All gamers have their own origin story. You know, that first time you picked up a controller and you just knew something magical was about to begin. Maybe it was the first time you went to a LAN party with your buddy to play Halo, or when the family opened up a Wii on Christmas morning and played through levels of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. For some of us, it started a little more archaic than that. For us it was going to the arcade and waiting for your favorite game machine and hoping to Thor you didn’t die before you ran out of quarters or tokens. For me it was peeking out of my living room window, watching my dad come down the driveway with that huge rectangular NES box and staying up late fighting with my sister about who got the next turn to find the princess since she wasn’t in the castle or sitting right up close to the T.V. to shoot ducks (and sometimes pretend to shoot that stupid dog that kept laughing at me).
Mass Effect – though centered on a human by the name of Commander Shepard, is sprinkled with various alien races. In the universe that BioWare has beautifully created there are Turians, Drell, Elcor, Hanar, Quarians, Volus, and the Reapers – the human race’s biggest threat. Amongst the many races peppered throughout the Citadel, and the various planets Shepard and her crew venture to. In Mass Effect 2, players are taken to Omega, constructed of a hollowed out metallic asteroid, which harbors criminals, terrorists, and those who possess more than a touch of a rebellious streak. It’s on Omega’s nightclub Afterlife, that players first encounter Aria T’Loak, the self proclaimed ruler of Omega.
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It seems as though the roles have been reversed, as a new RPG is using characters in visage of some our favorite cosplayers. This turn-based RPG is called Comic ConQuest and it takes place at one of a cosplayer's favorite places: Comic-Con! Coming to iOS and Android devices along with the Web, we will witness cosplayers such as Abby Dark-Star, Amie Lynn, Alexandria the Red, VampyBitMe, and Myrtle Sarrosa kick the butts of nemesis cosplayers through the halls of the crowded San Diego Comic-Con.
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Meet the titular character of one of Borderlands 2's DLC packs, Captain Scarlett. Like the Vault Hunters, Captain Scarlett seeks treasure and knows where to find two of the four compasses needed to locate the desired treasure. Like all pirates, Captain Scarlett is extremely untrustworthy and attempts on many occasions to betray the Vault Hunters; however, she has some redeeming qualities such as her honesty streak and blatantly telling her enemies of her treacherous and cruel intentions.
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If you love RPG games that are filled with adorable characters who can strategically distribute epic proportions of pain ,and you enjoy playing every single RPG that exists out there, then Hyperdimension Neptunia, an exclusive title on the PS3, is without a question your game! While the game has been out since 2010 and it is not on the new generation consoles, its intricate story-based adventures and fun dungeons give it that Final Fantasy feel that might help tide some of you over until February when Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XII is released!
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Odin Sphere was released in 2007 by Square Enix. The game is made up of five individual stories about five different protagonists, who are all linked together because of the fate of their world. Each protagonist wields a special weapon known as a Psypher, which can absorb life forces from fallen enemies. All their stories are connected but all take their own course.