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Valkyrie Elysium sets in apocalyptic world where the god Odin wage a war against his enemies. After a severe injury, Odin created a female Valkyrie to fight for him and to prevent the so called Ragnarok. In the Prologue you will be introduced into the world. From there on, the fighting mechanics will be explained. After the tutorial you receive the mission for saving the world. The level design looks average. Somehow you can see the apocalyptic moment behind the levels but at the same time i only saw the ruins and buildings with low interior design. It is hard to see detailed traces of the human mankind. But i have to say that im in VE for 7 hours. That's why i cannot say if the level design keeps staying like this. The main character itself is a new born person and this might be the reason why there are no much characteristics of her. The protagonist has only the goal to fulfill the mission. This reflects an attitude that makes it not easy to win a certain insight of her and identify himself/herself with the protagonist. Nevertheless, in the course of time this might change. The graphic is on a more or less standard level. Even if it is from Square Enix who brought out FF7 Remake with outstanding story and graphic design, VE doesn't reach the same graphic level of FF7 Remake. I find this so strange why Square Enix didn't pay attention to this issue. Or did they? I can't tell for sure but the circumstances show that the graphic design was a minor aspect of the development process. Here, i have to admit that i played the ps4 pro-version but i played FF7 Remake-Pro-Version as well and even FF7 Remake cuts a better dash than VE. Even my explanation before sounds so negative, the fighting style is very great. It is a free fight system which reminds me of FF7 Remake and other titles like Tales of Arise of Scarlet Nexus. The skill tree helps to develop your fighting style and expands the attacks and counter attacks. The soundtrack isn't so remarkable but it is ok. It serves his purpose. On the one hand, the japanese synchronisation is great and helps to keep the interest in the conversation parts. On the other hand, the faces look a bit rigid while they talk. VE is not a real open world title, so don't expect to go around as you want. Conclusion: VE makes a lot right concerning the fighting system whereas the level and graphic design is more on an average level. 7/10

Valkyrie Elysium sets in apocalyptic world where the god Odin wage a war against his enemies. After a severe injury, Odin created a female Valkyrie to fight for him and to prevent the so called Ragnarok. In the Prologue you will be introduced into the world. From there on, the fighting mechanics will be explained. After the tutorial you receive the mission for saving the world. The level design looks average. Somehow you can see the apocalyptic moment behind the levels but at the same time i only saw the ruins and buildings with low interior design. It is hard to see detailed traces of the human mankind. But i have to say that im in VE for 7 hours. That's why i cannot say if the level design keeps staying like this. The main character itself is a new born person and this might be the reason why there are no much characteristics of her. The protagonist has only the goal to fulfill the mission. This reflects an attitude that makes it not easy to win a certain insight of her and identify himself/herself with the protagonist. Nevertheless, in the course of time this might change. The graphic is on a more or less standard level. Even if it is from Square Enix who brought out FF7 Remake with outstanding story and graphic design, VE doesn't reach the same graphic level of FF7 Remake. I find this so strange why Square Enix didn't pay attention to this issue. Or did they? I can't tell for sure but the circumstances show that the graphic design was a minor aspect of the development process. Here, i have to admit that i played the ps4 pro-version but i played FF7 Remake-Pro-Version as well and even FF7 Remake cuts a better dash than VE. Even my explanation before sounds so negative, the fighting style is very great. It is a free fight system which reminds me of FF7 Remake and other titles like Tales of Arise of Scarlet Nexus. The skill tree helps to develop your fighting style and expands the attacks and counter attacks. The soundtrack isn't so remarkable but it is ok. It serves his purpose. On the one hand, the japanese synchronisation is great and helps to keep the interest in the conversation parts. On the other hand, the faces look a bit rigid while they talk. VE is not a real open world title, so don't expect to go around as you want. Conclusion: VE makes a lot right concerning the fighting system whereas the level and graphic design is more on an average level. 7/10

