deal incredible amounts of damage. Every impact sends out
hulking shockwaves that damage enemies close to Hulk.
- Bludgeon (hold Light) is an excellent example of why it’s
unwise to try and punch the Hulk. Grab a foe and use them as a melee
weapon, dealing increased damage with each hit and smashing through enemy
shields!
- Hulk has access to a whole series of upgrades, which
let him grab multiple enemies or smash them in creative ways. Ionic Overflow is the best by far though. It turns your
opponents into elemental weapons for Hulk to use - grab and enemy and use
it to build status damage against other foes.
Ranged Skills
- Who needs Repulsor gauntlets or pistols when you can
just rip chunks of debris out of the ground to throw at enemies? Cannonball breaks through enemy shields and send foes
tumbling along the ground.
- Hulk can also turn those chunks of debris into melee
weapons, increasing the damage and impact to enemies.
- Use Meteor to
rip up a huge piece of debris that’s capable of flattening multiple foes
when thrown. The damage dealt is much higher than standard ranged attacks,
and it adds lots of stun status too!
- Shatter Spin (attack while holding a giant throwable item)
turns that giant boulder into a melee weapon, giving Hulk unique light and
heavy attacks both on the ground and in the air. Use it for crowd control
or to set up some impressive aerial combos.
Intrinsic Ability
- Both taking damage and dishing it out builds
Hulk's Rage, which he can use to increase his damage and defensive
abilities. Make sure to keep his meter as full as possible to deal the
most damage.
- Attacking enemies while Rage is active will heal Hulk. Parrying an attack by activating Rage just before the incoming strike connects will instantly trigger the healing effect as well as sound out a shockwave to stagger nearby foes. Hulk excels when you play aggressively!
Heroic Abilities
- Boneshaker is perfect for drawing the enemy’s attention,
bringing them in close so you can smash away. It’s great when the team has
objectives to complete - by making Hulk the center of attention, he can
give his allies some breathing room to destroy static targets or break
open Inhuman cages.
- Boneshaker can be upgraded to gain bonuses from the
defeated enemies. For example, Boneshaker Regeneration will give Hulk a full heal when he smashes five
enemies, while Boneshaker’s
Rage refills Hulk’s intrinsic
energy instead. Once the specializations are unlocked, you can switch
between them at any time, so experiment and find one that fits your
playstyle!
- Stranglehold uses the unstoppable force of the Hulk to smash
through his foes. Performing this heroic on larger enemies like the
Adaptoid or Monotronic Exo will instantly trigger a Takedown, dealing
massive amounts of damage.
- Thunderclap is Hulk’s Ultimate Heroic, and is a great way to
create some space when he’s surrounded by foes. An entire room of AIM
soldiers will be sent reeling by the massive shockwave of destructive
force that Hulk produces with this heroic.
- Specializations change the properties of Thunderclap in
some significant ways. For a support playstyle, Ground Zero can be used to create a Gamma hazard zone that
will inflict damage to enemies while healing Hulk and his teammates.
Alternatively, for a more aggressive build, Fault Line narrows the area of effect, but dramatically
increases damage and stun.
Basic Combos
Here are some basic
combos for Hulk. These are simple to pull off and can be worked into your basic
combat flow.
- Heavy > Light > Light
> Light > Light - a
great combo for juggling standard enemies, or enemies that have just been
parried.
- Jump > Hold Heavy (Earth
Smasher) > Heavy > Heavy > Heavy > Heavy > Heavy (Tectonic
Fury) > Heavy (Aftershock) -
leap into a group of enemies and deal large amounts of AOE damage.
Intermediate Combos
The following combos are
a bit trickier to execute, but are very effective when utilized properly.
- Aim to pick up a rock
(Cannonball) > Heavy > Hold Light to grab the enemy (Bludgeon) >
Heavy > Heavy > Heavy-
this is excellent against enemies with shields like the Riotbots. Grabbing
the rock first will break the shield and deal a good chunk of damage, then
grabbing the enemy will keep them from being able to recover. Afterwards,
they can be used to smash through groups of other enemies nearby.
