Elijah Beahm, Author at The Escapist

343 Industries Halo 4 campaign perfect ending with empathetic Master Chief and Cortana and solid gameplay

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Halo 4 Would Have Been the Perfect Ending to Master Chief’s Story

343 Industries hasn’t exactly had a smooth go of it, picking up where Bungie left off with the Halo series. For the last ...

By Elijah BeahmSeptember 10, 2020

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Tunic Is a Charming Zelda-Like, but Where’s the Hook?

Odds are good that even if you’ve never played a Nintendo game in your life, The Legend of Zelda’s DNA has made your ...

By Elijah BeahmSeptember 4, 2020

Halo 5: Guardians 343 Industries is a Halo formula failure

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Halo 5: Guardians Is Halo, Devolved

One of my earliest pieces for the Escapist was about how Gears 5 seemingly took one long look at Halo 5: Guardians and ...

By Elijah BeahmSeptember 3, 2020

Halo 4: Spartan Ops 343 Industries Microsoft years of content updates for a live platform

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Halo 4: Spartan Ops and the Last Time Halo Promised Years of Updates

Building a platform is tricky business. For every Steam, there’s a uPlay. For every Fortnite, an Amazon battle royale going back into beta. ...

By Elijah BeahmAugust 27, 2020

Quake Champions id Software Bethesda hero shooter like a fighting game, accessible for beginners

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Quake Champions Is Too Good to Just Be Forgotten

Quake Champions is a game that certainly happened. It’s received numerous updates for over three years now to acknowledge that it does, in ...

By Elijah BeahmAugust 20, 2020

Vampire Rain Artoon AQ Interactive survival horror stealth 2007 feels like 2020 as a video game

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Vampire Rain Is 2020 as a Video Game

I wasn’t expecting Vampire Rain to be such a precise distillation of my 2020 experience. Its being a much derided Xbox 360 game ...

By Elijah BeahmAugust 13, 2020

survival crafting adventure 5 Lives Studios Windbound Is Almost Pretty Enough to Make Up for Its Terrible Combat Controls

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Windbound Is Almost Pretty Enough to Make Up for Its Terrible Controls

Windbound deserves to be a better game than it is in its current state. I say that after putting a good five or ...

By Elijah BeahmAugust 6, 2020

Infamous Second Son morality black and white does not work in this age of protest and dissent, Sucker Punch Productions

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Infamous Second Son Shows Why We Can’t Go Back to Black-and-White Morality

It’s far from a quiet day in Seattle. Armed men are waving their weapons around, threatening anyone who might possibly be an “undesirable.” ...

By Elijah BeahmAugust 6, 2020

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Terminator: Resistance Is the Best Terminator Sequel Since Terminator 2

The Terminator series can’t quite find its footing, can it? Outside of the first two films, every attempt at a direct sequel or ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 30, 2020

The Last of Us Part II Joel subverts expectations subverting expectations with deception, false marketing, developer lies

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There Are Right and Wrong Ways to Subvert Expectations

This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part II and Knives Out. The article may or may not subvert expectations. We ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 24, 2020

Ryse: Son of Rome is past and future of gaming and game design between Xbox One and Xbox Series X next-generation systems Crytek launch game

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Ryse: Son of Rome Is the Past and Future of Console Gaming

Until Hunt: Showdown came along, Ryse: Son of Rome was set to be the last traditional AAA game by Crytek ever, and boy ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 23, 2020

Silicon Knights Too Human is more exciting and interesting than boring Arkane Studios Prey 2017

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Too Human Is Garbage, Which Makes It More Exciting Than a Normal Game Like Prey

Let’s get one thing out of the way — I’m not here to tell you Too Human is good. It’s astoundingly questionable at ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 16, 2020

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