Tower of Fantasy is an Anime-MMO that is set in the future. The story is about the planet calls Aida and the people take their resources through a tower named Tower of Fantasy. The planet has suffered war and radiation. The task is to survive in this world. You can choose between a male and female character. After a battle and escape the character doesn't have any memory of what happened before. A group of warriors finds the character and from there on, your story starts. The graphic is quite decent. There are certain ways of configurations. But at this point you gotta be careful because if you set the graphic on extreme and more, your graphic-card is going to heat over. My graphic-card temperature was about 80 degree Celsius when i set the graphics on extreme and more. So it is recommendable to lower the graphic settings on "good". The environment is detailed and motivates to discover and travel around. The Fighting style varies depend on what kind of a weapon you choose. If you choose certain weapons, you get the imitation-status of wanderers who are missing until now. It means you look like the missing wanderers. Nevertheless, you can turn off the imitation-status and take the original look of your own character you created. There is a PVE and PVP-System. The PVE-System goes smoothly and there are different kind of enemies. The PVP-System is good and is a great feature. The negative point is that there is no V-Sync. It isn't reasonable why this element isn't implemented yet. Furthermore, there is no setup for a controller. You can only use the keyboard and mouse. The gacha-system seems to be inspired by Genshin-Impact. I tested it and right now i can say it is quite fair. However, the payment method accepts only credit card. I was wondering why they don't accept Paypal, since it is an often used payment method. If you are ready to use a credit card, i recommend you to get a prepaid-credit card that you can get at a filling station/ petrol station. Going to a bank and request a credit card isn't necessary. I hope the upcoming updates will solve these problems. Conclusion: 7/10

The world of MMOs gets bigger and bigger and this has good reasons namely discovering an unknown never ending world, fighting the toughest battles, being connected with people from the whole world and developing your own character whereas you identify yourself with him. A few years ago i heard about Genshin Impact but at the first glance i wasn't interested in it because as far as i understood it was a Single Player MMO or something what i have found weird. Last week it got my attention again and following the quote "The taste comes with eating" i gave it a shot. The intro starts with a brother and sister who have mighty personalities but an enemy appeared. Now you can choose to be the brother or the sister. Depends on your decision you will be separated from your family and then the journey begins. In your journey a cute and adorable mystic girl named Paimon accompany you in order to find and save your family. In the meantime you meet many peoples and stories what give Genshin Impact a recognizable face. The World is quite huge and detailed. I saw two cities and especially the second city which has real asian style was very beautiful and invites you to stay there even longer. The Flora and Fauna is also well integrated into the world whereas the weather conditions have a negative impact on your health. I like the anime-style and the characters i just met are detailed and are irreplaceable characters The soundtrack is very cool and contains an asian-flair that creates a deepening and serious atmosphere in Genshin Impact. The composer really knows what he is doing. The music still is in my mind what confirms the right choice of the soundtrack. Right now i'm in the prologue so i can't tell too much concerning the story. What i can tell is that the family that you try to save could become your enemy. The other thing is that the enemy who appeared in the intro seems to have a personal interest in you but it is not clear what she is really up to. These elements cause question marks and that's why following the story line is motivating. You are in a Four-Man-Squad and you fight the battle with one person whereas you can switch easily to the other warrior. There is basic-attack, special-attack and a very special-attack but there seems to be no counter-attack. Every warrior has a different style and how to attack. It is right that you can develop your own character very very far while you can unlock certain talents. Unfortunately your character cannot learn more new attacks. In connection to this kind of Development and Battle-System the Gacha-System takes a huge and important place in Genshin Impact. There are many characters that you can get in the Gacha-System whereas you can another characters through certain story-lines. But i have to admit that the fighting style of the characters in the Gacha-System is more interesting and refined than the other ones you can get in the story itself. The Gacha-System offers three banners which includes 4- and 5-Stars characters. I noticed that mainly the 5-Stars characters can cause a very-special-attack with an animation while i love the animation-attacks. Well, now we come to an issue with what many Genshin-Warriors have a problem. In order to get these 5-Stars characters you have to spend for example about 150-200 € in one banner. You have to draw a 10x-Ticket (in Genshin Impact it is called: Prayer) about 9-10 times to get a 5-Stars Character whereas there is a high chance that you get 4-Stars Characters. We are lucky that there is a pity-system or else it would be even worse. The problem is that you can draw a character you already have. In such cases you can get an exchange. You also get other kind of coins which you can spend at the Tradesman. My point of view is that it is reasonable to get the necessary money so that you can finance Genshin-Impact, new projects like "Zenless Zone Zero", the company, the employees and even the cleaning ladies. Paying at maximum 50-60 € per month would be very fair but not 150-180 €. To be honest, i just checked if there is some sort of a subscription-pass like in other MMO and yes there is one. You can get a pass for about 10,99 € and you can get a subscription for 4,99 € where u can get the necessary coins day for day. This pass for about 10 € is available at Adventurer-Level 20. This seems to be fair but nevertheless the users are very frustrated of the Gacha-System anyway. So seeing it in a long term i cannot tell if the pass is the solution of the whole Gacha-Issue. It would be useful to create a subscription-pass with a price of 10 to maximum 50-60 € per month and depending how much you pay you can get more coins for buying the tickets. So it would be great that if you pay 50-60 €, you get more than 12000 crystal coins for drawing the 10xTickets. I think this kind of concept could lower the frustration-grade of the Genshin-Warrior. Conclusion: 7/10