- Trigger Intrinsic Energy just
before attack (Parry) > Heavy > Heavy > Sprint + Light (Battering
Ram) > Light > Light > Light > Heavy (Hammer Strike) - opens up any type of enemy and deals large
amounts of damage.
Advanced Combos
Finally, I’ve put together
some more complex combos. They require a solid understanding of the character
to pull off, but they’re worth it because they really dish out the pain to AIM.
- Trigger Intrinsic Energy just
before attack (Parry) > Dodge + Light (Monstrous Swipe) > Hold Light
to grab enemy (Bludgeon) > Light > Light > Hold Light to grab a
second enemy (Smackdown) > Heavy > Heavy > Heavy - this is good for mobs of grunt enemies like
Synthoids, Keepers, and Riotbots where multiple enemies can be grabbed.
Use them to break through the defenses of others and keep chaining
together attacks - and make sure to tap the defense button to trigger Rage
and parry any incoming attacks to prevent any interruptions to the combo.
- Stranglehold Heroic > Hold
Heavy (Smash) > Heavy > Heavy > Heavy (three hits of Tectonic
Fury), Aim + Throw to pick up a large piece of debris (Meteor) > Jump
> Heavy (Shatter & Spin) -
This combo let’s Hulk smash with style. Stranglehold is a perfect opening
move to use on larger enemies like the Adaptoids or Monotronic Exos,
triggering a takedown at the start of the fight and leaving them open to
attack while they recover.
*Note: Some enemies can't be grabbed and others have a chance to
evade if you haven't parried or knocked them into a hit reaction first. Use Mastery
skills like Enhanced Grab to reduce their chances of dodging and Vice Grip to
ensure you keep a hold of them for your combos.
As you can see, Hulk is
a wrecking ball in Marvel’s Avengers, capable of unleashing massive amounts of destruction to a lot of
enemies incredibly quickly. While he may not be the flashiest character on the
roster, we worked hard to bring to life the brutal, straightforward style that
is iconic to the Hulk and ensure it felt immensely satisfying to smash the bad
guys.
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Monday, 5 October 2020
The Last of Us Part II
The Last of Us Part II
The Last of Us Part II is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. Set five years after The Last of Us (2013), the player controls two characters in a post-apocalyptic United States whose lives intertwine: Ellie, who sets out for revenge after suffering a tragedy, and Abby, a soldier who becomes involved in a conflict with a cult. The game is played from the third-person perspective. Players can use firearms, improvised weapons, and stealth to fight human enemies and cannibalistic creatures.
Development of The Last of Us Part II began in 2014, soon after the release of The Last of Us Remastered. Neil Druckmann returned as creative director, co-writing the story with Halley Gross. The game's themes of revenge and retribution were inspired by Druckmann's experiences growing up in Israel. Ashley Johnson reprises her role as Ellie, while Laura Bailey was cast as Abby. Their performances included the simultaneous recording of motion and voice. The developers pushed the technical capabilities of the PlayStation 4 during development. Gustavo Santaolalla returned to compose and perform the score. Development reportedly included a crunch schedule of 12-hour workdays.
Following some delays, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Last of Us Part II was released on June 19, 2020. It was praised for its performances, characters, visual fidelity, and gameplay, though the narrative and the representation of a transgender character polarized critics and players. It was the subject of review bombing on Metacritic. Part II is one of the best-selling PlayStation 4 games and the fastest-selling PlayStation 4 exclusive, selling over four million units in its release weekend.
Gameplay
The player character is lying on her stomach. Some human enemies, including a dog, lurk in the distance
In a change from its predecessor, The Last of Us Part II allows the player to crawl in a prone position to evade enemies
The Last of Us Part II is an action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective. The player traverses post-apocalyptic environments such as buildings and forests to advance the story. The player can use firearms, improvised weapons, and stealth to defend against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus. Control intermittently switches between Ellie and Abby; the player also briefly controls Joel in the opening sequence. The nimble nature of the player character introduces platforming elements to the game, allowing the player to jump and climb to traverse environments and gain advantages during combat. The player can break glass objects such as windows to access certain areas or obtain supplies. Some areas in the game are navigated by horse or boat.
