Game Informer February 24th 2018 Newsletter

   [Latest Newsletter from GI](     02.24.2018 In addition to covering all of the most important news coming out of the video game industry, we do our best each week to bring you the most informative and entertaining previews, video features, and editorial content you won’t find anywhere else. Here are the biggest stories from the past week:       Top News Stories   [Everything We Know About Metro Exodus' Morality System]( by Javy Gwaltney Though this may have slipped under many players' radars, both Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light had a morality system that held players accountable for their choices they made in each game. It's fair if you're among those who didn't notice, because there is no grand, ceremonious event that happens during these moments, no notification ping that lets you know you've made a good or evil choice. Instead, a quick (and subtle) flash of light hits the screen whenever you've made the choice. ---------------------------------------------------------------   [Vote For Your Favorite 300 Games Of All Time]( by Kyle Hilliard We're coming up on the 300th issue of Game Informer magazine, and spoiler alert, it will feature our editor-selected top 300 games of all time. We're excited to share our list, but we want to know what a list made by our readers would look like! To do that, we're taking your vote. Just make sure you're logged into your gameinformer.com account, and click the link below to tell us your favorite games of all time. --------------------------------------------------------------- [10 Reasons Kingdom Come: Deliverance Needs A Save-Anywhere System]( by Jeff Marchiafava Kingdom Come: Deliverance has been garnering a lot of buzz since its release last week, and with good reason. Unlike other open-world RPG series like The Elder Scrolls and The Witcher, Kingdom Come is grounded in historical accuracy. The game takes place in 15th century Bohemia, and features real cities, characters, and conflicts. The gameplay is equally focused on realism, with weighty combat and dedicated systems for everything from potion brewing to reading. I'm a whopping 60 hours into my review of the game, and I still feel like I've got a long ways to go in the story, and plenty left to discover and learn. [Opinion - I Miss The Bad Games Based On Movies]( by Andrew Reiner Video games based on motion pictures often draw a wary eye. Perhaps, we, the consumers, are the ones to blame for thinking games based on Space Chimps, Night at the Museum, and The Polar Express would deliver reasonable amounts of fun. Curiosity sometimes gets the best of us - we can't be faulted for this troublesome human instinct, right? For a fleeting second, some of us (including a development team and publisher) thought platforming as Ben Stiller sounded like it would be worth $60. We didn't listen to that little voice in our head that said, "this is probably a disaster." [Opinion - Why I'm Not Ashamed To Still Be Playing Pokémon Go]( by Brian Shea When Pokémon hit in the late '90s, I was all in. I still remember my friend telling me about it in homeroom in middle school. By the time lunch rolled around, he had convinced me to watch the anime when I got home. It was pretty goofy, so I played it off like I didn't like it at first, saying, "It was okay. I'll give it another shot tomorrow," but I liked it from the first minutes. The seeds of obsession were planted. I didn't have a Game Boy to play the games, so I began devising ways I could engage with these characters in the meantime, typically spending my evenings at home logging onto America Online to research about these creatures and read about the games I didn't have. Since I didn't have much money at that age, I resorted to making Pokémon cards out of the index cards my parents sent me to school with until I could buy real ones. Months later, I convinced my parents to get me a Game Boy Color with Pokémon Blue for Christmas. 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Head to [gameinformer.com]( for your daily dose of video game information!         GI Community   Check out our Game Informer Online community blog picks! Here you’ll find a sampling of the great content our community members have to offer. Not a member yet? Want to have your voice heard? [Sign up here and get blogging!](   [A Gaming Life: Pt. 2 - Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Art of Replayability](   Dominic Cichocki has played more Wolfenstein than even I have (and The New Order was my game of the year when it came out). "This is why I think the game is so replayable, as strange as it might seem. The story, and the feelings it evokes, is unlike any other game I've played. It's not just a game about fighting Nazis - it is also a fight for social justice." I can agree with that! [Romance and Games: Why We Like it]( Writergirl2394 has a Valentine's Day-themed blog for us! It's about love in video games. I definitely think Uncharted did romance quite well, and Catherine is just a hilarious take on it considering otherworldly beings are involved. There is no better romance than one between a Monster Hunter hunter and his weapon of choice, however. [Monster Hunter World Tips and Tricks]( Jenniferttookewi is here to offer some Monster Hunter tips. Unfortunately, her first tip is essential. Simply beating the game will help open up a lot of monsters and quests, but the fact that the "story" and what I consider the main game of Monster Hunter are so tied together is annoying. Basically, ask questions if you're unsure about something, take in the game world, and don't always jump into battle after battle. I have the luxury of knowing the game series inside and out, so it's fun to mentor friends who have never played Monster Hunter before, but this blog is a nice reminder of things newcomers might not know.       This message was intended for subscribers of the GameInformer Online Newsletter only. To unsubscribe, click [here (](. [GameInformer](