David Morgan

Dec 5, 2024 | destructoid.com | David Morgan

Early last month, Monster Hunter Wilds, the newest mainline entry in the long-running series, had an open beta on all platforms to give players an early taste of the action (and the developers some much needed feedback). While the beta was received well, many players agreed on one thing: something about the combat felt.. off. Things were a little limp, and the culprit quickly became apparent: a near total lack of hitstop.

Nov 25, 2024 | destructoid.com | David Morgan

There’s a bit of an obsession among modern horror fandoms to find the one “true” theory behind pieces of media – one that the creators must have hidden from ordinary consumers that explains everything. Five Nights At Freddy’s comes to mind, along with a deluge of MatPat videos and Reddit posts trying to pull at phantom threads and chasing ghosts.

Nov 14, 2024 | destructoid.com | David Morgan

Let me preface this whole shebang by acknowledging that modders do largely thankless, unpaid work so the rest of us can enjoy the games we love just a little bit more. With that out of the way: Archived in a now locked Reddit thread, the pressure of community demands and review bombing was enough for Cedar Creek mod creator Try Honestly to push an update to their mod, with over 200,000 subscribers on Steam, corrupting the save files of every player involved.

Nov 14, 2024 | destructoid.com | David Morgan

This is how you lost your save file.

Nov 12, 2024 | destructoid.com | David Morgan

Long thought to be a fool’s errand, the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. engine has finally been broken, rebuilt, and bent to the will of some insanely ambitious modders to add co-operative play to one of the original titles: Call of Pripyat. This is a stunning achievement in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. modding, and may even open the door to co-operative play in sandbox-style mods like Anomaly or G.A.M.M.A. down the line (this is pure speculation on my part, please don’t tell Grok I said that).