Timberborn Review [1.0] - Is the Beaver Base Builder Worth Playing?
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After four years of hard work, the brave base-building beavers have finally dammed the great Early Access river. Or as normal people would say - Timberborn is a freshly launched city-builder where you play as actual beavers. With hats.
Now if you're anything like me, that immediately raises a few questions. Is this actually fun, or just a gimmick that runs out of steam after the first dam? Do you need a masters degree in beaverology to get into it? And is there enough here to keep you coming back once the novelty wears off?
Is Destiny 2 Still Worth Playing in 2026?
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Destiny 2 has been around for nearly a decade now, and somehow it's still one of the biggest shooters out there. But if you're like me and you've never played it before, jumping in today can feel a bit like starting a TV show halfway through season six.
So the big questions are: can a brand new player actually enjoy Destiny 2 in 2026? Do you need to spend money to have fun? And can you even follow the story anymore? So I jumped in blind, and the answers turned out to be... a lot weirder than I expected.
Pluto - Is This Slay the Spire-Style Deckbuilder Worth Playing?
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Pluto is a roguelike where you escape wizard jail by finger-blasting horrific monsters with your spell-slinging digits. It's grungy, chaotic, and heavily inspired by Slay the Spire, but it takes that foundation and turns it into something weird and wildly unique.
It all revolves around your fingers - your gnarled, claw-like fingers. Each one, except the tragically useless thumb, can cast spells by slamming cards directly onto your fingertips. Sort of like playing the piano, but with more explosions.
Nested Lands Beginner's Guide - 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting
- By Ash
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1) More is Better
Nested Lands, much like every other survival-crafting game, has a million different ingredients. So unless you're a fan of manually gathering them and then slowly, painstakingly crafting basic supplies, you'll want to automate that. And for that you'll need to get some people. How many? As many as you can get, as quickly as you can get them. The more you have the easier it's going to be to keep things running since they'll be able to gather their own food, firewood and building materials.
And how do you get people? They sometimes spawn in event zones - that's the yellow circles - so just doing a lap around the first map should net you a good few. Just make sure you have enough houses before you set off on your adventure, because if you don't you won't be able to recruit them. Now this is going to be a pain in the butt the first few times, but thankfully it'll get much, much easier once you have a couple of workers under your banner.
Nested Lands Review - A Great Idea That Goes Nowhere
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Nested Lands might be one of the coolest survival game concepts I’ve seen in a while... and also one of the most frustrating. The premise is that you're rebuilding society after a supernatural, sentient plague wiped out the entire world.
The land is rotting, corpses lie discarded on the ground, and strange cultists wander the woods. Yet somehow... it all still feels weirdly tame. Because every time the game gets close to doing something interesting - it immediately pulls back.
Nioh 3 Beginner's Guide - 13 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting
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Nioh 3 is a very technical game with loads of mechanics and systems thrown at you all at once. So let me help you overcome that difficulty hump so you can focus on what truly matters - dissecting demons!
Nioh 3 is So Close to Being a Masterpiece – 35-Hour Review
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Nioh 3 is without a doubt one of the best Souls-like games I've ever played. It can stand tall and proud next to even giants like Elden Ring, and I don't say that lightly.
But, that greatness does come at a cost - some of it expected, and some of it just kind of... weird. Let me show you what I mean, and don't worry - I'll keep the spoilers to a minimum. The stuff you'll see will be from the first chapter only.