In combat, the player can use long-range weapons such as rifles and bows, and short-range weapons such as pistols and revolvers .The player is able to scavenge limited-use melee weapons such as machetes and hammers, and throw bricks and bottles to distract or attack enemies. Collected items can be used to upgrade weapons at workbenches or craft equipment such as health kits, Molotov cocktails, and makeshift silencers. The player can collect supplements to upgrade skills in a skill tree; training manuals found throughout the environment unlock additional skill tree branches, allowing upgrades to attributes such as the health meter, crafting speed, and ammunition types.
Though the player can attack enemies directly, they can also use stealth to attack undetected or sneak past them. "Listen Mode" allows the player to locate enemies through a heightened sense of hearing and spatial awareness, indicated as outlines visible through walls and objects. In the cover system, the player can crouch behind obstacles to gain advantages in combat, and can also crawl in a prone position to evade enemies. Hostile enemies use artificial intelligence; they may take cover or call for assistance, and can take advantage when the player is distracted, out of ammunition, or in a fight.The player may be impaled by an arrow, which will progressively decrease their health meter and disables Listen Mode until removed when in cover. Player companions, such as Dina, assist in combat by killing enemies or announcing their location .The game also introduces guard dogs that track the player's scent, which can be visualized in Listen Mode.
Plot
See also: List of The Last of Us Part II characters
After the events of the first game, Joel Miller (Troy Baker) confesses his guilt to his brother Tommy (Jeffrey Pierce) for preventing the Fireflies from finding a cure for the Cordyceps fungus to save Ellie (Ashley Johnson). Four years later, Joel and Ellie have built a life in Jackson, Wyoming, though their relationship has become strained. While on patrol, Joel and Tommy rescue a stranger, Abby Anderson (Laura Bailey), from an Infected horde. They return to an outpost run by Abby's group, former Fireflies who are now part of the Washington Liberation Front (WLF), a militia group based in Seattle, Washington. They attack Joel and Tommy; Abby seeks revenge against Joel for murdering her father, a Firefly surgeon (Derek Phillips). Meanwhile, Ellie and her girlfriend Dina (Shannon Woodward) leave Jackson in search of the brothers. Ellie enters the WLF camp to witness Abby beat Joel to death, and swears revenge.
Tommy sets out for Seattle to hunt Abby, and Ellie and Dina follow him. After escaping a WLF ambush, Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina, who in turn reveals she is pregnant. The next day, Ellie pursues Tommy alone and encounters Jesse (Stephen Chang), Dina's ex-boyfriend, who followed them to Seattle. While searching for Abby's friend, Nora Harris (Chelsea Tavares), Ellie encounters the Seraphites, a cult locked in a battle with the WLF over control of Seattle. Ellie tracks down Nora and tortures her for information on Abby's location, which traumatizes Ellie. The following day, she kills two more members of Abby's group, the pregnant Mel (Ashly Burch) and her boyfriend Owen Moore (Patrick Fugit). A flashback reveals that, years earlier, Ellie traveled to the Firefly hospital in Salt Lake City and learned the truth. Devastated, she cut ties with Joel. In the present, Ellie's group is ambushed by Abby, who kills Jesse and holds Tommy hostage.
Three days earlier, Abby learns that Owen, her ex-boyfriend, has gone missing while investigating Seraphite activity. Abby searches for Owen and is captured by the Seraphites. She is rescued by Yara (Victoria Grace) and Lev (Ian Alexander), Seraphite siblings who have been branded apostates after Lev defied Seraphite traditions. Though Yara is gravely injured, Abby leaves them to find Owen who, disillusioned with the war, plans to sail to Santa Barbara, California, where the Fireflies may be regrouping. Abby rescues Yara and Lev, and travels across Seattle with Lev to retrieve medical supplies from the WLF hospital so Mel can amputate Yara's arm. After the surgery, Lev runs away to convince his devout mother to leave the Seraphite cult, forcing Abby and Yara to pursue him. They find him in the Seraphite settlement, where Lev has accidentally killed his mother in self-defense. The trio flee as the WLF begins an assault on the Seraphites. Abby betrays the WLF to save Lev, and Yara sacrifices herself to allow Abby and Lev to escape. The pair return to find Owen and Mel dead and a map left by Ellie leading to her hideout. Abby shoots Tommy, impairing him, and brawls with Ellie and Dina, overpowering them. At Lev's insistence, Abby spares them both and tells them to leave Seattle.
