XPSTAR: After several strenuous hours of grinding, I acquire that final ruby required to upgrade my bow. Performing a gleeful little dance of sweet, sweet victorious victory (with no pants on, as is my custom), I hasten to the armorer, offer my materials/monies, and the new weapon is at my disposal.
Games Asylum: "Well, this is neat. As the name suggests, Wrath of the Mutants is the rarest of things – a genuine arcade conversion. With most modern arcade games being ticket redemption machines, this is something seldom seen. In fact, the last arcade conversion we can recall was Raw Thrill’s own Cruis’n’ Blast on Switch back in 2021. This is also based on an older iteration of TMNT, harking back to the series from 2012-2017. It’s essentially breaking franchise continuity (we’ve had two different iterations of the Turtles since) and could even be considered nostalgic for a select few – those who grew up with 2012’s Turtles are probably in their late teens."
Fuse ARPG, Soulslike, and cozy crafting mechanics for a one-of-a-kind adventure. Here is The Nerd Stash's early impressions of No Rest for the Wicked.
Starship Troopers: Extermination is continuing its early access period with a class system overhaul that will give players more options when it comes to pushing back the bugs.
It must be frustrating for these devs to see Helldivers 2 absolutely devour their lunch lol
-Oh my God, this game looks like a complete rip-off of Helldivers II!
-At least it gives Xbox players the chance to experience something similar to the PlayStation game!
Jokes aside it does make you wonder why Sony, who owns the IP for both, is continuing with two products when there is such overlap. Should it one day make a new Starship Troopers film or a Helldivers film instead?
Judging by the article, it's a slow day for content on N4G today.
To answer the question, if it means you keep coming back to the game, then YES.
Its not an addiction if you enjoy it and it has been settled that there is no such thing as video game addiction.
Lets see, Not washing and wearing the same clothes for sometime. If you call out from your job to play video games. Avoiding hunger pains, peeing in bottles. Not associating with people/family but only on the game. Losing spouse, love one because of a game. These are addictions, so I don't think addiction is a good thing.
Online maybe, sp no
The only game I've ever heard of that ruined lives was World of Warcraft.
I'd like to find out what caused such an addiction. I'd imagine that part of it had to do with realtime elements, group coordination, and time consuming gameplay in order to make progress.