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Sonic Forces: Tikal Review

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The best part about Sonic Forces in my eyes is the variety that comes with each of the available runners. While the basic attribution of a throwing object, boost, and obstacle are always there, each character has their own unique way of employing these skills. Typically, however, they always rely on strength overall in order to trip up other runners, making their skill sets more about the brawn than the brains. Tikal, however, is a fresh addition to the game as of earlier this month, bringing with her a variety of skills that help to spice up each race. This is mostly because, while many other characters can rely on their strength in order to beat out faster runners or simply players that are ahead of them, using Tikal requires a bit of strategy because of what she brings to the table. Firstly, Tikal's speed is what makes it easy to get ahead of other players once you collect enough rings. At 100 rings, Tikal can blast by the competition, especially when she uses her boo

Fate/Grand Order: Murder at the Kogetsukan Story Review

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  As I've mentioned before, Fate/Grand Order often excels when it comes to telling a good, engaging story that retains audience attention while also maintaining the fun gaming experience that comes with its turn-based fighting system. While that fighting system is utilized sparsely in this event, the story itself maintains a good pace, atmosphere, and general mystery about it so as to always keep the audience engaged. While the event is now over and the story isn't accessible to anyone who hasn't already played through it, I figured I'd highlight it only because "Murder at the Kogetsukan" is something Fate/Grand Order hasn't really done before with its events. And that's to tell a story not for the sake of a new welfare Servant, but rather in order to experiment with the ways in which storytelling can be employed through the medium of a gacha game. The story starts out simple enough: Your character wakes up to find he's been transported in