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Review: ZOTAC GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB Graphics Card
With budget graphic cards making a huge entrance this year, 2016 is the best time to get into PC gaming. After the GTX 1060, NVIDIA has recently released the cheapest of their GPUs, just a little above the 100 USD price point. The GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti seem to be a direct response to AMD’s RX 460 graphics card, aimed to be the entry level GPU for high quality gaming. Let’s start with the specs. Boost Clock 1417 MHz Base Clock 1303 MHz Memory Size 4 GB DDR5 Memory Clock 7008 MHz Memory Interface 128-bit No. of fans 1 x 90 mm Length 144.77 mm RGB Lighting No Power 75 W (PCIe Bus Only) Display Outputs DisplayPort 1.4 HDMI 2.0b DL-DVI The ZOTAC GTX 1050 Ti is about 144.8 mm in length and comes with a single 90 mm fan. One interesting thing about the card is that it doesn’t com...
Horses With Dynamites: Battlefield 1 Review
If you thought Battlefield 1 could not pull off a gritty portrayal of World War 1, while delivering a fun shooter to boot, you were wrong! However, if you are looking for a deep and complex game that truly depicts the horrors of man’s earliest ventures and missteps into the beginnings of modern warfare, then you will be sorely disappointed. But lets dig in a little deeper into DICE’s latest shooter, and see if this was the game you were waiting for all this time, while pounding that like button on its YouTube trailers. Lets start off with the single player campaign. The game starts with a brief introductory level that throws you into the frontlines. There’s an immediate sense of scope, and chaos. There’s bullets flying in from every direction, enemies coming at you,...
President Evil: Tyranny Review
For those who don’t know, Tyranny is the latest game by Obsidian, the brains behind some of the most beloved classic RPGs like Neverwinter Nights 2, Star Wars: KOTOR 2, the last good Fallout game, Fallout New Vegas, and their crowdfunded game Pillars Of Eternity. It’s not a sequel to any of Obsidian’s prior games, but it does build upon the gameplay and engine used in Pillars Of Eternity. so if you were a fan of that, then this one is right up your alley. But, unlike the previous games, or most games, Tyranny comes with a twist. Instead of working to defeat the bad guys, you are working for them. Or more precisely, you are in a world where evil has won, and now rules the world. The evil in question is the overlord Kyros, and you play as a Fatebinder, a high-ranking member...
Jacked Up Iron Giant: Titanfall 2 Review
Now if you’re a fan of the Iron Giant, well, Titanfall 2 is just like the Iron Giant except on steroids. The sequel was far better than I had expected it to be and I’m sure that’s the thought a lot of you have. Like, holy cow Batman, this is far better than Call of Duty! Are we sure the devs from Respawn worked on Call of Duty? I went into this game blind, not knowing what it was going to offer and no, I haven’t played the first Titanfall. The game starts with assuming control of Rifleman Jack Cooper from the Frontier Militia, a quick training level which introduces the player to the different moves like sliding and wall running and the different weapons available in the game. There’s even a quick time trial right at the end of the training and then comes the moment we all were waiting fo...
Lets Be Civilized: Civilization VI Review
Let me say this off the bat, Civilization VI is the most fun I had with a PC title this year, and is hands down the best game in the franchise. It builds up and improves on the previous games, and refines them to a fine polish. It’s also the most complete Civilization game at launch, with a lot of complexity, and strategic depth, that can keep you invested in the game for hours on end. And it needs it, because Civilization VI is a game that demands you to spend hours thinking about diplomatic decisions, religious tendencies, trading systems, upgrade paths, and more. I know that the main appeal of this game is the strategic depth that it offers, but you can’t deny that the visual style of the series has become an integral part of the franchise. While Civilization VI changes the ...
