The Baldur’s Gate 3 Bard is an excellent class, straightforward enough for newcomers with enough depth and specialization options to keep experienced players interested. Getting started with a Bard is a bit easier than other classes thanks to the performer having fewer additional features, but there are a few key …

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a dense game with hundreds of ways to approach every situation. Battles unfold based on half a dozen variables, some of which you can’t control. The world is ripe for manipulation if you realize you can actually manipulate it, and playing nice with your party members …

In Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the explorable world is divided into three layers: the terrain, the depths, and the sky. You’ll reach the terrain just by following the story, and you can jump into the depths by way of a chasm whenever you feel like it. But how do …

Tears of the Kingdom recipes are there to keep Link happy and healthy in any number of difficult situations. The most basic of recipes in his cookbook restore a few hearts in Link’s health meter, but if you add the right ingredients in the right amount, you can buff Link’s …

Farming Stellar Jade in Honkai Star Rail is your ticket to more characters and weapons, and you don’t even have to pay for it. While some methods of obtaining Stellar Jade are limited–completing missions or clearing certain objectives, for example–others are recurring and reward you with substantial amounts of the …

Bailu is a spectacular healer in Honkai Star Rail who’s flexible enough to fit on any team, even with a build that isn’t fully optimized. Her skills and ultimate are a constant source of healing, and she can even keep enemies from knocking allies down thanks to a special talent. …

Unlocking secondary jobs in Octopath Traveler 2 gives you dozens of possible class combinations in battle, but there’s quite a bit of effort involved. Not only do you have to track down the job guild location, but you also have to complete some–often rather difficult–tasks to unlock licenses that let …

Octopath Traveler 2’s Scent of Commerce side quests show up on the world map like important story objectives, and while two of them aren’t really that important at all, you can get some nice bonuses for just a little effort. The third is one of the most important quests in …

Who to start with in Octopath Traveler 2 might seem like a daunting question, especially if you played the first game, where some starting classes made life more difficult than it needed to be. Fortunately, Octopath Traveler 2’s classes and characters are more balanced, leaving you free to choose whichever …

The world of Octopath Traveler 2 is vast and not very concerned with giving you a helping hand outside the initial tutorials. Like the retro classics that inspired it, Octopath Traveler 2 wants you to figure things out on your own, and while it leads to some satisfying discoveries, a …