Nowadays, many people are introduced to tabletop roleplaying games after starting out with video games, rather than the other way around. A few aspiring game designers have even created tabletop RPGs inspired by the settings, characters, and gameplay of their favorite computer RPGs, strategy games, and first-person shooters. Many of these "homage" RPGs focus on narrative over simulation, sacrificing intricate rules in favor of creating character interactions and plot twists even the most cutting-edge video games can't yet ma

Sojourner's Tale is the final Energy Override Weapon, and it is a Precision Frame Solar Shotgun. Precision Frame Shotguns fire a single-slug round (upon the first shot), and the weapon's recoil pattern is predictably vertical. Sojourner's Tale can be acquired from the Splicer Servitor rank, Splicer Armory, and Splicer's Kell Armory engrams. Sojourner's Tale can also be used to complete the Season of the Splicer Week 6 challenge "Shotgun Splicer." The best perks for Sojourner's Tale

All that said, exploring Neptune can be interesting, with the advanced man-made city of Neomuna offering something very different from most of the other in-game locations. The Strand subclass still holds up pretty well too, as do the many quality-of-life improvements that were introduced as part of the expans

Shadowkeep is the fourth major expansion for Destiny 2 and is up there with the very best. It's a little rough around the edges, but that doesn't detract too much from the refinement of some of the game's mechanics, nor the massive improvements it makes to the endgame. More than anything, it eased concerns over what the post-Activision era of Destiny would look l

The Brightest Things We Know is a Forged In The Dark RPG made by Briar Sovereign, the creator behind fantasy mecha RPG Armor Astir: Advent . Currently available for playtesting on itch.io, The Brightest Things We Know takes place in the distant future, where the scattered, besieged colonies of humanity - remnants from a long-lost golden age - are protected by "Stars," immortal champions gifted strange powers by an enigmatic artifact called "The Visit

The Taken King had a hefty price tag when it was first released. What's more, it also required the first two expansion packs in order to play it. Thankfully, it was worth every penny. It included a new story campaign, new enemies, and new locations. Pretty much new everything. The Taken King was almost like an entirely new game and couldn't have arrived at a better t

Many of the pioneers of the PC gaming industry - the creators of text adventures like Zork , roguelikes such as NetHack , and tactical RPGs like Wasteland - were also fans of tabletop gaming, taking the simulation-focused rules of RPGs like D &D _ or _RuneQuest and trying to adapt them to a digital medium. Computer RPG adaptations like Baldur's Gate or Shadowrun Returns actually directly ported tabletop rules into their digital gameplay, while original RPGs like The Elder Scrolls used unique computer programming to simulate combat, stealth, and magic with new levels of complex

The spooky castle, families of monster-hunting heroes, and gothic supervillains of Rhapsody of Blood are modeled after the gothic haunts, vampire-hunting Belmont Clan, and incarnations of Dracula seen in the Castlevania video games , with a dash of the boss fights of FromSoftware's Bloodborne. A sequel, Voidheart Symphony , updates the setting of Rhapsody of Blood to a modern-day, urban fantasy world, with an anti-authoritarian rebellion and mental world battles straight out of the Persona JRPG ser

Updated May 20, 2025: Another week has come for Destiny 2 , which means missions, challenges, and rewards have been reset. Many fans are likely counting down the weeks until Destiny 2 's Edge of Fate expansion launches , kicking off a new year of content. In addition to the first expansion, Year of Prophecy will include two major updates and a Star Wars- inspired second expansion called Renega

Shattered Cipher is the last Override weapon, joining the ranks as a Rapid-Fire Frame, Void damaging, Power Machine Gun. While it does significantly less damage than most machine guns in Destiny 2, Shattered Cipher fires at 900 RPM. Like Sojourner's Tale, this weapon can be acquired from the Splicer Servitor rank, Splicer Armory, and Splicer's Kell Armory engrams. Shattered Cipher can also be used to complete the Season of the Splicer Week 7 challenge "Machine Gun Splicer." The best perks for Shattered Cipher

Bungie brought back various exotic missions for players to run through to earn new Iron Banner Rewards, gear, as well as craftable versions of exotic weapons. Like the Raid and Dungeon rotator, this one changes on a weekly ba

Xur, the exotic merchant of Destiny 2 , arrives every weekend until reset, giving players a short window to check out what he has in stock. With The Final Shape, Xur has seen a rework of what is on offer. Here's what the merchant has for the weekend of