Ghostwire:Tokyo is the next masterpiece of Shinji Mikami and his crew. As the title mentions, the story sets in Tokyo/Shibuya, a famous district which is well known for his crossroad. The protagonist is a man who wanted to see his sister in a hospital. He got into an accident. Short after, the disaster is going to start. A supernatural power appears and takes control of the main character. And from there on, you got to fight your way through the enemies who stand in your way. The sister seems to have an important meaning for the enemy and takes her away. The main mission will be to save the sister and to put the horror to an end. The genre can be categorized into the mystery-psycho-horror. The japanese culture takes an essential part as well so that Ghostwire:Tokyo develops a spiritual content. Like always, the character possesses a skill tree in which the abilities can be learned. The character is capable of using powers of the elements wind, fire and water. Talisman, bow and a katana belongs to the arsenal as well. With this equipment it will be possible to attack in different ways whereas the environment can be used to neutralize the enemy. The enemy itself is some sort **** nearly without a face. It gets quite serious if more than five enemies come towards to attack. At this point it is important to develop tactics and strategies to beat the ghosts. The environment seems to be a perfect image to the real Shibuya. Despite the enemies, there are cats and dogs which are not hit by the catastrophe. You can talk to them, give them food and in return they bring you to statues. In front of these statues you can pray in order to increase your ammo-capacity for the element attacks. There are even stores that are run by cats named yokai. You can make business with them like buying food and clothes and selling certain items. Ghostwire offers many connections to the japanese spiritual understanding and beliefs. The way of fighting is so refreshing and deeply something else. This proves that it is not really necessary to have a gun and rifle to create a great experience. There are sidequests as well. These quests give always a different storyline and each one is individual. It is really worth to take a look at it. The sidequests give the opportunity to enter houses, buildings etc.. There are also lost souls that needs to be saved. After you have found them, you have to go to a telephone and bring them back to their bodies. Fazit: Ghostwire:Tokyo effectively uses the Unreal Engine whereas the way of fighting is very refreshing. Walking through Shibuya is also something that is quite rare. This makes the adventure more exciting. The connection to the japanese culture gives Ghostwire:Tokyo a more deeply and serious tone. 10/10

Tales of Arise brings you into an universe which is truly astonishing. Let's get to a short summary of the storyline. The story sets in the world of a certain human kind which will be attacked by an enemy with advanced technology. They lose the war against the enemy and from there on they ended up as slaves for over 300 years without any chance of effective resistance. In reality slavery and suppression is an issue which accompanied the history of violence for a long time. Nowadays slavery is forbidden and the reason is well known. Concerning this background it is an emotional topic that can bind and connect you with the situation in Tales of Arise. The protagonist is a man with an iron mask who doesn't know his own origin and his name. He has had enough of the slavery and suppression and wants to fight back. A doctor tells him that the time to act will come and he will recognize it. These were true words: The man with the iron mask meets a girl with a special charisma. She fled from the soldiers and tried to hide. That is the moment where the tale of arise against the enemy begins. The man with the iron mask saved the girl and both go on journey to end up dictatorship of the lords. The world in T.o.A. is quite authentic and makes a living impression. There is a day/night system whereas you meet different kind of people, cities and villages. The setting is always different so that your experience of the landscape is always unique. Let's get to the fighting system, the core part of T.o.A. You can fight with over 3 members who is active or as defence in the battle. You can make your own choice how to make the combos against the enemy. There are different kind of possible combinations. You are able to learn more and more fighting techniques so that you can create your own way of fighting. In the battle you can call your members for specials attacks what creates a critical explosion. That way you can give your fighting combos an individual style. The burning sword plays a major role in the fighting and in the story. You have to find out for yourself what's it all about. On your journey you can take a break by camping outside and you can talk