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As a fan of GTA series, you must be looking forward to the release of Grand Theft Auto 6. But game developer Rockstar doesn’t want us to meet it soon, and insists on setting the release time for the game in late 2025.

As we all know, the popularity of GTA series has grown rapidly over the years, and players’ love for it has lasted for a long time, making it a powerful competitive giant in the field of video games. The most representative example is the success and longevity of Rockstar’s GTA 5 released in 2013.

Successful Precedent - GTA 5

As you know, previous work has been called the most successful single entertainment media work in human history and is also considered one of the most iconic games of all time. You can trade cars and houses with GTA 5 Money, and play in a variety of ways.

The reasons why Grand Theft Auto 5 has been popular over the past decade include the continued growth and player retention of GTA Online, and then it has become a lucrative project for Rockstar in its own right.

The success of it is evident in the data, with Rockstar reportedly selling over 210 million units and generating $7.5 billion in revenue.

High Expectations

However, many players believe that the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 will feature a bigger technological leap and a wider range of gameplay options. The developers have reportedly been working on it for more than a decade, twice as long as previous work.

All of this information makes GTA 6 one of the most anticipated games of all time, and the mysterious release date has also piqued the interest of millions of potential players.

The release of Grand Theft Auto 6 is not only important for fans who have always had a fervent love for GTA series, but also for other studios in the gaming industry. Its release is likely to have a chain reaction.

Because if a game is released too close to GTA 6, it will be overshadowed by Grand Theft Auto 6. To avoid this, other game studios may have to delay the release of their games.

Grand Theft Auto 6 has received widespread attention and fans’ expectations for it are very high. Will the developer release it by the end of this year? Let’s wait and see.

While hunting in Red Dead Redemption 2 is not a must-learn and familiar operation in the game, it makes up a large part of the content of this game. Whether you need to complete Master Hunter challenges, craft better equipment, or even complete some tasks given to you by NPCs in the game, you will need to hunt perfect specimens of different animals on the map.

Prey such as deer and rabbits are everywhere, but some other animals are difficult to capture due to their evasiveness, hunting instincts or pure rarity. This guide will introduce you to the top three most hard animals to hunt in Red Dead Redemption 2, which can only be collected with great patience and enough luck when you encounter them.

1. Panthers

Panthers are one of the most dangerous and very rare animals in Dead Redemption 2, mainly living in Lemoyne. When hunting Panthers, you will definitely be surprised by their aggressiveness and speed. They can cause more damage in a single attack than any other animal in the game. On top of that, Panthers will also use the swampy terrain to sneak up on you in the bushes.

When they appear in groups, one will usually appear in a designated location, but you’ll need to leave the area completely for the other newly arrived panthers to appear, making collecting panther pelts very dangerous and time-consuming. Unfortunately, some of the best clothing, saddle, and satchel upgrades you can use in Red Dead Redemption 2 require panther pelts, which are often necessary.

2. Carolina Parakeets

Carolina Parakeets are arguably the rarest of the small birds in RDR2, making hunting them a combination of the skill level required to collect Woodpeckers and the patience and luck required to collect Mooses, so getting the perfect version of Carolina Parakeets is an act that will constantly frustrate you.

Note that killing Carolina Parakeets will cause you to lose honor that you can unlock in Red Dead Redemption 2, and they are endangered. If you kill 25 of them, you will completely eliminate the species and prevent them from spawning again, which is not conducive to your subsequent exploration and is not recommended.

Many players think that the bright colors of Carolina Parakeets will expose them, but in fact, it is quite the opposite. They blend into the plant landscape of Bayou Nwa surprisingly well, and they often live in very tall grass and are difficult to find.

Like all small birds, Carolina Parakeets also require you to use very precise small ammunition attacks to get the perfect version, but here is a strategy for you: since they often appear in groups, they will make it easier to find the perfect version when they spawn.

3. Western Bull Moose

Although Western Bull Moose will not pose a tremendous threat to you like Panthers, nor will it require you to use very precise aiming to get it like Carolina Parakeets, it is one of the rarest animals in the entire Red Dead Redemption 2.

