Analysis: Why Gothic 2 Night Of The Raven Is Brilliant
This classic of the German studio Piranha Bytes has been a secret recommendation in circles of RPG-lovers for as long as it has been released. Being an originally German game…
How to Increase Relations in Bannerlord (War Sails, v1.5.7): Notables, Lords and Your Spouse
You raise relations in Bannerlord fastest by running quests for notables, letting every captured lord go in the post-battle talk and marrying into the clan you need most, and since v1.5.7 an Honorable character gets 20% more out of each of them.
Stellaris Pop Growth Guide (4.5): How to Grow Pops Faster
When pop growth crawls in Stellaris 4.5, the fastest fix is to move pops off your capital into your colonies, keep each planet somewhere near half of its Planet Capacity, where growth peaks, and add a staffed Medical Center and Clone Vats on every planet.
Stellaris Energy Credits Guide (4.5): Income, Deficits and the Market
If your energy credits keep running dry in Stellaris 4.5, the fix is nearly always more Technicians working your Generator Districts, a Trade surplus that your Wealth Creation policy can turn into energy, and fleets that sit docked at a starbase while you are at peace.
Stellaris Influence Guide (4.5): How to Get More and What to Spend It On
Influence in Stellaris is the political resource that pays for new systems, and you raise it through a short list of sources: a flat +3 a month, up to +2 from Power Projection once your navy is big enough for your empire, +0.5 for every rival, and later your ethics, council traits and the Will to Power decree.
Bannerlord Influence: How to Earn It and Spend It (War Sails, v1.4.8)
How do you get influence in Bannerlord fast? Join a kingdom, win fights in which your own party does most of the work, and donate every prisoner you take to another clan's castle in that kingdom, because almost nothing pays influence while your clan stands alone.
Stellaris Terraforming Guide (4.5): Gaia Worlds, Costs and What to Terraform First
When you want to terraform a planet in Stellaris, you first need Terrestrial Sculpting, a tier 2 Society technology that lets you change the climate of an uncolonised planet inside your borders for 2,000 energy and 5 years within the same climate group, or 5,000 energy and 10 years across groups.
How to Make Money in No Man’s Sky (Forsaken): Fastest Units
If you want Units fast in No Man's Sky, scan creatures with good scanner modules in the first hours, scrap Sentinel Interceptors in the mid game and craft Stasis Devices, worth 15.6 million each, once you have a farm.
Stellaris Vassals Guide (4.5): Vassalize, Tributary or Conquer
A vassal is a subject empire in Stellaris that keeps its own planets but pays you what its agreement asks for, joins your wars on the terms you set and can be integrated later, which makes vassalizing a cheaper way to grow than conquest once your empire has more than a handful of colonies.
Stellaris Endgame Crisis Guide (4.5): Spawn Years and Counters
Stellaris 4.5 has four endgame crises, and each one falls to a different fleet: shields and Kinetic Artillery against the Unbidden, armor and point defense against the Prethoryn Scourge, shields with artillery and an anti-armor weapon against the Contingency, and torpedoes against Cetana's flagship.
Bannerlord Beginner Guide (War Sails, v1.4.8): What to Do First, Step by Step
Your first hours in Bannerlord come down to a handful of steps: recruit about ten men, buy three kinds of food, win small fights and tournaments, and collect the 50 renown that takes your clan to tier 1.