TheGamer's Best Features Of The Week: Elden Ring Messages, Hopeful Batman, And Hype
Happy Thursday, folks. You know what that means - it's time to take a look at some of the best features of the week on TheGamer. This week's topics include Elden Ring, the game that keeps on giving, and its surprising connections to Euphoira, how The Batman portrays hope, and reactions to the recent reveal of Dino Crisis. Uh, I mean Exoprimal.
If you wanted more Elden Ring then you're in luck because we've also got pieces analysing how it managed to bring back hype after Cyberpunk 2077 gloriously killed it, and a look at what it's like to try and win the respect of the community using the in-game messaging system. When in doubt, try "dog".
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Let's start with something timely. Last night, Sony gifted us with the latest State of Play and one of the first announcements of the showcase was Exoprimal, a dinosaur-focused game from Capcom but perhaps not the one that everyone wanted. Dino Crisis who, right? Editor-in-chief Stacey Henley argues that Exoprimal looks less like the Dino Crisis that fans have been wanting for some time and instead looks like a dinosaur-themed version of Anthem. That's far from a compliment, but you probably knew that already.
Where were you when Cyberpunk 2077 killed hype? Features editor Eric Switzer puts his hype goggles on to reflect on how Cyberpunk 2077 managed to destroy hype, but how Elden Ring managed to rise from the ashes and bring it back again. Eric argues that we as an industry have never been as collectively disappointed in something as we were with Cyberpunk, but that Elden Ring has had almost the opposite effect with overwhelming positivity. Guess we owe the Tarnished a favour.
Next up, here's some more Elden
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