#Opinion - Page 6
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Dark Souls 2 Is a Flawed Masterpiece, And You Need to Stop Hating It
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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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
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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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.
Kanika Gogia
Tim Cook confirmed that Apple's Generative AI is coming later this year. Interestingly, the upcoming iOS 18 is expected to bring "Siri 2.0" that's largely relies on generative AI capabilities. I expect Siri 2.0 to deliver human-like interactions, automate tasks complex tasks, add personality to conversations, offer connected experiences, and support more third-party apps.
Upanishad Sharma
A gaming rig is something most enthusiasts in the world stick by. However, getting older and turning 27 made me realise that perhaps it's better to sacrifice customization for comfort. So I went ahead and blew my savings to get a PS5. After a full year of using it as my primary gaming driver, things have changed. Here is why getting a PS5 made me ditch my gaming PC for the better.
Nothing Phone 2a comes with a new feature called Wallpaper Studio which uses AI to generate wallpapers. It can be found within the customisation menu and lets you create backgrounds by mixing and matching different effects and styles. You can even download the wallpapers locally to your device.
Rockstar Games always have not been on point with their GTA games. There are some features that we have seen in previous Rockstar games that are missing in the recent ones. That is why we have made our list of 7 things that we would love to see featured in GTA 6. Here's hoping they listen!
Microsoft has finally brought the ability to use your phone as a high-quality webcam on Windows 11. The feature is currently available to Windows Insiders only, but it's coming to all users in the next few months. I tried the connected camera feature and was impressed with the streaming quality. Although the streaming is being done remotely, there were no lags or stutters in the video preview. You can use your phone as a webcam in any video conferencing app or within a browser too.
I Got Access to Gemini 1.5 Pro, and It’s Better Than GPT-4 and Gemini 1.0 Ultra
Arjun Sha
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We got our hands on the Gemini 1.5 Pro model via Google AI Studio, and after probing the model on a multitude of tests, we can say that Google has finally delivered an immensely powerful AI model. It's easily on par with GPT-4 model by OpenAI and surpasses Google's largest Gemini 1.0 Ultra model. It's excellent at advanced reasoning, can process videos, handles large corpus of data in a single window, and you can do so much more. Read our detailed comparison between Gemini 1.5 Pro, Gemini 1.0 Ultra, and GPT-4.
Video game franchises are built on quality games, consistent originality, and gameplay improvements. Some of the games start at the peak of the mountain but drop down pretty fast. In this list, I have ranked some of those video game franchises, including Medal of Honor, Silent Hill, and others, that got worse over time.
Over the years, Apple has evolved its watchOS to introduce better features and tracking capabilities. The five features we would like to see in watchOS 11 are a programmable side button, a redesigned nightstand mode that's always on, better health insights, a quick way to see steps count, and a watch face store.
Sampad Banerjee
The Borderlands movie has finally pulled the curtains with a short teaser, a few official images, and an official full-length trailer for everyone to check out. However, as a seasoned gamer, I have some concerns. Let's talk about them.
Carl Pei Turns to “Carl Bhai” to Hype the Nothing Phone (2a) in India
Anshuman Jain
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Nothing CEO Carl Pei started a viral marketing campaign on X by renaming his account to Carl Bhai, pulling together the Indian tech fraternity. This trend gained a lot of attention and engagement, creating hype for the Nothing Phone 2a in a price-sensitive market like India. But was this just a planned cheesy marketing campaign and did it work out in the favor of Nothing.
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.
MrSuicideSheep’s Sheepy Is a Musically Magical Game in a Pixelated Nightmare
Ishan Adhikary
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Made by a music creator on YouTube, MrSuicideSheep, Sheepy: A Short Adventure is a 2D platformer game. The game takes you down in a story of a resurrected plushie and their journey. You will witness a perfect sync of music and pixelated art in this game. Sheepy also offers you a lot of hidden discoverable and achievements that will make you play it again. You can enjoy Sheepy for free on Steam.
Palworld has surpassed all expectations as a survival game, being popularized as the Pokemon game with guns. Even after such success though, the player base has been tanking quick with only 500k average users now. After playing the game for over a couple of weeks, I feel there are some issues that needs to be fixed before new content arrives. We have discussed all those major and minor improvements that Palworld should make to the game here.
Abubakar Mohammed
Google has been steadily improving Android since the launch of Android 12 and is now heavily focusing on adding more ecosystem and AI features to its mobile OS. The five features we expect Google to add to Android 15 are Lock Screen Widgets, Cloned Apps, a desktop mode for Pixels, screen-off gestures, and an AI assistant in Gboard.
Can’t Wait for Jurassic Park: Survival? Try This Fortnite Creative Map Now!
Ishan Adhikary
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Dino Dread Island is a free creative horror map in Fortnite. You can experience the game for free now using the Island code. In this game, you get great AAA title level cinematics, animations and sound. You encounter smart and fast dinos and get some cool weapon to deal with them. If you love a little horror adventure, Dino Dread Island is a must try.
Radojka Travar
Vertical slabs have been requested for a long time. Thanks to some vertical slab mods, we can play around with them. You're able to place them on the edge of every side of a block and extend that upwards. Vertical slabs would provide a lot of building opportunities, but may also encourage players to not use the already existing blocks like walls. To fix this, Mojang should add more slabs and stairs variants so players have more options. Also, there could a command that lets you rotate slabs, so you can create your own vertical slabs.
Nothing released Nothing OS 2.5 for Nothing Phone (2) and the update brings new customizations and improved user experience. We tested out all the new features, and here's are all the features that I liked in the Android 14-based OS and some features I disliked along with the feedback on the same.
Minecraft Legends is a spin-off strategy game set in the Minecraft world. The game started off strong, but its player base slowly started dwindling. One of the reasons was because of the pretty plain, shallow, and repetitive gameplay. Moreover, there was pretty much nothing to do after you beat the game's final boss. The game was very expensive, even tough it provided just a short campaign mode and a pretty directionless multiplayer mode. Minecraft Legends' development studio Mojang also neglected the game, offering zero communication, which meant players got no updates or news on its future development. Minecraft Legends was officially discontinued on January 10, 2024.
I have played LEGO Fortnite for 40+ hours and there's one thing I love about this game - the villagers. I never found anything similar in other survival games. The villagers in LEGO Fortnite is one the best thing to happen in any survival game. They help you out with all kinds of jobs and make you feel less lonely when you are playing in single-player mode. You can dance and chat with them while waiting for more content updates around them coming in future.
Sorry Microsoft, Integrating a Chatbot Doesn’t Make Edge an ‘AI Browser’
Arjun Sha
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We take a look at Microsoft's claim of Edge being an AI Browser. The tech giant is quite aggressive about the AI Browser tagline, but does it pass the smell test? We have gone through the AI features Edge offers and its chatbot, Copilot's capability to deliver a truly great AI experience. We have also compared Edge with other browsers to understand the difference between an AI browser and a non-AI browser.
Sagnik Das Gupta
Xiaomi has officially launched the Redmi Note 13 series in India. The Redmi Note 13 Pro and Note 13 Pro+ have arrived as the first two Note series phones with an in-display fingerprint sensor. Now this isn't a big deal, but the fingerprint sensor on the Note 13 Pro and 13 Pro Plus doubles as a heart rate sensor, so we decided to put it to the test. And I think it's just another gimmicky feature that everyone will forget about after a while.