Sanmay Chakrabarti - Page 10
An old soul who loves CRPGs and Souls-Like to death. Takes pleasure in simplifying "Complex and Hard" games for casual players with tailored guides and videos. He loves to explore new places, read fantasy fiction, watch anime, and create wacky character builds in his off time.
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Dragon’s Dogma 2 Vocations: All Base & Advanced Classes
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Dragon's Dogma 2 features 10 Vocations or classes — Fighter, Archer, Mage, Thief, Warrior, Sorcerer, Magick Archer, Trickster, Mystic Spearhand, and Warfarer. Each Vocation in Dragon's Dogma 2 has its unique weapon skills and play style. None of the vocations are weak and it all comes down to the player's preferred play style. Pawns in Dragon's Dogma 2 also have Vocations, but they cannot use the Hybrid vocations, which are exclusive to the Arisen.
Honkai Star Rail: Acheron Ascension and Trace Materials
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Honkai Star Rail 2.1 will release Acheron, the new 5-star Nihility DPS who has an insane kit complete with high damage AoE and Single-target attacks. All of her character ascension materials are Dream Collection Component, Dream Flow Valve, Shape Shifter’s Lightning Staff, and Dream Making Engine. All of her trace level-up materials are Fiery Spirit, Starfire Essence, Heaven Incinerator, Dream Collection Component, Dream Flow Valve, Shape Shifter’s Lightning Staff, Dream Making Engine, Past Evils of the Borehole Planet, and Tracks of Destiny.
20 Funniest Abominations Created in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Character Creator
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Dragon's Dogma 2 character creator has taken the community by storm, and players are creating outstanding masterpieces as well as horrible monstrosities. Many of the characters are extremely funny and will make you wonder how they will work inside the game. Here I have selected 20 of the funniest abominations created using the Dragon's Dogma 2 character creator.
Genshin Impact Alchemy Event Guide: All Potion Recipes and Market News List
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Alchemical Ascension is the staple event of Genshin Impact 4.5, where the Traveler and Paimon will run a potion shop. Each potion will have certain efficacy and characteristics. Players will need to combine ingredients to create the correct potion. The event will reward a 4-star weapon, Primogems, Crown of Insight, and much more upon completion.
Honkai Star Rail Reveals March 7th’s Unique Ability
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Honkai Star 2.1 Livestream revealed new information about March 7th's transformation. Sometime in 2024, March 7th will have a similar mechanic to Trailblazer's path swapping. March 7th will gain strength through the memories she creates on the journey, instead of walking new Paths like the Trailblazer.
Honkai Star Rail 2.1 Banners: Characters and Light Cones
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Honkai Star Rail 2.1 banners will be in two phases, between March 27 and May 8, 2024. The first phase of the character banner will feature Acheron, Luocha, Gallagher, Pela, and Dan Heng, and the second phase will feature Aventurine, Jingliu, Lynx, Luka, and Serval. The Light Cone banners will feature Along the Passing Shore, Echoes of the Coffin, Good Night and Sleep Well, Post-Op Conversation, and Subscribe for More! in phase 1, and Inherently Unjust Destiny, I Shall Be My Own Sword, Concert for Two, Shared Feeling, and Make the World Clamor in phase 2.
Honkai Star Rail 2.1 Livestream Codes: Redeem Free 300 Stellar Jades
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The Honkai Star Rail 2.1 livestream is scheduled for today at 7.30 PM (UTC+8). The Livestream will give out Redeem Codes for 300 free Stellar Jades. To redeem from the website, visit the HSR redeem website > login > set the correct server > enter the code and select Redeem.
Genshin Impact 4.5: All Events and Rewards
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The Genshin Impact 4.5 version brings one new story quest for Chiori and 5 new events. The upcoming 4.5 events are Hangout Events: Series XII, Alchemical Ascension, Feline Fortress Furrdyssey, Rolling Crossfire, and The Great Fayz Reaction Debate. The Genshin Impact 4.5 events will reward Primogems, a new 4-star Polearm, and many character materials.
Wuthering Waves has announced their Closed Beta 2 ending date. The CBT2 will end on at 6 PM (UTC+8) on March 17, 2024. The server will be closed after 6 PM and the beta test account data will also be cleared. Wuthering Waves has also been registered on Epic Games Store with a 2024 release.
Wuthering Waves System Requirements (PC, Android and iOS)
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Wuthering Waves minimum PC Requirements: i5 (9th Gen) or Ryzen 2700 for CPU, GTX 1060 or RX 570 for GPU, 16 GB RAM, 30 GB storage space, Windows 10/11 64 bit. Recommended PC requirements: i7 (9th Gen) or Ryzen 3700 and above for CPU, GTX 2060 or RX 5700XT and above for GPUs, 16 GB RAM, 30 GB storage space, Windows 10/11 64 bit. Minimum Mobile Requirements: Android version 7.0 and above, Snapdragon 835, MediaTek G71/72 or processor of equivalent performance, and iPhone 11 and above models, iOS 13 and above.