A year later, Ellie and Dina are living on a farm, raising Dina and Jesse's son, though Ellie suffers from post-traumatic stress. When Tommy arrives with information on Abby's whereabouts, Ellie leaves to find her, despite Dina's pleas to stay. Abby and Lev arrive in Santa Barbara searching for the Fireflies, who they find are regrouping at Catalina Island, California, but are captured, tortured, and left to die by the slave-keeping Rattlers. Ellie arrives at Santa Barbara and rescues the pair. Threatening to kill Lev, Ellie forces Abby to fight her, during which Abby bites off two of Ellie's fingers. Ellie overpowers her but has a change of heart and lets her live. Abby and Lev sail to the Fireflies. Ellie returns to the farmhouse and finds it empty. She tries to play Joel's guitar with her damaged hand, recalls her last conversation with Joel in which she expressed her willingness to try and forgive him, and leaves.
Ghost of tsushima
Ghost of Tsushima
Ghost of Tsushima is an action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4. Featuring an open world, it follows a samurai on a quest to protect Tsushima Island during the first Mongol invasion of Japan. The game was released on July 17, 2020. Ghost of Tsushima received praise for its visuals and combat but was criticized for its open world activities.
Gameplay
Pre-release gameplay screenshot depicting the player in combat
Ghost of Tsushima is an action-adventure stealth game played from a third-person perspective. Featuring a large open world, there are no waypoints and can be explored without guidance.Players can travel to different parts of the world on horseback. An item that acts as a grappling hook is available to access difficult to reach areas.The game features side quests and non-playable characters with which the player can interact.
Players can engage in direct confrontation with enemies using weapons such as a tachi, which can also be used to chain up a series of fatal strikes after highlighting specific enemies. Alternatively, using stealth allows to evade enemies and strike them silently with tools such as firecrackers to create distractions, smoke bombs to disorient alerted foes, and kunai for striking multiple enemies. One-versus-one dueling with non-playable characters is optional.
Setting
The game is set on Tsushima Island in the late 13th century. It features diverse regions, such as countrysides, fields, Shinto shrines, forests, villages, farms, mountainscapes, and various landmarks. Players encounter numerous characters, friends, and unlikely allies while adventuring.
Characters
The protagonist Jin Sakai (Daisuke Tsuji/Kazuya Nakai), is the head of Sakai clan and a samurai warrior. He is the nephew and ward of Lord Shimura (Eric Steinberg/Akio Ōtsuka), the jitō of Tsushima. He has several friends and companions he meets, including a thief named Yuna (Sumalee Montano/Yu Mizuno) and her blacksmith brother Taka (Eddie Shin/Kappei Yamaguchi), a female warrior named Lady Masako Adachi (Lauren Tom/Mabuki Ando), renowned Kyūdō archer Sensei Ishikawa (François Chau/Shigeru Chiba), merchant and con-artist Kenji (James Hiroyuki Liao/Setsuji Sato), Buddhist warrior monk Norio (Earl T. Kim/Mitsuaji Lanuka) and Yuriko (Karen Huie/Yuri Tabata), Clan Sakai's elderly caretaker. The main antagonist is the ruthless and cunning general Khotun Khan of the Mongol Empire (Patrick Gallagher/Tsutomu Isobe), grandson of Genghis Khan while Jin's childhood friend and leader of the infamous Straw Hat rōnin, Ryuzo (Leonard Wu/Youhei Tadano), serves as the secondary antagonist.
