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OnePlus 6T camera review: Good performer
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in OnePlusThe OnePlus 6T, released in November, follows hot on the heels of the OnePlus 6 released just this past May. In terms of camera hardware, there appear to be no changes to the new model: the OnePlus 6T comes with the same dual-camera setup as its older sibling — one https://www.gadget-rumours.com/top-5-android-features-users-actually-want-use/that combines a 16Mp main…
Ashen Review – Turning Strangers Into Friends
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in GamesAshen has a distinct look and its landscapes are imaginative, but no level of creativity can hide the fact that it is a shameless Dark Souls clone. New Zealand-based developer A44 fully embraces this inspiration to deliver almost identical combat, exploration, and a risk-based currency of souls. Read Also Dark Souls III Dark Souls 3-Prepare…
Battle Princess Madelyn Review – Retro To A Fault
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in GamesRomanticizing the past is easy, but older games shouldn’t always be held up as examples to follow. The retro aesthetic has plenty of appeal, including a simplicity of concept and presentation that can be refreshing set against modern behemoths. But old-school styling and design can also add up to frustration, aimlessness, and exasperating difficulty. Battle…
Insurgency: Sandstorm Review – What’s Old Is New Again
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in GamesWith our reinforcements depleted and the enemy firmly entrenched in its defensive positions, the outcome of this battle looks bleak. Rather than desperately charging headlong into the fire zone like lambs to the slaughter, before we respawn our commander urges the squad to hang back as he coordinates one last-ditch attempt to capture the objective.…
Overkill’s The Walking Dead Review – A Camp Not Worth Defending
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in GamesSometimes a game just doesn’t work out. Despite lots of time, a strong property, and capable development talent, the experience fails to solidify. In the case of Overkill’s The Walking Dead, major technical problems and connection issues, baffling gameplay systems and controls, tedious combat and stealth, and poorly structured missions all contrive to halt the…
Darksiders III Review – A Quality Experience From Another Age
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in GamesThe Darksiders series is a pastiche of beloved games and genres that came before it. The first two Darksiders entries wore their Zelda, God of War, Metroid, and Diablo inspirations proudly and generally found success, even if they never quite reached the heights of any of those singular games. Darksiders III is similar in that…
Battlefield V Review – Hedge Warfare
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in GamesThey say all is fair in love and war, but Battlefield fans disagree. The lead-up to the series’ return to World War II was firebombed by controversies centered on the role of women in virtual warfare, the perceived lack of authenticity in the new soldier customization system, and confusion over what exactly would be in…
Tetris Effect review – the eternal puzzler reimagined on a truly cosmic scale
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in GamesTimeless, immediately compelling and utterly without mercy, Tetris has always been a game about what isn’t there – or rather a game about what isn’t there yet. It’s a game about the puzzle pieces you don’t currently have, and all the stupid stuff you get up to before they arrive. You migh also like to…
Red Dead Redemption II Review – An Open-World Western For The Ages
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in GamesThe world of Red Dead Redemption II is defined by violence, both in its passive and active forms. Bandits roam the highways, pilfering from the wealthy and poor alike. Predators mercilessly hunt and kill their prey in the unforgiving wilderness. Men of industry don’t blink twice stepping over the bodies of the sick and the…
LG G7 ThinQ camera review: LG’s artificial intelligence camera
Introduced this past May, the LG G7 ThinQ is the latest model in the Korean electronics giant’s G-line of high-end smartphones, featuring a dual-camera setup with an optically stabilized 16Mp main camera with a fast f/1.6 lens, and a secondary 16Mp super-wide-angle. The device also features LG’s AI-powered scene and subject recognition that automatically finds…
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 Review – Treyarch’s Gambit Yields Big Rewards
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in GamesEvery year, the unceasing refrain that Call of Duty is the same gets repeated like a dogmatic mantra. With Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Treyarch takes a big risk in removing a franchise staple – the single-player campaign – and embraces nothing but online multiplayer. The gamble pays off, as the title features more…
Apple iPhone XS Max review: Flagship imaging power
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in iPhoneApple’s brand-new iPhone XS Max features the company’s largest smartphone display ever — a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED variant — but otherwise comes with camera specs that on the surface look pretty much identical to last year’s iPhone X. A closer look reveals important changes, however. For example, the 12MP sensor in the dual-camera setup’s wide-angle…