Honkai Star Rail: Boothill Drip Marketing Revealed
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Honkai Star Rail released Boothill's Drip Marketing, confirming him for the Honkai Star Rail 2.2 version. Boothill is a 5-star Hunt character with the Physical damage type. Honkai Star Rail 2.2 version should be released on May 5, 2024, and Boothill will either feature on the first (May 5) or second (May 26) phase of the banner in the 2.2 version.
Honkai Star Rail: Robin Revealed in Latest Drip Marketing
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Honkai Star Rail released Robin's Drip Marketing, confirming her for Honkai Star Rail 2.2 version. Robin is a 5-star Harmony character with the Physical damage type. Honkai Star Rail 2.2 version should be released on May 5, 2024, and Robin will either feature on the first or second phase of the banner in the 2.2 version.
Honkai Star Rail 2.1 Livestream Date and Time Revealed
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The Honkai Star Rail 2.1 livestream is scheduled for March 16, 2024, at 07:30 PM (UTC+8) on Honkai Star Rail's official YouTube channel. Honkai Star Rail 2.1 version will feature three new characters, add more locations to Penacony, new events, new Simulated Universe World, new Planar Ornaments and much more. The 2.1 livestream will also reveal Redeem codes for Stellar Jades and other rewards.
Dark Souls 2 Is a Flawed Masterpiece, And You Need to Stop Hating It
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Dark Souls 2 is celebrating its 10th year anniversary, and even after all these years the game still gets quite some hate from the Dark Souls fan base. So, I decided to give the game a try and actually enjoyed it. Although I do understand why Dark Souls 2 gets the hate, and in many cases, the hate is well deserved, however it's been 10 long years from the game's release and I think everyone should finally stop hating it and appreciate the good parts of the game.
I Believe Firefly and Sam’s Secret in HSR Seemingly Borrowed from an Iconic Game Series
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Honkai Star Rail 2.0 revealed Firefly and Sam for the first time during the Trailblazing Missions. Both the characters have been rumored to be the same and there are many leaks supporting this claim. Amid the rumors, I have concocted a wild theory about Sam and Firefly being inspired by the old Space Exploration classic, the Metroid Game series. My wild theory claims that Sam and Firefly are inspired by the lead female character of the Metroid game series, Samus Aran.
New Leak Reveals Wuthering Waves Release Date on Epic Games Store
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Wuthering Waves has been registered on Epic Games Store with a release date marked sometime in 2024. However, one Reddit user has revealed that Wuthering Waves was marked to release on May 30th initially on Epic Games Store, which was later updated. The Wuthering Waves community is unsure about the release date, as many consider the game still requires many touch-ups to its systems.
Honkai Star Rail First Anniversary Event Rewards Revealed in a New Leak
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Honkai Star Rail 2.1 will feature the new Anniversary Event, celebrating Honkai Star Rail's first anniversary. The anniversary event will reward 940 Stellar Jades in total, a new Phone Wallpaper, and Pom-Pom's profile avatar for hitting specific milestones. HSR 2.1 will also gift a new anniversary pass, which can be a free character for players.
Honkai Star Rail 2.2 Leaks Reveal a New Simulated Universe Game Mode
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A new Simulated Universe Mode will feature in the Honkai Star Rail version 2.2, leaked via Destiny Leaks. Not much is known about the new Simulated Universe, but we can expect a ton of rewards. Screwllum can also feature in version 2.2 as a playable character as Ruan Mei was released with the Gold and Gears in Honkai Star Rail 1.6. The upcoming Honkai Star Rail 2.1 version is also rumored to feature the Simulated Universe 9, with 2 new Planar Ornaments.
Honkai Star Rail Acheron: Kit, Best Build, Relics and Team Comps
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Acheron is a 5-star Nihility character in Honkai Star Rail with Lightning Damage type and her kit is mainly suited for DPS. The 4-piece Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters and 2-piece Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm are her best Relics, and Along the Passing Shore is her best Light Cone. The best team comp for Acheron is Acheron (DPS), Black Swan (Debuff Applier), Sampo (Support), and Fu Xuan (Sustain).
Genshin Impact New Banner ‘Chronicled Wish’ Explained
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Genshin Impact 4.5 will feature a new banner named Chronicled Wish, next to the Limited and Standard Banners. The new banner will have an Epitomized Fate system, with a max of 1 Fate Point required to guarantee the selected item. The Chronicled Wish banner will feature both 5-star characters and weapons.