to your friends in order to get to know them better. In general the dialogues are well made. It shows that the members take justice and equality very serious. There is a classic level system and you can develop yourself by invest your points in a skill tree called Skill-Matrix. There are different skill fields that offer improvements in any way. You can set your Fighting Techniques in a skill set called Artes. The graphics is on a high quality and is an eyecatcher. Especially if you do the special attacks, the graphic shows you what's it made of. The environment is quite detailed so that the discovery of the places keeps you motivated. The soundtrack is good and expresses the atmosphere in each situation, be it while on a walk or in the fight. You can individually set the clothes, even with weapon skins. The best looking clothes are buyable as dlcs. For the one or another this would be disappointing since the people already get T.o.A. to a full price. It is your choice if you buy it or not. The side quests are on a constant level. There are missions like making a poll, protection, gather items for a recipe, showing books to a library manager, giving fashion advice etc.. Nevertheless i would wish that the quality of the mission would reach a similar level like in deus ex human revolution or deus ex mankind divided. I hope this aspect will be considered in the next updates. Conclusion: Tales of Arise is a RPG which i can recommend you without hesitation. The characters and the story line bind you in a positive way. i can assure you that a moment of boredom won't appear. So draw your sword and fight against slavery and suppression!

Scarlet Nexus takes you into the world of Brainpunk, a new kind of genre. The story is about a group of elite soldiers "OSF" and begins in the state named New Himuka. These soldiers use their brain in order to use different kind of abilities like psychokinese, teleportation, duplication and fire- or thunderattacks etc. At first, the enemies are aliens who will be called as "the others" whose origin is unknown. In the middle of the story you will recognise that the story line is getting deeper and opens many strings that arise a lot of interesting questions for you. The elite soldiers also open up their own story which gives you a certain glimpse of how the world of brainpunk works. The world you visit takes always place in different kind of areas like cities, museums, hospitals, mountains. Because of this variety you always see something else so that you are never get bored. The places are also influenced by the mechanics of the brainpunk what gives an astonishing view. The characters you will get to know have all different personalities what makes it curious. They make a liviing impression with their own hobbies, worries, sorrows. And now it gets more interesting: It is possible to build a friendship between the soldiers by talking to them, give them gifts and accompany them through the city. The more you work with them, the more they will be effective in the battle. Connected to this point, your group has a hideout where they live in a shared apartment. Either they train, make dishes and cook, sleep, massage themselves or take care of the flowers. At the beginning, the hideout looks empty but with the gifts they receive from you, the apartment is getting more and more living. The Fighting is something very unique: You can choose a katana and combine the katana techniques with the brainpunk abilities which will be given from your comrades. That way, you can fight with your own individual style without sticking to any pattern. In every mission you can use the environment by using stones, cars etc. and throw them to the enemy. And now the interesting part comes up: If you use your environment, you can still control the objects that you move with psychokinese by using the thumbsticks and keys. This creates a cinematic firework. The character has a Skilltree called Brainmap where you can choose the improvements. Besides, the classical Levelsystem is also integrated. The characters can be customized with clothes etc.. Between the missions there is a standby-phase where you can take a break from the battles. In this phase you can communicate with your comrades where you have the chance to get to know them better. You can also take a walk in the cities and enjoy the views. It is also possible to take sidequests from the citizens. Scarlet Nexus also has their own Anime Episodes which is connected to the story itself. In Scarlet Nexus you will meet a woman who asks you to investigate a case. You need certain codes which are hidden in the anime episdes. You have to find these codes in the episodes and give them to the woman. This kind of connection makes Scarlet Nexus more wide open and doesn't limit it to a single medium. The soundtrack is very well made and fits into the situation. There is nothing to complain about that. The graphics are well made and reflect the brainbunk-genre very **** Anime-Style makes a great impression. The story goes very long and you never get enough of it. And now lets come to the pros and cons: Pros: - Great Story - Different kind of characters with their own storyline - Individual fighting style - Great Setting with Brainpunk-genre - Great graphics - A very good soundtrack - Anime episodes Cons: - Simple Sidequests - The gifts cannot be bought in stores in the city. It can only be bought from a single person. If you wanna support the developers, i recommend to buy it to the full prize so that we can expect a sequel of Scarlet Nexus. Hope you enjoy Scarlet Nexus