!.04-Rock Paper Shotgun

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The Sunday Papers

Posted: 03 Apr 2022 02:00 AM PDT

Sundays are for chucking away the manual and doing it yourself. Before you struggle, let's read this week's best writing about games (and game related things).

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Coromon is a Pokémon homage on PC, with more flexible difficulty modes

Posted: 02 Apr 2022 10:32 AM PDT

I played Pokémon Red back in the day and I've never been able to go back to the simplistic JRPG since. Each game in the series hews so closely to the formula - and rightly so - that I don't have the appetite to play through it a second time.

I'm all for other people making their own original spin on that monster-taming formula. Coromon, out now on Steam, looks like it might be less a spin on those older 2D Pokémon games than a straight homage, however.

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Play A Short Hike in multiplayer with 99 others in this April Fool's gag

Posted: 02 Apr 2022 10:04 AM PDT

A Short Hike is one of my favourite games and I've completed it twice, once on PC and once on Switch. Now I'm thinking of having another go thanks to A Short Hike 99, an "unofficial" multiplayer mode created by original developer Adam Robinson-Yu as an April Fool's gag.

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Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds, a PC and mobile spin-off, heads west this summer

Posted: 02 Apr 2022 09:34 AM PDT

A lot of JRPGs are gorgeous, but the Ni no Kuni games have the borrowed luster of Studio Ghibli's involvement. That's why I'm interested in Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds. It's not quite the third game in the series, but rather a PC and mobile spin-off currently available in Asia that's making its way west this summer.

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Newlyweds in The Sims 4 will no longer rub their ear into their spouse's face

Posted: 02 Apr 2022 08:54 AM PDT

The Sims 4's My Wedding Stories expansion launched back in February, but plentiful bugs have meant the trip down aisle hasn't been a smooth experience for players helping their sims tie the knot. Now a new patch has released which fixes some, but not all, of the issues. At least the patch notes are a delight.

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Final Fantasy XIV will continue its story and become easier for solo players on April 12th

Posted: 02 Apr 2022 08:11 AM PDT

Final Fantasy XIV's patch 6.1 is edging closer, close enough that it now has a released date, April 12th, and a new trailer. The trailer is below, showing some of the main scenario quests which continue the story from the end of the recent Endwalker expansion.

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What are we all playing this weekend?

Posted: 02 Apr 2022 02:00 AM PDT

Hello, reader dear, I do hope you survived the poisson d'avril pranks. Quick, check your back for a paper fish, just in case. We can both pretend we didn't see it. Now you're safe, please tell me: what are you playing this weekend? Here's what we're clicking on.

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