It’s an immersive, interesting world with a story that quickly grips you and sucks you in. The episode’s ending is a doozy, and you’ll be either sitting slackjawed at the screen or screaming at it — either way, Episode 2 can’t come quickly enough.
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For the past few hockey seasons — yes, even the lockout-shortened one that ran for 48 games — I’ve subscribed to NHL Center Ice through DirecTV. This season, however, that all changes as I go strictly streaming with NHL GamecenterLive. I’ve had GCL before but it’s always been in conjunction with Center Ice, so it’s been more of a supplement if I needed to watch an archived game or highlights, or I was away from our big TV. Not so this season, which puts it in a head-to-head faceoff with its satellite/cable counterpart. Are you weighing which package to get? Here’s what to consider.
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The flip side to this is the new Pull And Hold feature on defense, which is essentially cheat-but-don’t-get-caught. As your defender is adjacent to an opposing player, using B/Circle causes your player to physically interfere by grabbing and jockeying for position. Just don’t do it too long or too blatantly, as it’s a surefire path to a foul.
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What I can say is that the game’s new physics engine, which focuses heavily on weight and momentum, now factors into controls. For example, one-on-one situations offer right-stick weight balance controls. This should affect how quickly you can juke or how well you can protect the ball. In theory, this is a groundbreaking idea, one that could pass down to the next generation of sports games. However, I couldn’t pull this off regularly, and I couldn’t tell if I just never got the right feel for the timing or if the necessary finesse requires too much precision to be accessible.
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As for the players and arenas, well, you’ve seen it all before. I’m guessing EA Sports has maxxed out what it can do for this console generation, and we’ll have to wait until next year to see just how much further developers can push graphics.
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From a technical perspective, The Brigmore Witches only adds one gameplay tweak. Previously, bone charms were activated purely as bonus mechanisms, but The Brigmore Witches brings a different perspective to this by adding corrupted charms into the mix. These charms come with a price, so while they may give you one power benefit, they will negatively affect your stats and powers in another (for example, mana regeneration). It’s a small twist but effectively gives veteran Dishonored gamers something new to experiment with.
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The first thing you should know about Ibb & Obb’s controls is that the game shouldn’t be played single player. By default, a character is moved by the left analog, including jumping. Buttons are deactivated outside of the Start menu. This is fine when you’re playing co-op (either online or local) since your only real interactions are moving and jumping. The problem comes when you try to play Ibb & Obb by yourself because the second character’s controls are mapped to the right analog. Since some of the game’s puzzles and challenges involve timing (as well as the collection of gems from defeated enemies), it’s easy to get disoriented in your movements. In particular, when you have one character in the normal gravity and the other character in reverse gravity, moving between left and right analog sticks and separate characters becomes headache-inducing.
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