Genshin Impact 4.5 will release Chiori, the new 5-star Geo character who is an off-field Sub DPS. All of her character ascension materials are Prithiva Topaz, Dendrobium, Spectral Husk, Spectral Heart, Spectral Nucleus, and Artificed Spare Clockwork Component — Coppelia. All of her talent ascension materials are Spectral Husk, Spectral Heart, Spectral Nucleus, Talent Books Light, Lightless Silk String, Crown of Insight.
Genshin Impact 4.5 Livestream Codes: Redeem Free 300 Primogems
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The Genshin Impact 4.5 Livestream is scheduled for today at 07:00 AM (UTC-5) on Genshin Impact's official Twitch and YouTube channels. The Livestream will give out redeem codes for 300 free Primogems. To redeem the codes, visit the redeem website > login > set the correct server > enter the code and redeem it.
Genshin Impact Chiori: Kit, Best Build, Weapons & More
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Chiori is a five-star Geo character in Genshin Impact and she wields a sword. She split-scales off of Defense and Attack, and works well with Husk of Opulent Dreams and Golden Troupe artifact sets. Her talents and passives summon automaton dolls, which do good Geo damage.
Genshin Impact 4.5 Will Introduce a Training Guide Feature to Help Players Build Characters
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Genshin Impact 4.5 will introduce a new character building helper named Training Guide. The Training Guide will feature four tabs — Character Level, Weapons, Artifacts, and Character Talents. Each of the tabs will suggest the players on the best option based on the active choice of the player base for each character.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Will Need Much More than Good Combat to Be GOTY
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Dragons Dogma 2 is going to be released in March 2024. The game is bound to feature excellent combat and is already hyped up as the next game of the year. However, Dragon's Dogma 2 must fix many issues from the first part, or it won't even be nominated for GOTY. The game must have a better story, exciting missions, and change the bad game mechanics, like one character save and poorly implemented fast travel mechanics, to make the GOTY nominations in 2024.
Genshin Impact 4.5 Livestream Date and Time Revealed
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The Genshin Impact 4.5 Livestream is scheduled for March 1, 2024, at 07:00 AM (UTC-5) on Genshin Impact's official Twitch and YouTube channel. This time the Livestream will premiere on Twitch and YouTube at the same time. The Livestream will reveal information about the upcoming 4.5 version while also providing redeem codes for Primogems, as is the norm. Genshin Impact 4.5 version will feature many new exciting things including one new characters, one new banner, and new events.
Genshin Impact 4.6 Leaks Suggest New Map, Two New Artifacts and Weekly Boss
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Genshin Impact 4.6 is expected to be released around April 24, 2024. Recent leaks on Reddit via Uncle K suggest that an entirely new map is coming in the 4.6 version named Kapim, partly filling the blank area between Sumeru, Fontaine, and Liyue. Other than that, the leak also talks about a new weekly boss in the new area and two new artifacts. One of the artifacts is going to be perfect for Arlecchino, and the other artifact will be viable for Dendro characters.
Honkai Star Rail Leaks Reveal Boothill’s Kit and Model
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Recent leaks on Reddit via HXG finally gave us a close-up cinematic look at Boothill, which means he will be playable in either the 2.2 or 2.3 versions. He is rumored to be a playable character and leaks suggest that he will be a 5-star Physical Hunt character. Boothill will feature Taunt abilities, with high single-target damage Basic Attack and Ultimate.
Honkai Star Rail: Aventurine Materials and Farming Guide
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Honkai Star Rail 2.1 will release Aventurine, the new 5-star Preservation character who is an offensive sustain with the ability to provide team-wide shields. All of his character ascension materials are Tatters of Thought, Fragments of Impression, Suppressing Edict, and Shards of Desires. All of his trace level-up materials are Scattered Stardust, Crystal Meteorites, Divine Amber, Past Evils of the Borehole Planet, Tatters of Thought, Fragments of Impression, Shards of Desires, and Tracks of Destiny.
Honkai Star Rail Gallagher: Kit, Build, Voice Actor & More
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Gallagher is a 4-star Abundance character with the Fire damage type and features more offensive than healing abilities. His best Relic and Planar ornaments set is the 4-piece Thief of Shooting Meteor, and 2-piece Broken Keel. His best Light cone is 'What is Real?'. Gallagher's best team comp is Clara, Gallagher, Ruan Mei, and Fu Xuan, as he is more of a sub-DPS with healing and has trouble solo sustaining teams.
