Author: AndresPlays

Horror has always been a stand-in for our deepest fears. Death, chief among them, takes many shapes and forms depending on the type of story you are trying to tell. It could be a relentless monster that takes everything away from you. Or a silent killer that slips into your house without you noticing. The worst of all, though, is the friendly voice that takes you gently into that good night. Luto, or grief in Spanish, is a psychological horror game that very maturely depicts depression in the most effective way possible: through a series of well-placed jumpscares and an…

All of the improvements to your weapons in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers come from the Impetus Repository, otherwise known as the skill tree. Unlike Dark Souls, where you must obtain certain gems scattered throughout the world and give them to the expert blacksmith Andre, here the process cuts out the middleman. Once you choose one weapon from axes, longswords, spears, and dual swords, you will notice an ability called, for example, “Spear Mastery”. These abilities cannot be unlocked with your usual skill points gained from leveling up. They must be earned by picking up a unique item that is hard to…

What a ride this journey through Wuchang: Fallen Feathers has been so far. Gimmick bosses, monsters, and masters of martial arts have all fallen to your blade, not without some setbacks along the way. Well done. But this boss is proving to be your biggest challenge yet: Perfect Bride – Fang Ling. You have arrived at the very bottom of the Snowfall Palace, only to find one of the most abominable bosses to grace Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, or any soulslike, for that matter. The story of Fang Ling is likely the most tragic one in the game, a poor woman…

So, you have arrived at the Avian Marsh. Congratulations. Defeating the Genichiro-inspired boss Commander – Honglan is no small feat. But now you have arrived at the godlike winged boss Bo Sorcered. This feathered, half-naked challenge prides itself in moving extremely quickly, using a mix of swift, close-quarters attacks with her glowing, yellow sword and magical ranged attacks that do equally devastating damage. But there is a method to the madness. By now, you should know that Wuchang: Fallen Feathers rewards careful reaction from your part to avoid damage and earn Skyborn Might in the process. Skyborn Might, or the…

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, like most soulslikes, has its equivalent of the Dark Souls’ Estus Flask called the Manna Vase. You start with three of these healing potions that recharge every time you reset the world in one of the shrines. Eventually, as the game progresses and the enemies’ attacks and life bars expand, you will begin to ask yourself how to have more of a fighting chance with more Manna Vases. Well, the solution is not as straightforward as other games in the genre. Going into the sprawling skill tree accessible from the shrine menu, you will see several roots…

The more you progress through Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, the more important resources become. Ceramics, metals, and special alloys are all necessary in one way or another to build new roads, bridges, and monorails, so it is useful to get acquainted with how each facility works and how to get the most out of each of them. First of all, no materials saved in the private locker of one facility allow you to access it from any other shelter. It is exclusive to that one location. So if you saved certain items or useful building materials, you will…

The following guide contains light spoilers for Death Stranding 2: On The Beach. Early on in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, you will find a lone island in the northwestern area of the map, surrounded by water and difficult to access. If you talk with the other shelters, such as Olivia Westbury from West Fort Knot, they will tell you that The Inventor resides on that island, tinkering with new technologies all by himself. So the question arises, how does one reach The Inventor? Do you remember your odradek? That useful scanning device to explore your surroundings by pressing…

This guide contains light spoilers for Death Stranding 2: On The Beach. An ingenious new cargo to deliver in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is animals out in the wild in this inhospitable land. Did you ever wonder how any type of living being survived here? Well, wonder no more because it will now be up to you, and Sam Porter Bridges, to help out the wildlife in Australia to survive extinction and reach a 5-star level with a certain kind of shelter in the process. But first, how do you unlock it? Main Order 15 needs to be…

There comes a time in a playthrough of any long game like Death Stranding 2: On The Beach when you ask yourself, “Is this the best way to do things?” And while I do not claim to have all the answers, I can certainly try to help any newcomers, and hopefully veterans, ease into the experience of being the best porter in the world. It all boils down to little habits to make your deliveries as smoothly as possible, so here it goes: Choose Multiple Orders At A Time As the name implies, when you are choosing your Main and…

The following contains light spoilers below for Death Stranding 2: On The Beach. If you are a melomaniac like me, you very likely spent dozens of hours wishing for a Music Player to have been incorporated into the first Death Stranding. The fact that you could not play external music from Spotify or Apple Music was just salt on the wound. After all, if Final Fantasy XV was able to do it in its sprawling open world, why couldn’t Kojima’s latest Stranding-type game? Fret not, as the musical gods have listened to our prayers, and Death Stranding 2: On The…