Assassin's Creed's Ezio and The Witcher's Geralt have been excellent guest characters in the Soul Calibur series.

These games are full of style, creative combat mechanics, strong storytelling vibes, and some of the most impressively detailed and fluid 2D animation in modern gaming. It only makes sense this ...

Hyper Light Breaker is a radical departure from Heart Machine’s cult classic, but its Steam early access launch gives a poor first impression.

Many of these hulking foes seem insurmountable at first, though through practice and retries (many, many retries) you'll slowly learn attack patterns ... bits with a cool sword.

You can use the Demon Sword, Lux, in a variety of ways, which helps the game find its niche. Pummel enemies with her powerful attack properties ... life through smooth animations, particularly ...

When Guilty Gear Strive was announced for the admittedly aging Nintendo Switch at GamesCom 2024, it gave me and many others ...

The Monster Hunter Wilds Great Sword is the ideal choice for hunters ... Guard feature that automatically blocks during certain attack animations. However, you still have to manually guard to ...

and heavy blades when perfecting a sword-based strategy, as well as various other melee weapons. Lighter swords are easier to wield but require more frequent, sustained attacks, whereas heavier ...