Plot
In 1274, a Mongolian invasion fleet led by Khotun Khan lands on the Japanese island of Tsushima. Jin Sakai joins with the rest of the island's local samurai, led by his uncle Lord Shimura, in an attempt to repel the invasion. The battle ends in disaster, with the samurai army killed, Lord Shimura captured, and Jin grievously wounded and left for dead. Jin is found and nursed back to health by Yuna, a local thief, who informs him that most of Tsushima has already fallen to the Mongols. Jin storms Khotun's stronghold at Castle Kaneda in an attempt to rescue Lord Shimura, but is defeated by Khotun in combat and is thrown from a bridge.
Realizing that he cannot defeat the Mongols by himself or with traditional samurai fighting tactics, Jin begins scouring the island to recruit allies and learn fighting techniques to aid in his quest to rescue Lord Shimura. He manages to recruit Yuna, her blacksmith brother Taka, devious merchant Kenji, master archer Ishikawa, female samurai Masako Adachi, and his old friend and mercenary Ryuzo and his Straw Hat rōnin. As Jin disrupts Mongol activities and liberates towns across the island, the locals begin to revere him as "The Ghost". Taka crafts a special climbing hook that allows Jin to scale the walls of Kaneda Castle, and he calls for his allies to commence the rescue mission. Destitute and starving, Ryuzo and the Straw Hats betray Jin to collect the bounty issued on his head by the Mongols, but Jin manages to fend them off, free Lord Shimura and retake Kaneda Castle.
Despite their victory, Khotun had already left to conquer Lord Shimura's castle with help from Ryuzo's men. To retake Shimura Castle, Jin recruits Norio, his warrior monks and the Yarikawa clan. Lord Shimura recruits the local pirate Goro to smuggle a message requesting reinforcements to the Shogun, as well as an announcement that he wishes to adopt Jin as his heir. With a new army under Lord Shimura's command and reinforcements from the Shogun on the way, Jin recovers his family's ancestral armor from Sakai clan's caretaker Yuriko, who teaches him how to craft poison. Jin heads out early during the night to confront Ryuzo but is captured along with Taka by Khotun, who asks him to surrender. When Jin refuses, Khotun kills Taka as punishment. Jin is able to escape with Yuna's help just as the Shogun's samurai reinforcements arrive. Lord Shimura then leads a full assault on Shimura Castle, and are able to push the Mongols into the inner keep. However, Khotun resorts to unconventional tactics that inflict massive casualties on the samurai. Realizing that more lives will be lost in another frontal attack, Jin defies his uncle and decides to poison the Mongols instead.
Jin infiltrates the castle and sneaks poison into the Mongols' food. He confronts Ryuzo again and kills him in single combat after Ryuzo refuses to surrender. Despite the castle being taken bloodlessly, Khotun again has left to campaign further north, while Lord Shimura is furious with Jin's conduct. Knowing the Shogun will want to have someone executed as punishment, Lord Shimura asks Jin to blame Yuna as a scapegoat, but Jin refuses, fully embracing his role as the "Ghost". He is arrested for his crimes, but manages to escape when Yuna learns of Khotun's whereabouts. As Jin tracks Khotun, he discovers to his horror that Khotun has learned how to recreate the poison he used and is using it against the island's residents. Jin gathers his allies again and assaults Khotun's final stronghold in Port Izumi. He manages to infiltrate the port and kill Khotun on his flagship.
With Khotun dead, the Mongol invasion loses its momentum and the tide turns in the samurai's favor. Jin is summoned by Lord Shimura, who informs him that since the Shogun considers the "Ghost" a threat to the stability of Tsushima, he has disbanded the Sakai clan and ordered Jin's execution. Reminiscing about what they have both lost, Jin and Lord Shimura reluctantly battle each other, with Jin emerging as the victor. Jin has the option of either sparing Lord Shimura's life or killing him to give him a proper warrior's death. Regardless of the decision, Jin has to live the rest of his life on the run as a wanted man, as the Ghost of Tsushima.
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