At its core, Spellspire offers a simple concept: make words from a collection of 10 letters that then conjure a spell to fight enemies. The longer/more complex the word, the more damage the resulting projectile will inflict. Defeat all the enemies on a level and you ascend the 100-story tower with a boss fight waiting every 10 floors.
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The campaign starts out during Return of the Jedi, and veers off from there. Most levels play like a Star Wars-themed FPS, similar to Dark Forces from the 1990s. Half the time, it’s an immersive-but-short campaign, but the other half, the level design leaves a lot to be desired
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Their mission in Below the Bedrock is to find a weapon that Xara spoke of that they can use to defeat Romeo once and for all. So as Xara looks for a way to teleport them back to their world, Jesse must partake in a trivia contest to prove his knowledge of Fred and earn the right to spend a night in the ex-Admin’s home — ostensibly to search for the weapon.
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After lagging behind in the presentation department for a while now, Call of Duty has stepped it up with WWII, which is both the best-looking CoD title and World War II game ever made. The cut scenes have a gritty beauty a la Band of Brothers, and the in-game action looks dramatically improved from last year’s Infinite Warfare.
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The final episode, Don’t Stop Believin’, streamlines some of the series’ problems for a tighter narrative. That means the explore-and-solve segments that bogged down previous episodes have been cut for a focus on story and character.
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There are two modes to choose from in The Flame in the Flood: campaign and endless. While the former adds some rudimentary story elements (and that’s probably being generous) along with the challenge of making your way through a set number of zones, both are basically the same. Your goal is to scavenge and manage your resources in order to survive.
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At roughly 10-to-12 hours (more if you hunt for collectibles and do optional assassinations), Wolfenstein II is well-paced. There are several intense set pieces, though nothing that we’d consider to be a boss fight in the traditional sense, and tough encounters alongside exploration and lighter fare — such as a mission to find your friend’s mechanical arm — that serve as palette cleansers.
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