There’s a certain inescapable magic to having an open world in the palm of your hand. It’s part of what made Breath of the Wild so engaging when it launched on the Switch. I vividly remember a dozen-hour train ride I took from Bucharest to Sofia, stuck in scorching heat, just lying in the train …
Do you ever get the urge to crawl through dungeons, craft items, fight some foes, and make a bloody mess while you’re at it? If so, the chances are you’re a Diablo fan, and we can understand that. There’s no denying how fun the RPG dungeon-crawler franchise is to play, and the fact it’s set …
Skyrim is probably the most evergreen offline game ever. Bethesda first released the game in 2011, and since then it’s been rereleased on so many platforms that it’s turned into a meme. Sure, GTA V is still going strong, but that’s due to its online component (and I can’t play it on my Nintendo Switch, …
Screenshot: Bethesda / Kotaku Fishing in video games is tricky to nail. Many games offer such a mechanic, but few actually pull it off. Personally, I can’t even recall a single fishing mini-game I’ve wrung enjoyment out of in the last few years. Pokémon? Tedious, annoying. Fire Emblem: Three Houses? Zzzzz. Hades? The only thing …