92% of Mass Effect players chose to be Space Jesus, but here are 5 Renegade choices we ALL made…

“I’ll relinquish one bullet – where do you want it?”

Former Mass Effect cinematic designer John Ebenger recently revealed that approximately 92% of players chose the Paragon path in Bioware’s epic sci-fi series, despite the amount of work that went into the Renegade content.

While the vast majority of us chose to be Space Jesus throughout our cosmic odyssey aboard the Normandy, there are just some moments where you can’t help but pull the Renegade trigger…

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Why the best part of Sea of Thieves is its musical instruments (please help, I can’t stop hearing sea shanties!)

What do you think of when asked about your favourite part of a game?

Is it the depth and emotion of the story? The slick and responsive combat? Exploring a world, playing with friends, earning new gear…?

I jumped into Sea of Thieves recently and discovered my own answer to that question.

It’s the playable instruments!

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Journey to the Savage Planet – a masterful debut

An alien planet fit for humanity to settle. An intrepid explorer. A heroic journey.

Journey to the Savage Planet is about none of these things.

In an action-packed year set to be full of games vying to become your hobby, Typhoon Studios has kicked off 2020 with the perfect debut – an endearingly earnest game that respects the player’s time and puts a unique spin on the familiar.

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Kentucky Route Zero’s ‘multiplayer’ reminds us of how we used to share games with others

After seven years, Cardboard Computer have concluded their journey with the fifth and final act of Kentucky Route Zero.

This final instalment brings us multiplayer… sort of. It’s Kentucky Route Zero’s own very on-brand interpretation of the feature – nostalgic, reminding us all of how we used to build our own communities through the games we loved in a time before online play.

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Five years later… I WILL finish The Witcher 3 (And talk about why this series is living its best life!)

Like all the rest of you, I spent much of my time over the holidays watching The Witcher.

I have since arrived at the conclusion that, after almost five years, it is finally time for me to finish The Witcher 3 and talk about how – through its incredible transmedia success – this series is living its best life.

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