The fourth chapter in the King’s Quest reboot, Snow Place Like Home, is now out. And this episode, like with previous episodes, requires you to navigate your way through the story, and to do it properly. Adventure games especially require full engagement from the player- you need to know what you are doing, and when you are doing it, or you’re going to mess your progress through the game up.

That’s why you need walkthroughs- whether you need help getting through the game, or you just want to see someone play through it, this video walkthrough is for you. It covers everything in King’s Quest: Chapter 4 — Snow Place Like Home, through to the ending, which means, naturally, that it has spoilers. So make sure that you want to watch it before you watch it- that, or make sure you don’t skip too far ahead of where you are in the game when you watch the walkthrough, I guess.

The third episode in the episodic new age reboot of the classic King’s Quest franchise, King’s Quest: Chapter 3 — Once Upon a Climb, is now available. Featuring perhaps the best entry in the rebooted King’s Quest yet, the new game presents players with a memorable entry, with some genuinely and legitimately exciting and meaningful story movement.

Of course, King’s Quest is a true adventure game- and this means that it is entirely possible for the player to find themselves stuck in the game, at a loss as to what to do. There is no shame in that! That’s what we are here for. This video walkthrough for King’s Quest: Chapter 3 – Once Upon A Climb will cover the entire new chapter, and tell you what you should be doing, when you should be doing it, and how you should be doing it.

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I never really cared much for Crash Bandicoot– I was more of the purist platforming that Super Mario 64 pioneered on the N64 to really care for Crash, but there is no denying that the games form a significant part of many a gamer’s childhood- most of them who grew up on the PlayStation, anyway.

Which means that even though I can’t personally join in on the cries, I can understand why people so desperately want the series back. That desperation probably leads them to look for connections and hints where none exist.

Look at this newest tweet by PlayStation Latin America, for example- they’ve posted an image of Crash, with the #tbt hashtag, meaning they’re very obviously just referencing an older game without it meaning anything new. And yet, fans are now looking at the art included (which is a touched up version of a render that appeared in magazines back in the day), claiming that there is no way someone would go to the effort of cleaning up that old art just for a #tbt post (even though they’d have to, if they wanted that art to be presentable on modern social media), adding it to the list of ‘teases’ that Sony have been making.

Maybe they have been teasing the return of Crash, and we’ll see it soon. Or maybe, just maybe- it’s all a bunch of giant coincidences.

Just maybe.

Game Overview:

King’s Quest: Chapter One – A Knight to Remember features Graham as he enters into an old well to find a magic mirror. But to do that he would need to defeat a dragon. The game also tells the story of him becoming a knight and his destination to Daventry.

King’s Quest: Chapter One – A Knight to Remember is now available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The game was developed by The Odd Gentlemen and published by Sierra Entertainment.

Check out the video walkthrough of King’s Quest: Chapter One – A Knight to Remember below and let us know if you have any questions in the comments section below.

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Game Overview:

In Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions, the player takes control of a ship which can move and fire in any direction, reminiscent of the good old 2D games. The player would need to destroy a number of shapes without touching them whilst collecting lives bombs along the way.

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions  is now available for the PC, PS4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, MAC and Linux. The game was developed by Lucid Games and published by Sierra Entertainment.

Check out the video walkthrough of Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions below and let us know if you have any questions in the comments section below.

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The game is built primarily around two things. Delivering challenge and competition. There’s nothing about this game that says “I’m a pushover”, instead what it actually does is come out and say “Hey! I may be easy on the buttons, but I’m also pain to master.” And in my opinion that is exactly what a videogame should set out to accomplish before even considering anything else.

Geometry Wars is essentially what you would end up with if you cross-bred Defenders, Star Castle, and Galaga, then propelled it 33 years into the future. Everything about this title says modern retro done right. There’s no storyline, no meaningful characters, and no realistic graphics. The player’s a ship, there’s drones to defeat, it’s addictively challenging, now beat your high score.

All of this wrapped in what is best described as an explosive light show that take cues from Tron and just about any other medium that illustrates a digital world, and you can be sure you’re in for some fun.

"Geometry Wars is essentially what you would end up with if you cross-bred Defenders, Star Castle, and Galaga, then propelled it 33 years into the future."

The game also features great variation enemies. What sets these tougher enemies apart however are their abilities to transform their shape, use shields, and spawn smaller enemies. As the player progresses throughout the game and defeats the bosses, upgrades and additional weapons that which are rather like perks will become available for the player to take advantage off.

These come in the form of spawning black holes, increasing firepower, raising player defence, and collecting additional points from fallen enemies. Power ups are also placed on the map that work in similar ways and they do well in changing aspects of the gameplay, while providing the player variety.

