Shooter

When anyone thinks of gun-centric shooter RPGs, they naturally think first of Cyberpunk 2077 and Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet. Which is the best bang for your bullet?

I asked OpenAI’s GPT-3 to generate 31 different videogame ideas, one for each day of Blaugust, each dealing in some way with that particular day of the month. Here’s its idea for August 5th: “Steve, the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse”. This is a game where you play as Steve, the fifth horseman of the Apocalypse, who was left behind when the other four horsemen rode off to bring about the end of the world. With only your trusty steed and a few weapons, you must now ride across the country, fighting off hordes of zombies and other monsters that have taken over the world. ...

Square Enix’s new co-op third person shooter RPG, “Outriders”, doesn’t have anything to do with the Marvel heroes. Just, the last demo I played of this sort was Marvel’s Avengers, and I didn’t have a great experience with the co-op features, and this title was just there, for some reason. So, what is “Outriders” if not Marvel’s Avengers? I hadn’t even heard of this game before a couple days ago, when it exploded all over my Twitter timeline. I (being at work at the time) demanded someone patiently explain to me what kind of game it was so that I could join in the fun. ...