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Na’vi Breeze Through NiP to Reach the Finals at DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca
Natus Vincere won a dominant 2-0 over Ninjas in Pajamas to advance and face Envyus in the finals at DreamHack open Cluj-Napoca. The scores were 16-3 on Train (Na’vi’s pick) and 16-6 on Dust 2 (NiP’s pick).
The series is best described as Na’vi being able to execute their game plan at will. As one analyst pointed out, Na’vi went up 7-0 on NiP in both maps before NiP could get on the scoreboard, and that’s with NiP starting out on the counter terrorist side of Train. Guardian led his team in kill to death ratio and player rating on both maps. No one on Na’vi died more than 11 times per map. Allu led his team in frags while friberg fell to bottom two despite his extremely impressive performance yesterday.
NiP sat back mostly on Train while Na’vi set up for smokes and site takes. NiP seemed content to allow Na’vi the room to play their game. They were consistently out shot and out maneuvered by the notoriously tactical Na’vi. GuardiaN attributed his team’s success to their being able to get in a rhythm as a team and communicate effectively. Na’vi is known for having quarrels mid-match, as seen during DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca, and GuardiaN was very vocal about it being a problem in their win over Luminosity Gaming in the quarter finals.
Despite grabbing three more rounds on Dust 2, NiP’s individual stats were even worse. On a map they beat Team Solo Mid on when they were at their most dominant before DreamHack, NiP looked lost. Xizt only grabbed four kills on the map while Na’vi’s bottom fragger grabbed 14 according to hltv.org. Nip shocked everyone by beating tournament favorite TSM to reach the semis and went on to lose on the same maps by large deficits. It’s such a swing in the opposite direction that it validates the argument that NiP didn’t really beat TSM, TSM just didn’t show up. But NiP did reach the semi finals, which is further than Fnatic, Virtus Pro and TSM. With rumors of a line up change potentially coming next year, NiP’s high placement offers some hope to fans who don’t wish to see the original four members leaving the iconic team.
Na’vi moves on to meet Envyus in the finals. Na’vi lost 9-16 against the French team during the group stages of DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca.
We have been keeping an eye on the game Miasma Chronicles from the creators of Mutant Year Zero for a while now. We now know when it will be released, and it will be on May 23, 2023, on the PS5.
Being outnumbered all the time, mastering the art of the ambush will be crucial to surviving, and whatever advantage you can get will be needed. You can view a different, more condensed glimpse of gaming above and below.
How do you feel about the Miasma Chronicles? You played Mutant Year Zero, right?
Fans of Final Fantasy have been disputing for decades over a variety of topics, such as whether game VIII is the finest or which one contains the best minigames. But something fresh has the community in a tizzy, and this time it’s a 19-second trailer for the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI that’s energizing fans along with the reappearance of certain well-worn and recognizable talking points.
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探索の心強い味方！ボタンひとつで誘導してくれます。『ファイナルファンタジーXVI』
🔔予約受付中🔔https://t.co/6BciWXOPkt #FF16 pic.twitter.com/KmsisjJbbY— FINAL FANTASY XVI (@FF16_JP) March 22, 2023
If it weren’t for the fissure that protagonist Clive skillfully navigates in the video, this narrative might have been about Torgal, a great canine companion. That’s right, we have returned to the discussion of the Squeeze Gap, the most heinous error in game design (in the eyes of some fans).
Others pointed out that you can see through the gap that this is an intentional design choice and does not, in fact, hide a loading screen. In the colorful comments section of the aforementioned Tweet, some people complained about the inclusion of yet another Squeeze Gap on current-gen PCs.If you have nothing better to do, follow us down the rabbit hole of quote-retweets.
Sincerity be damned, we don’t really care either way, but it is odd for Square Enix to release an official promo for a highly anticipated game that shows half of a character squirming through a small space.As always, the music is spot on; praise where praise is due. On June 22, Final Fantasy XVI will debut for PlayStation 5.
What do you think of the squeeze gaps generally and the squeezegate incident specifically?
In order to decide which publisher published the best games, Metacritic calculates ratings for all the games that were released in the previous calendar year. The website that collects review ratings for all popular media has done the math, and Sony Interactive Entertainment came out on top for 2022.
Yes, Sony’s first-party initiatives from the previous year allowed it to “no issue” claim the top spot on Metacritic’s list. The 2022 release schedule for the platform holder averaged 85.6 points overall, with all of its PC ports scoring in the website’s “green score” range.
The business did indeed have a successful year in 2017. We had a fantastic trio of original games: God of War Ragnarok, Gran Turismo 7, and Horizon Forbidden West, all of which were of very high caliber. But in addition to that, the firm also launched The Last of Us: Part I and a number of PC ports, including God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and Uncharted: The Legacy of Thieves Collection, all of which received positive reviews from critics. MLB The Show 22 had the lowest metascore of any Sony game last year, according to Metacritic, but it still earned a respectable 77.
According to Metacritic, these are the top 10 publishers for 2022:
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Paradox Interactive
- Activision Blizzard
- Focus Entertainment
- Take-Two Interactive
- Capcom
- SEGA
- Annapurna Interactive
- Humble Games
- Devolver Digital
If you’re interested, you can view the complete summary at this link. How do you feel?
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