Tag: boss fight

  • 30 Hours as a Monster Hunter: First Impressions

    30 Hours as a Monster Hunter: First Impressions

    A couple of weeks ago I picked up Monster Hunter: World for the first time. And I’m so glad I did. I was a few weeks late to the party, because the game wasn’t initially in my most anticipated of the year. I tried to play Monster Hunter on my Nintendo 3DS a few years ago and…

  • Of Boss Battles and Game Glitches

    Of Boss Battles and Game Glitches

    Last weekend I finished Gears of War Ultimate Edition a second time, this time on Insane difficulty. My partner and I had a really challenging time defeating the final boss, RAAM. We must have restarted the battle like 40 times over a couple of sessions. (I got worn out the first time trying.)

  • Death in Video Games — It’s Just Not Realistic

    Watching your character die is part of the gaming experience. Even when I breeze through a game on casual difficulty, I usually have one or two deaths before I beat the game — and when I crank up the challenge to hardcore difficulty, I expect to die on a regular basis. This doesn’t happen in every game. Braid is…