What’s great about the use of perks in this game is that nothing feels tacked on or thrown in just for the sake of variety that players would rather do without. Everything within this aspect of the game holds purpose. It provides player variety in tackling enemies, it delivers a means to player progression, and it just makes sense to a game where everything runs on the basis of high scores and leaderboards, as well as player reputation and skill.

The Adventure mode serves as the game’s main objective mode, in which players progress through the game’s fifty-plus levels working towards high scores and earnings, while engaging in boss fights.

"All of this wrapped in what is best described as an explosive light show that take cues from Tron and just about any other medium that illustrates a digital world, and you can be sure you're in for some fun."

Adventure mode works on a time-based countdown system in which the player must defeat as much enemies as possible, while achieving one of the three high scores presented. Failing to reach a high score results in no stars being awarded, which works as a currency system for unlocking the next level. Should the player be in a position of not owning enough stars, the replayability as well as the excitement for replaying past levels will be required to rack up more.

While a great majority of games would have this feeling of being tedious and repetitive, as well as being some what frustrating, due to the nature of Geometry Wars being challenging and competitive with it’s use of leaderboards, high scores, and local co-op play, the addiction that the game provides fuels the player’s confidence and encourages them to play on.

Outside of the Adventure mode there’s also Classic mode, online-play, and local co-op as previously mentioned. While local co-op and online mode are at best identical to one and other, it’s the Classic mode where things change up slightly from the adventure, as well as being where the co-op based modes spawn from. Classic mode takes the objectives seen throughout the levels in the adventure mode and iterates on what they offer. Being more compartmentalized and differentiating somewhat to how the levels are played.

"Failing to reach a high score results in no stars being awarded, which works as a currency system for unlocking the next level."

Classic mode caters more the player’s own choice while still delivering on a rewarding experience. If there’s one thing in particular Geometry Wars 3 will be remembered for in the years that follow, it will be the use of it’s level design. Both in terms of visuals and gameplay the variety within the game’s levels can only be thought of as transformative.

The game’s maps take on a great number of shapes that deform, bend, twist, and rotate, as the player scurries back and forth dazzling around the arena. This leads directly back into elements of gameplay as the maps can also be affected by the player’s actions and movement, as well as the behaviour patterns of the enemies that players will face.

As different drone types spawn onto the map the way in which they attack the player varies quite greatly, and it does well to keep the player on their toes and on the edge of their reflexes. While some drones will simply navigate across the map not directly trying to attack unless the player moves within their paths. Others will make the best attempt to trick, distract, and attack when the player is off-guard.

They’ll chase, retreat, move in group formations, adjust their speed dynamically, break up into smaller forms, and engage in battle as smaller hordes. Great level design along with fantastic dynamic enemy types serve as the driving force behind what keeps this game so enjoyable and rewarding. Under no means whatsoever can the drones and enemy bosses be underestimated.

"As different drone types spawn onto the map the way in which they attack the player varies quite greatly, and it does well to keep the player on their toes and on the edge of their reflexes. "

They will try as hard as they possibly can to make the player feel weak, helpless, and under pressure, as if they’re the ones who are in control. The game uses the illusion of power to implement a sense of fear within the player while delivering challenge.

Once the player becomes familiar and is more adapt to how the game plays out however, it’s not long before they realize that the enemy is actually the prey and that they are infact the predator of the playing field.

As touched upon previously the game houses a visual style that brings to mind the space themed shooters of the 1980s. Where the game takes things one step further however is within it’s use of colourful explosions and brightly-lit particle effects, that form as a result of defeating enemies and making use of alternative weapons.

Each map hosts a grid-like background giving meaning to the game’s namesake, geometry. Taking place on either a sphere, square, cylinder, or any other shape that comes to mind, each arena is essentially floating in empty space that takes on a digitized astronomical theme. The amount of colours within the game that pop, sparkle and take on the form of surrounding stars and intergalactic-style entities and items is truly outstanding.

"The game uses the illusion of power to implement a sense of fear within the player while delivering challenge."

Fog, clouds, waves, and spirals, all serve well as an impressive and dynamic backdrop for the player to become immersed with as they battle hordes of drones upon the game’s arena. Everything within the game from the player’s own ship, drones, projectiles, and the map itself, all carry a glowing aura that delivers a drizzling neon effect.

My only real problem with the game is that it’s so incredibly hard to focus my attention on the gameplay, as I’m so incredibly distracted by it’s amazing visual style. The visual qualities of the game are further complimented by the game’s audio design.

Using fast-paced beats and rhythms coupled by pumping bass and electronic tones, the soundtrack behind the game something truly to be appreciative off. Flashy lights, a heart-pumping soundtrack, and addictive challenging gameplay. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is a Digital Sci-Fi Phenomenon, it takes everything that one would traditionally stereotype as an older videogame and spins it in to the modern era.

This game was reviewed on the Xbox One.