Erik Hodges

1 week ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

Rematch took on an ambitious challenge: gamifying a sport in such a way that it can exist in the same sphere as other competitive, team-based multiplayer games out there. After giving the game some time, it’s safe to say that it does, in fact, succeed in this task, creating a 3v3 to 5v5 competitive multiplayer experience based on soccer (or football for my non-American friends) without straying from the rules, mechanics, or reality of the game.

1 week ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

Net.Attack() is a survivors-like with a unique roguelike twist, challenging players to think like a coder to get the most out of their powerups and pickups. Though the game boasts a huge range of possibilities in how players play, your enjoyment of the game is going to depend on either your knowledge of code or how much you enjoy the challenge of learning it.

2 weeks ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

I’ll admit that The Alters didn’t capture my attention immediately. The game’s generic-looking base-building and survival systems seemed, at first glance, to be the makings of a pretty boring game. However, about an hour into the game, once you really get into the meat and bones of the unique premise of The Alters and have had a chance to play around with the mechanics, the game’s hidden depth reveals itself.

2 weeks ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

Wizard of Legend 2 is a roguelike beat-em-up and the sequel to a game that may have invented the genre—or at least played a major role in shaping it. One of the biggest changes from the original is the sequel’s addition of online multiplayer, allowing up to four players at a time to complete the deadly trials to become a wizard of legend.

2 weeks ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

Elden Ring: Nightreign has without a doubt been one of the most highly anticipated games of the year, and after playing it myself, it’s no surprise why. The multiplayer-focused take on the world of Elden Ring is an absolute blast to play while maintaining 100% of that classic FromSoft challenge and mandatory exploration.