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By Oliver Giles ATTENTION: This review pertains explicitly to the version of the game for current generation consoles (Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5). Some features mentioned here are not available on the version made for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. It's that time of year again; baseball season is only a few days away, and with it comes another installment of Sony's MLB The Show game series. While the vast majority of yearly sports games don't change all that much from year to year, there were quite a lot of promises made by San Diego Studios leading up to the early-access launch of the game on March 31st. Did SDS come through on those promises, and how does this year's title differ from last year? That's what we're looking at today. In order to keep this review somewhat simple, I'll break it down into sections and discuss the pros and cons of each. Road to the Show Before Diamond Dynasty mode came along in MLB 14: The Show 14, the...

By Oliver Giles Release Year: 2009 Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX Goodwill Price $3.99 Every major franchise has to start somewhere, and for Gearbox Software that was on mainline consoles and computers back in 2009. While the company as a whole doesn't have the best track record when it comes to games, Gearbox struck gold when they introduced the world to Borderlands, an RPG-style first-person shooter with an instantly recognizable comic book aesthetic and a good sense of humor to go along with fun and challenging gameplay. As the world prepares for the launch of the spin-off Tiny Tina's Wonderlands in just a few days, I figured it would be a perfect time to pick up a copy from Goodwill and see just how well the game has aged almost thirteen years later. As a disclaimer, while I had never owned the original version of the game prior to picking it up, I do own the remastered Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition from 2019 and greatly enjoyed it...

By Oliver Giles Remasters are a touchy subject in the video game community nowadays. While there are plenty of so-called remasters that are little more than barely-improved cash grabs, there are also plenty of remastered games that have been made with plenty of care and are genuine improvements upon the original versions of their respective titles. With that being said, there are still plenty of games that deserve modernized updates, with improved graphics and better frame rates , to say the least. Welcome to True Gaming United's official list of games that absolutely deserve remasters, in no particular order. Skate Franchise Publisher: Electronic Arts It's safe to say that fans of one of EA's most beloved properties rejoiced the world over when it was confirmed in 2020 that a new Skate game would finally be in production in the near future, following almost a decade of requests from fans. And while we don't yet have a release date for Skate 4, now seems like the perfe...

By Oliver Giles AVAILABLE ON: Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC Far Cry 6’s third and final DLC is now officially available to download and play across all major platforms, and it’s a near-perfect season pass finale. The Plot Taking place inside the mind of Far Cry 5’s terrifying cult leader Joseph Seed (aka The Father) the expansion shows exactly what led him to make the choices he did in between the events of Far Cry 5 and its 2019 sequel Far Cry New Dawn. While both Vaas and Pagan’s mental journeys showed their twisted reasoning for their choices, as well as the characters attempts to rationalize those choices, Collapse show’s Joseph’s mental struggle to make amends for the events of Far Cry 5, as well as his ultimate failure and what turns him into what he had become by the beginning of New Dawn. Gameplay Similar to the previous two season pass DLCs, Collapse infuses roguelike elements into the usual Far Cry formula. While exploring the decently-sized map ...

By Oliver Giles AVAILABLE ON: Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Android  Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time by a large margin, with over 70 million more copies sold than Grand Theft Auto V, the runner-up in that department. And ever since Mojang’s flagship sandbox game exploded in popularity in the early 2010s, there have been seemingly infinite knockoff titles and copycats. For example, before Minecraft finally released on the New Nintendo 3DS in 2017, 3DS users made do with Battle Miner, and who could forget all the online Adobe Flash and Unity Player powered ripoffs. Surprisingly, despite Minecraft being available on practically every device imaginable at this point, the flood of imitations just keeps on coming. And while games such as Portal Knights took the Minecraft formula and built upon it, adding a fun story with fantasy RPG elements and beautiful visuals, most of the Minecraft-inspired titles are less than good, to say the least. And then there’s Survive Craf...

Written By Oliver Giles In-game photos captured by Oliver Giles & Ilia the Wanderer Being a student of the photographic arts and aspiring photographer myself, I believe that almost all forms of photography have merit. Be it full color or black and wite, shot on a DSLR or a mobile phone, as long as you achieve the desired result you’re methods and equipment are valid. When you combine my love of photography with my love of video games, you may start to see why I am overjoyed to see more and more games starting to include propper photo modes, specifically in the last five years or so. And I’m not talking about moving the camera around for simple screenshots here. No, this article will focus on several games from 2015 onward that have made attempts at creating an immersive, seamless, in-game photography experience. But which series succeed and which fail harder than the Dodgers in the playoffs? That’s what we’re here to dive into today. Near Perfection Forza Motorsport/Forza H...