Latest articles by Jasmine Gould-Wilson
Best Baldur's Gate 3 Monk build
Guide The best Baldur's Gate 3 Monk builds emphasise unarmed combat
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's hardest bossfight is even more stressful when you're not the one playing it
Now Playing Now (Not) Playing | Thunderblight Ganon can eat a cannon in Hell
After 67 hours, I've realized that Assassin's Creed Shadows' brilliant open world comes at the cost of narrative continuity
Now Playing Now Playing | The RPG's non-linear framing of linear storylines is a double-edged hidden blade
I wildly underestimated the Switch 2, and after just getting a Steam Deck, I'm almost regretting it
Opinion Opinion | Did the Switch 2 just out itself as Valve's latest handheld competitor?
I'm pushing Assassin's Creed Shadows' hidden morality system to its limits and it's already cost me an ally
Now Playing Now Playing | Shadows introduces missable allies for the first time, and I learned that the hard way: by being too stabby
inZOi vs The Sims 4: I'm pitting the life sims against each other to compare five key features
Now Playing InZOI has just entered Early Access, but it's got a long way to go to match the competition
Assassin's Creed Shadows' modern storyline is kind of non-existent and I couldn't be happier about it
Opinion Opinion | I don't know much about the Animus Hub yet, but it beats the chronicles of Layla and Loki
My favorite weapon in Assassin's Creed Shadows is also the most misunderstood
Opinion Opinion | Learning how to use the kusarigama is worth the effort – promise
Assassin's Creed Shadows' prologue is the most gripping in franchise history, but I'm fixated on the tiny details
Now Playing Now Playing | Auto-follow and pathfinder are simple tools that make a huge difference
After Silent Hill 2 helped Bloober Team redeem itself, is the once-controversial studio poised to become horror's latest darling?
Opinion Opinion | Konami's second Bloober Team partnership could spell a future bright enough to banish its darkest days
I thought I was going evil in Avowed, but one quest changed everything I thought I knew about morality in this RPG
Now Playing Now Playing | Morality is not all black and white in Avowed, but it took me 28 hours to see that
Assassin's Creed Shadows' transmog looks set to combine the best of Odyssey and Vahalla to make changing my drip easier than ever
Opinion Opinion | It's taken years to get here, but I'm glad that AC Shadows won't make me visit a blacksmith to jazz up my look
Split Fiction feels like a Mass Effect-meets-Fable platformer and I'm obsessed with it after just one hour
Now Playing Now Playing | Hazelight's latest two-player co-op game is a slick and stylish genre-bending adventure
Escaping an asylum hidden in an 18th century Spanish monastery is a curious concept for a stealth game, but I couldn't put this one down
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | The Stone of Madness is stunningly haunting new stealth tactics game from the indie devs behind Blasphemous
Playing Atomfall for 90 minutes booted me out of my comfort zone more than any other survival action game, and that's a very good thing
Preview Preview | Atomfall is a little bit Stalker 2, a little bit Dying Light, and a lot of something else entirely
Avowed's dialogue can feel more like a tabletop RPG than Baldur's Gate 3's, but in a totally different way
Opinion Opinion | By reverse-engineering your backstory, Avowed's dialogue system is its most powerful storytelling hook
Move over, Hogwarts Legacy and Dragon's Dogma 2 – Avowed's magic combat might be my favorite in RPG history
Now Playing Now Playing | I'm playing Avowed as a pure wizard and have zero regrets
Playing Hades 2 in Early Access makes it feel like a roguelike soap opera, and it's the only reason I still use Steam
Now Playing Now Playing | Experiencing all the balances, tweaks, and narrative beats being added in real time is one of the greatest joys of playing Hades 2
While I'm hyped for GTA 6, my biggest fear is that it's already dated itself
Opinion Opinion | Will GTA 6's lengthy development time be too much for Rockstar's satire to overcome?
Avowed's companion system is giving me strong Mass Effect vibes – and not only because of Kai
Now Playing Now Playing | Obsidian's new RPG has been compared to Skyrim, but 12 hours in I'm feeling Avowed's Mass Effect love
Assassin's Creed Shadows has the opportunity to right Valhalla's most offensive RPG wrong: Eivor's inability to serve
Opinion Opinion | Historically accurate clothing doesn't have to be hideous
10 Games like Hogwarts Legacy to explore outside of the wizarding world today
Best List From Tiny Witch to Lego Harry Potter, here are the best games like Hogwarts Legacy to play right now
