At its core, Grand Theft Auto is a game about being a criminal and committing heinous acts. But it wasn’t always that way. Back when Grand Theft Auto was called Race ‘n’ Chase , players were actually allowed to choose whether they wanted to play as the police or the criminal. Furthermore, the game wasn’t about completing missions or free-roaming, but rather, it was a multiplayer racing g
The original owner was Vagram the Raging Wolf whom the player kills and is one of the first Tarnished to ever reach the Roundtable and therefore a key piece of the game’s lore. Any fan that followed Elden Ring from the beginning was dying to get this armor when it finally came
The underwater city of Rapture is such an iconic setting that it’s hard to imagine BioShock being set anywhere else. However, original plans for the game had it set on a space station infested with mutated monsters, with players sent to rescue someone from a c
Like Destiny , Bungie’s Halo underwent a number of revisions before it became the genre-defining FPS powerhouse it is known as today. Originally, Halo was set to be a real-time strategy game, and then it became a third-person shooter that was going to launch for Mac and PC, not as an Xbox exclus
Donkey Kong is one of the most important video games of all time, introducing some of the industry’s most popular characters, and helping Nintendo become an even bigger player in the North American video game market. Considering this, it’s crazy to think that it all could have ended much differently, with Shigeru Miyamoto working on a licensed Popeye game instead of creating original charact
Borderlands is known for its cel-shaded art style and quirky sense of humor, but if plans didn’t change during development, it could have been a much different game. When Borderlands was first announced, it sported a darker tone and realistic graphics to ma
Capcom has had quite the resurgence lately, Great Plateau Foothill Cave coming off huge wins from the success of Devil May Cry 5 and Monster Hunter World, but an even larger contributor to Capcom’s run has come from the Resident Evil series. Both Resident Evil 2 Remake and more recently Resident Evil 3 Remake have seen massive success, showing that the franchise that many fans decided had lost its way was finally making a comeback, even if some are fully satisfied with RE3 . It seems Capcom wishes to keep the ball rolling, as reports have begun popping up that Resident Evil 4 is on deck for the next overh
This new game will feature the same style of over-the-shoulder camera that was featured in the Resident Evil 2 remake (and was made famous for the series in _ Resident Evil 4 _ ). Zombies ostensibly have the same style of AI mechanics that was found in the previous game, as they lunge at the player creating an engage-or-dodge situation. There is a brief shot where Jill Valentine shoves an attacking zombie off of her, a staple mechanic of the series, and shooting is also largely the same with the exception of the subtle differences that can be found between the styles of Jill, Leon Kennedy, or Claire Redfi
Another aspect of Resident Evil 4 that was innovative for the time was its sense of scale, despite its linearity. Leon runs through rural Spanish villages, mineral mines, gothic castles, modern military installations, etc. Even in its 15-20 hour runtime, players travel to such an interesting variety of locales that the game is perceived to be much grander than it is. Even now, as the game creeps up to 15 years old, the world of Resident Evil 4 has a sense of sprawl balanced perfectly with its actual size. Now with modern technology allowing for higher graphical fidelity, a remake could see that scale expanded with larger highly detailed environments further beyond what the GameCube was capable of. Invoking that sense of scale that was so impactful in the original game would be perfect for a Resident Evil 4 rem
Resident Evil 4 , though featuring plenty of familiar cramped spaces that the franchise was known for, was the first game to truly blow the world out into a more vast, open-air world. The game still remained true to the core of Resident Evil , but Resident Evil 4 was revolutionary not only for the franchise but for games in general. Despite being confined to the series’ trademark tank controls, the game was incredibly innovative in perfecting the third-person shooter genre. The over-the-shoulder camera design in Resident Evil 4 greatly succeeded where many other precursor games had experimented and failed in previously. Some of the best third-person shooters released since 2005 have Resident Evil 4 to thank for its incredible aiming technol
This attire that looks inspired by Sauron from The Lord of the Rings became so iconic that even gamers who don’t play World of Warcraft have seen it at some point. For the actual fans of World of Warcraft , it doesn’t need an introduction. Its cultural importance in the video gaming world is immeasura