Elijah Beahm, Author at The Escapist

Mass Effect: Andromeda BioWare Montreal storytelling tropes subverted colonization and important culture choices

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How to Fix Mass Effect: Andromeda

Last week, we dug deep into the heart of Mass Effect: Andromeda and why some of its maligned aspects were actually crucial to ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 9, 2020

L.A. Noire mocap Lost Planet 3 Jim Peyton motion capture mocap actor Bill Watterson director

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Inside the Hectic Motion Capture Adventure of Creating Lost Planet 3 with Lead Actor Bill Watterson

It’s rare to be able to peek behind the curtain of long past games. For the countless stories beneath those polygons, we often ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 6, 2020

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Mass Effect: Andromeda Asks: Are You a Colonizer or an Ally?

Okay, everyone get out your popcorn. We’re talking about Mass Effect: Andromeda. In fact, we’re doing a two-parter on this one. For this ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 2, 2020

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Mortal Shell Is a Sleeker, Class-Based Dark Souls Successor – Preview

FromSoftware’s venerated Dark Souls series succeeded through a rather distinct cocktail of obscure mysteries, Gothic horror, hard-earned knowledge, and a brutal challenge to ...

By Elijah BeahmJuly 2, 2020

No Straight Roads preview Metronomik Sold Out Ltd. rhythm game with God of War elements, platforming, and total lack of rhythm focus

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No Straight Roads Is Gorgeous but Can’t Find Rhyme or Rhythm in its Gameplay

I’ve been looking forward to No Straight Roads (NSR) for quite some time now. The premise of a punk rock revolution versus an ...

By Elijah BeahmJune 29, 2020

demo preview Ghostrunner One More Level, 3D Realms, Slipgate Ironworks, All in! Games

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Ghostrunner Is a Tight 3D Platformer and an Iffy Cyberninja Simulator

Hot plasma tears through a labyrinth of digital dystopia. I’m leaping towards my final target in the area, raising my sword to strike, ...

By Elijah BeahmJune 27, 2020

demo preview Cris Tales, Dreams Uncorporated, SYCK, Modus Games

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Cris Tales Is a Time-Bending JRPG with Charm and Beauty to Spare

Time travel is something games have tried time and again to make fun, to limited success. For every Titanfall 2, there are a ...

By Elijah BeahmJune 26, 2020

2012 Syndicate Starbreeze Studios EA criminally underrated cyberpunk co-op action and sound design

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Syndicate Is Cyberpunk FPS Bliss and Frustratingly, Criminally Underrated

What if I told you that you could play a game that combines Wolfenstein, Mirror’s Edge, and Deus Ex, with a rock-solid campaign ...

By Elijah BeahmJune 25, 2020

preview Omno demo Jonas Manke StudioInkyfox

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Omno Is a Serene Platformer with Tight Controls That Will Make You Forget 2020’s Crappiness

Omno is a game I think a lot of us need right now. It doesn’t promise bombast or horrors, nor any sort of ...

By Elijah BeahmJune 23, 2020

Industria preview demo Bleakmill Headup Games first-person shooter FPS BioShock Penumbra

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Industria Plays Like a Beautiful Frankenstein of BioShock and Penumbra

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a proper BioShock game. While Arkane’s Prey helped fill the void, it still wasn’t the ...

By Elijah BeahmJune 22, 2020

HROT retro FPS Spytihněv Czechoslovakia first-person shooter like Quake, Half-Life, Metro 2033

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HROT Is a Vicious, Wild Retro FPS About Surviving a Dieselpunk Czechoslovakia

I’m running from a giant, gas mask-wearing horse that leaps over small buildings, only to round a corner and be ambushed by giant ...

By Elijah BeahmJune 20, 2020

Grounded preview Obsidian Entertainment Xbox Microsoft

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Grounded Is Thrilling as Obsidian’s Survival Adventure Take on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

What we’ve got with Obsidian Entertainment’s Grounded, the developer’s first Xbox title since being acquired by Microsoft, is something we never expected: a ...

By Elijah BeahmJune 18, 2020

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