A new fan theory is currently going on in the Honkai Star Rail community, where Dr. Ratio is supposedly disguising as Aventurine during the Aventurine-Sparkle conversation. After going through the pieces of evidence, we have checked their validity and pointed out the loopholes. It is hard to judge whether this fan theory is correct or not before we learn more about the Penacony story in the upcoming missions.
Last Epoch Has Everything Diablo 4 Lacks at $35 Less
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Last Epoch is an ARPG title releasing on February 21, 2024. The game truly has some of the best elements in the ARPG genre and is extremely fun to play. Compared to other ARPG games on the market, especially Diablo 4, Last Epoch offers a ton more value for its price tag and is priced at $34.99, which is $35 less than Diablo 4.
Genshin Impact: Arlecchino Build, Weapons & Artifacts
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Arlecchino is a five-star Pyro character in Genshin Impact and she wields a Polearm. She scales off of Attack and her best artifact sets are Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy and Gladiator's Finale. Her Normal Attacks become pyro-infused when she has the Bond of Life status, significantly increasing her damage output.
Honkai Star Rail Guinaifen: Kit and Best Build Guide
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Guinaifen is a 4-star Nihility character in Honkai Star Rail with Fire Damage type and her kit is mainly suited for support. The 4-piece Prisoner in Deep Confinement and 2-piece Space Sealing Station are her best Relics. Her best Light Cone is Solitary Healing at Superimposition 5. The best team comp for Guinaifen is Kafka, Black Swan (Sub DPS), Guinaifen (Support), and Huohuo (Sustain).
Honkai Star Rail 2.1 Leak Hints At Another Free 4-Star Character Reward
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Leaks via Dim Leaks reveal that Honkai Star Rail 2.1 will again feature a free 4-star character selector, like version 2.0 does. According to the leak, players will be able to choose between Gallagher, Misha, Xueyi, Hanya, Guinaifen, Luka, Lynx, and Yukong. Gallagher and Xueyi both can be solid picks among the free characters in HSR 2.1.
Honkai Star Rail 2.1 Leaks: New Planar Ornaments Revealed
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Two new Planar Ornament Sets have been leaked for the Honkai Star Rail 2.1 version, via Dim Leaks. The new Planar Ornament Sets are Sigonia, the Unclaimed Desolation and Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm. Both the sets are geared towards DPS and Sub-DPS characters. The Sigonia, the Unclaimed Desolation set will be especially useful in Pure Fiction, and the Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm Ornament set is perfect for Acheron.
How to Check Wuthering Waves CBT2 Qualification Status
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Kuro Games have finally revealed the accepted recruits for the upcoming Closed Beta test for Wuthering Waves. To check if you are qualified or not, head to the CBT2 link and log in with your Wuthering Waves account, then select the Check Qualification option. You will see the "Congratulations! You are qualified for Closed Beta II" if you are invited for the CBT2.
Honkai Star Rail 2.1 Banner Leaked; Rerun Characters Revealed
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Honkai Star Rail 2.1 Banners will feature three new characters: Acheron, Aventurine, and Gallagher. Recent leaks reveal that FuXuan and Topaz will rerun in HSR 2.1 Banners. The leak also reveals that Acheron and FuXuan will in phase 1, and Aventurine and Topaz will feature in phase 2.
Genshin Impact Pyro Archon’s Character Design Leaked
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Recent leaks in Genshin Impact revealed the chibi sticker of Murata, the Pyro Archon. The sticker shows the Pyro Archon with fiery orange hair with a pinned purple feather, red eyes, and glasses. Previous leaks also revealed that the Pyro Archon Murata will be a Polearm user with a unique way of traversing the Natlan terrain.
Genshin Impact 4.5 Leak Reveals A New Potionomics Event
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New leaks from GuraLeak reveal a new Potionomics event releasing in Genshin Impact 4.5. The event will feature a new NPC who appears to be a traveling merchant, likely specializing in potions. The new event will feature minigames for creating potions from different materials.
Honkai Star Rail Aventurine: Best Build, Kit, Eidolons & Release Date
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Aventurine is a 5-star Preservation character with the Imaginary damage type and features both offensive and defensive elements. His best Relic and Planar ornaments set is the 4-piece Knight of Purity Palace and 2-piece Broken Keel. His best Light cone is Inherently Unjust Destiny. Aventurine's best team comp is Dr. Ratio, Welt, Topaz, and Aventurine, but he can be strong for any hyper-carry team.
Genshin Impact 4.5 Leaks: A New Type of Character Banner Might be Released
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Genshin Impact 4.5 is leaked to feature a new type of character banner which will run next to the limited-time banners and the evergreen standard banner. The leaks via GenshinMeow and HXG reveal that the new banner will run Albedo, alongside other characters in the 4.5 version. This new banner will feature a similar system like the epitomized paths used in the limited time Weapon Banners.