Christopher Buffa (Prima Games): The Internet exploded over news that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will play Black Adam in DC Comics’ upcoming Shazam movie. Considering The Rock’s insane level of popularity, this bodes well for an intellectual property that lacks more iconic heroes like Batman and Superman. An untold number of people will take interest in Shazam because of his involvement with the project.
Personally, we do mental fist pumps every time The Rock announces an upcoming movie role. We grew up watching the most electrifying WWE Superstar in history lay the smack down on the likes of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mankind and Triple H, capturing title after title. The guy has charisma to spare, is built like a Mack Truck (seriously, what the hell) and is a quality actor. That last part is perhaps the most important, considering wrestling fans suffered through quite a few Hulk Hogan stinkers (hello Suburban Commando) in the 80s and 90s, along with WWE’s forgettable The Marine starring John Cena.
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Resident Evil 5 launched 15 years ago today - and it continues to stand as a stepping stone from the good to the bad.
One of my favourites because of the co-op. Then Resi 6 arrived and the series nosedived further.
I enjoyed the game co-oping with a friend I know the game in solo the AI can be an idiot but RE5 is way better then RE6. I played RE6 with a friend if it wasn't cheap when I got I would have avoided RE6.
5 was excellent, still play Mercs with my brother.
I would love a fully remastered RE:5, with some added, reworked content. The DLC for 5 was also excellent.
6 was awful.
I never understood why the game was misunderstood. It was a fantastic game at launch and is still fun today to play. It’s as action packed as Resident Evil 4 was, yet that’s regarded a masterpiece 🤷♂️
it was "misunderstood" because they introduced co-op into the franchise at a time when people loved to have fake rage about co-op. like, you could play the game as a solo experience, but people chose to have their bandwagon rage because it was cool at the time lol
Based on one narratively fitting ending in Mass Effect 3, Prothean squadmate Javik is highly unlikely to return in the next Mass Effect game.
He was one of my least favorite characters. I wish they would have done the Proths different.