The Fool Of A Tearful Fart: Shadow Warrior 2 Review
Shadow Warrior 2 is what drew everyone to the old FPS classics – fast, action based gameplay filled with witty yet somewhat juvenile and cheesy retorts. For instance, soon into the first mission in the game, you encounter an old Asian man (well, it’s an Asian setting but bear with me) enforcing the sensei stereotype who says to you, “Intimidation is the tool of the fearful heart.” To that, you say, “Hey, better than being the fool of the tearful fart.” Catch my drift? It’s hilarious, and goes to show Lo Wang’s gimmick as the 1990’s wannabe badass. He is a walking stereotype and somewhat of a joke in himself. Getting away with phrases like “don’t mess with the Wang”, our katana wielding protagonist sure has a way with w...
Would’ve Been Better Off As A Movie: Mafia III Review
Mafia III was a highly anticipated, uber hyped title this year, and much like other uber hyped titles, just as disappointing. Even though it sets out to take the open world style of GTA V to a higher level with a meaningful plot and serious issues, it falls short again, and again, and yet again. Progressing like a documentary movie, Mafia III tells the story of Lincoln Clay, who has just returned to his home in New Bordeaux after serving in the Vietnam War, only to find his family in the midst of an inter-community gang war. The game starts with a heist mission with you trying to rob the Federal Reserve, intermitted by cutscenes that shed some light on the backstory of your character. After this heavily action packed intro, you get to the main storyline where Lincoln’s sole aim is ve...
Review: MSI GT72 VR 6RE Dominator Pro Gaming Laptop
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Review: Thermaltake Core X31 Mid-Tower Chassis
The Core series has brought success to Thermaltake in the mainstream market, and they seem to be on a roll with no plans of stopping in the near future. With amazing features neatly packed into a tidy, compact case, the Core X31 adds a valuable member to the series. The X31 comes in a black color with a rectangular form factor of 497 x 250 x 511 mm. It has a large transparent window on one side which offers a complete and clear view of the inside of the case. The front panel offers 2 USB 2.0 ports, 2 USB 3.0 ports and a port for HD audio and mic. The cooling is provided by two 120 mm fans which can spin at about 1000 RPM and can be replaced with custom fans of preference. The front of the chassis offers room for a pair of 120 mm fans, or a pair of 140 mm fans. The front of the case is a me...
An Out of The Box Nostalgia Factory : Unbox Review
Ever miss the era of the N64, that gave us golden platformers like Super Mario 64? Well, get ready for a trip down the nostalgia train. Unbox, the adorable, incredibly easy to get into platformer by Prospect Games is everything you love about the old school games. Select the level, collect ’em all and save the day. Here’s the basic premise. You’re a cardboard box named Newbie, and your aim is to save the Global Postal Service (or GPS in short). Facing financial troubles, GPS has created a race of sentient, self-delivering cardboard boxes. That’s right, the postal service is millenniums ahead of its time. I think the reason why the company faces bankruptcy is because of this invention, but who knows? You have to fight the first ever self-aware box created, Wild, and ...
Rise Of The Tomb Raider Review (PC, PS4, XBONE)
The game begins in a fantastic way. A typical Tomb Raider beginning. She was on a cliff-face climbing to the top of a mountain to find the lost city, when the entire mountain pass was struck by a lightening storm which starts an avalanche. What I loved about this was that sheer desperation I felt, that kick to the head that made me role play. The fact that if I didn’t move I will die made me clutch that controller and just run like hell! This game is extremely great in the action it delivers because there are just so many moments when sh*t just goes crazy and surviving is just a matter of quick reflexes, and they are fast, in combat and in exploration, you rarely find yourself struggling with the controls. It’s a refreshing touch after having cursed Assassin’s Creed Synd...
XCOM 2 Review: Harder, Faster and Better
HARDER, BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER XCOM 2 is brutal. It starts off in the top gear and never really lets up on the mad, desperate scramble to survive. The second in the series of Firaxis’ board-game-y take on MicroProse’s X-Com series, XCOM 2 picks up about 20 years after the first game (XCOM: Enemy Unknown) ended. So about that time leap: you know the Impossible difficulty Ironman mode game you started for shits and giggles? The one where you lost horrifyingly? Yeah, XCOM 2 kinda makes that the canon ending. The first thing you do after booting up and messing about in the options menu for sorting out the performance issues (there are still a fair few gripes with those, more on that later) is lose a couple of rookies right off the bat. The game in that way acts like that one teac...