Tips & Guides

Tips For Playing Resident Evil

If you’ve never played a Resident Evil game before, this week’s re-release is an excellent entry point. That said, it’s still a game with roots in 1996 game design. Excessive inventory management, unexplained mechanics, and a super weird save system are just the beginning. I wrote about what this updated Resident Evil means for series…

Advanced Tips for Playing Destiny

If you’re still playing Destiny, chances are you’ve moved beyond beginners’ tips and into a whole new world of grinding, cheesing, and alt characters. It’s time you got a tips post that wasn’t written for babies. IMPORTANT UPDATE FOLLOWS 9/17/2015: Hi there! It’s Kirk from the future. It’s been a long time since I published…

Think Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Are Too Easy? Try This.

Pokémon games aren’t known for being challenging. That doesn’t mean you can’t spice things up. If you’ve been playing Omega Ruby andAlpha Sapphire lately, and you feel disappointed about the difficulty, here are some tips to help you keep things interesting during your run. Don’t Grind (Much) I know, I know. Choosing not to grind…

Tips For Playing Far Cry 4

Newcomers to Far Cry 4: greetings! I hope you’re enjoying your time in Kyrat so far. It’s a pretty dangerous place though, isn’t it? Here are some of the things I’ve discovered that help me stay alive. Before I get into the nitty gritty details (and there are a lot of those in a game…

Tips for Playing Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Maybe you’re in it for the cute monsters. Maybe you’re in it to be the very best, like no one ever was. Or maybe you want to catch em all? Whatever it is about Pokémon that speaks to you, I’m here to help you get the most out of Omega Ruby andAlpha Sapphire. Some of…

Tips For Playing Dragon Age: Inquisition

Starting a new role-playing game is never easy. Which class should you choose? Which race? What kind of party should you make? Which gear should you buy, and what’s the best way to earn some early XP? Dragon Age: Inquisition is no different. It’s a really good game, and also a really big one. There’s…

Ten Things To Do In Warlords of Draenor Once You’re Level 100

The expansion has been out for a few days now and most of us will reach level 100 in the coming days. Raids are locked at the moment and Warlords of Draenor‘s end-game is not really about daily quests, so you might want to pass the time with something else. Here are ten suggestions. Gear…

Tips For Playing Sunset Overdrive

Well hello there, fellow denizens of the awesomepocalypse. Looking forward to firing up Sunset Overdrive on your Xbox One in the near future? As I noted in my review: this can be a really great game, but appreciating it requires some extra legwork. Here are some tips to help you get there. Have A Lot…

Nobody Knows How To Permanently Kill Shadow of Mordor’s Orcs

Ever since Shadow of Mordor came out, many gamers have taken to its unique brand of orc-killing with a gusto. There’s just one problem: some of these orcs keep coming back from the dead. And while developer Monolith says this is partly an intentional feature, they haven’t given me a straight answer for how it…

Tips For Playing Alien: Isolation

Welcome to the space station Sevastopol! It’s a lovely place to die. Alien: Isolation is avery cool game, but it can also be immensely difficult, stressful, and frustrating. It’s possible to spend an hour or two stuck in the same place dying over and over, making zero progress. To top it off, Isolation doesn’t do…

Keep Your Shadow Of Mordor Combo Going Forever

Speaking of impressiveShadow of Mordor feats, YouTuber Rabbit’s Respawn has come up with a combination of power-enhancing runes which allows players to run the map in one potentially never-ending combo. 413 hits is just the beginning. My first taste of Monolith’s hit Middle-earth adventureonly came this morning, so I’ve got a ways to go before…

Tips For Playing Smash Bros. 3DS

Whether you’re in it for the random chaos, or in it for the elegance of the surprisingly deep fighting game hidden within, you can always be better at Smash Bros. Today, Super Smash Bros. is out on the 3DS. I’ve been playing for 21 hours, and I’ve got some tips that should better your Smash…

Tips For Playing Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor

Rangers of Gondor! Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is upon us. The time has come to stand up to Sauron’s evil forces. But you know what they say about not simply walking into Mordor and so forth. So here are some useful tips to get your and Talion’s quest started. One quick note: I’ve focused heavily…

​Why High-Level Destiny Players Are All Shooting At The Same Cave

Go to the Russian countryside in Destiny. Head left past the plane graveyard, through the building where you first encountered the moon-wizard, and out the back. Hear that gunfire? A handful of high-level players are probably standing there, shooting at a cave. They’re shooting at the cave because if you do that for even a…

Destiny Raid Tips From The First People To Ever Beat It

Destiny‘s first ever raid is not—by any stretch of imagination—a cakewalk. For one, the raid is obtuse and frequently merciless, and for two Destiny is sadly bereft of cake. Unless you are these people, it’s probably giving you fits. I decided to ask the first clan ever to beat it for advice. Here’s what they…

Playing some Destiny this weekend? Here are Kotaku‘s collected tips and tricks to help make your time with the game go more smoothly, particularly after you hit level 20. Tips For PlayingDestiny | How To Go Beyond Level 20 In Destiny | How To Trick Destiny Into Helping You Farm Tons Of Loot | A…

These People Tried To Figure Out How Destiny‘s Loot System Works

If you’ve been playing Destiny, chances are you’ve been there. A purple orb ceremoniously pops out of a dying enemy, to the delight of every fiber of your being. A legendary item! Surely it’s a legendary item… But, somehow, it feels like every single time you take it to the Cryptarch to decode it, it’s…

How To Preview Your Outfits Before Buying Them In Destiny

You know what’s really annoying? The fact that you can’t preview a Shader (the item that changes your Guardian’s outfit color scheme) in Destiny. Those things are expensive! Can’t just be buying them all willy nilly. Fortunately we have Destiny Tracker, a website that lets you preview your own character in every known Shader. That’s…

A Good Spot To Farm For Weapons In Destiny

Wow. That’s a LOT of loot waiting to get picked up. Update 9/16: This spot is all well and good, but there’s another place, on the moon, that lets you rack up engrams much faster. YouTube user Completionist found the perfect spot on Venus to sit patiently as mobs of enemies roll in, ripe for…

15 Must Have Diablo III Items

After an expansion, a console port, and several patches, Diablo III looks really healthy right now. With tons of special items and legendaries added to the game it almost—almost!—feels like Diablo II again, with all the math you have to do to assemble the perfect character with the perfect gear. We gathered 15 really great…