The Vestian Outpost provided a nice change of scenery and the Prison of Elders arena activity offered a new experience at a time when much of the game’s offerings were starting to become a little stale. It was by no means the perfect expansion and did little to draw new players into the game. It did, however, give existing ones a reason to stick around a little lon
Over the past decade, billions of dollars have been wasted in pursuit of the perfect live service game, with Concord , Skull and Bones , and Marvel’s Avengers being just some of the many high-profile flops that have failed to capture the hearts and minds of gamers . However, every once in a while, a developer does manage to get things right, as evidenced by Bungie’s Destiny ga
Since its release in 2013, Warframe has accumulated plenty of gear and upgrades for new players to collect, and many of the game’s missions are procedurally generated, making for tons of variety in gameplay. Fans of Destiny 2 ‘s multiplayer elements will appreciate the option to play missions cooperatively, as w
To get those CWL stacks, Guardians slot a Taking Charge mod into their armor and pick up Orbs of Power, which they can generate with multikills from a Masterworked weapon or by other Guardians. Moreover, the Firepower mod restores a chunk of grenade ability energy upon use, and the Distribution mod restores all abilities’ energy when dodg
Ubisoft’s already large open worlds continued to expand exponentially throughout the PS4 generation. It all started with Caribbean in 2013 and ended with all of Ancient Greece in 2018. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey delivered Ancient Greece in an extremely-detailed way, which also meant some extremely-long load times. Getting into the game could take minutes, and even worse, getting around quickly or back into the game after death also cost precious time. PS5 mostly solves this, shaving off about 10 seconds when first booting up the game, and bringing the load time into the game well under a minute.
It took six years since EA got the exclusive rights to develop Star Wars console games, but last year we finally got our first, full-fledged action-adventure game from them. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order delighted with its story, gameplay and world design. Despite this, there were a few technical problems. In addition to bugs, glitches and frame rate issues, the game also suffered from, you guessed it, long loading times. This was particularly true when traveling between planets. Luckily, PS5 presents so much needed to boosts to load times.
Originally introduced during Season 17, Bungie features Raids and Dungeons in a weekly rotation to make them farmable with updated rewards. Bungie is making 2 of each available in the featured rotation each w
Despite its cartoonish aesthetic, Maplestory is a classic free-to-play MMORPG, with lots of history and plenty of complexity for RPG fans to dig into. The game is presented as a side-scrolling platformer, although the game’s quests and combat require players to optimize their gear and skills, while also teaming up with friends to accomplish go
If Guardians find they need just a little bit more super energy to cap themselves, throwing some Dynamo mods into their armor and dodging near enemies can get them over the top, as can using Prometheus Lens to cause burn damage – which restores ability and super ene
Xur Loot Pool 2025, the exotic merchant of Destiny 2 , arrives every weekend until reset, giving players a short window to check out what he has in stock. With The Final Shape, Xur has seen a rework of what is on offer. Here’s what the merchant has for the weekend of
Square Enix finally delivered its long-awaited first part of Final Fantasy VII Remake earlier this year. While fans anxiously await details on what’s next, there’s plenty of reason to revisit the game on PS5, now with less waiting time. Booting up the game and loading up a save file is much faster than on PS4, but we’ve noticed something weird with Final Fantasy VII Remake on both PS4 and PS5 compared to all other games we rested. For some reason, our testing found that it takes longer to load into a save file than it does to boot up the game. We’re not sure this is, but at least both loads are still an improvement over PS4.
Of all the PS4 and Xbox One AAA titles, perhaps none is more infamous for its load times than Destiny 2 . Booting up the game is a chose on current-gen machines, and then comes loading into the planets and Tower. Considering you have to go to the Tower to collect bounties, missions and decrypt engrams, getting around Destiny 2 is a chore. While we await the proper PS5 version coming December 8, playing the game on PS5 via backwards compatibility actually isn’t so bad. Load times are dramatically lower than on PS4, making getting around less of a chore. It excites us to imagine what next-gen load times look like.