Although Western Bull Moose theoretically appears in the northern New Hanover and Ambarino areas, you may spend hours looking for their habitats, and most importantly, there is no guarantee that there will be Moose in the habitat. If you are lucky enough to find a perfect Moose, be sure to use improved arrows and headshots to knock it down cleanly.

The above are the three most hard animals to hunt in Red Dead Redemption 2. But here I still need to remind you that if they affect your main exploration process, you can completely give up collecting them and turn to new hunting. I wish you a happy game!

Path of Exile 2’s currency system is very complex, just as complex as its skill system. Although Path of Exile 2 has only opened the first three acts and the endgame, the types of currency in the player’s inventory are almost too many to count.

Most of the currency is centered around how to change your equipment. They may upgrade your equipment, but they can also destroy your equipment. Each currency has its own unique function. They can modify the affixes of your equipment, change the quality of your equipment, and add new slots for your skill gems.

If you want to know how to build your equipment, you’d better understand the currency in your inventory.

POE 2 Main Currency

In your early game, you can get some low-level currency such as POE 2 Exalted Orb and Orbs of Transmutation through common monsters and boss drops. As you reach the third act and get the endgame, you can get high-level currency, such as Vaal Orb and Divine Orb.

• Gold: Applies to vendor items and Gambling, resets Passive Skill Tree nodes.
• Orb of Transmutation: Transforms a normal item into a magic item.
• Orb of Augmentation: Adds a modifier to a magic item.
• Orb of Alchemy: Upgrades a normal item to a rare item.
• Orb of Chance: Transforms a normal item into a rare, unique, or magic item.
• Regal Orb: Transforms a magic item into a rare item.
• Exalted Orb: Adds a random modifier to a rare item, up to 6.
• Divine Orb: Randomly changes the values of all modifiers.
• Chaos Orb: Replaces an equipped modifier with another modifier at random.
• Orb of Annulment: Removes a random modifier.
• Lesser Jeweler’s Orb: Adds a slot to a 2-slot skill gem.
• Greater Jeweler’s Orb: Adds a slot to a 3-slot skill gem.
• Perfect Jeweler’s Orb: Adds a slot to a 4-slot Skill Gem.
• Artificer’s Orb: Adds a slot to an item.
• Arcanist’s Etcher: Increases the quality of a Staff, Wand, or Sceptre.
• Armorer’s Scrap: Improves the quality of armor.
• Blacksmith’s Whetstone: Increases the quality of Martial Weapons.
• Glassblower’s Bauble: Improves the quality of your Flask.
• Gemcutter’s Prism: Improves the quality of your Skill Gem.
• Vaal Orb: Gives your items a random change, but it can no longer be modified with currency.
• Mirror of Kalandra: Makes a copy of your items, except for unique items.

Path Of Exile 2 Catalysts

Catalysts are special currency found in Breaches when you reach the endgame. They are specific modifiers that enhance your rings and amulets. Monsters drop Catalysts when you have Breach encounters. Rare monsters have a slightly higher chance of dropping one.

• Adaptive Catalyst: Enhances Attribute modifiers
• Carapace Catalyst: Enhances Defense modifiers
• Chayula’s Catalyst: Enhances Chaos modifiers
• Esh’s Catalyst: Enhances Lightning modifiers
• Flesh Catalyst: Enhances Life modifiers
• Neural Catalyst: Enhances Mana modifiers
• Reaver Catalyst: Enhances Attack modifiers
• Sibilant Catalyst: Enhances Caster modifiers
• Skittering Catalyst: Enhances Speed modifiers
• Tul’s Catalyst: Enhances Cold modifiers
• Uul-Netol’s Catalyst: Enhances Physical modifiers
• Xoph’s Catalyst: Enhances Fire modifiers

POE 2 Distilled Emotions

Distilled Emotions are special items that players can obtain in Delirium. You need to kill as many monsters as possible in Delirium to obtain Distilled Emotions. To use Distilled Emotions, you can open a special window in your inventory. You can use three Distilled Emotions to enhance an amulet or a Waystone.

• Distilled Despair: Players are 20% Delirious, 30% increased stack size of Simulacrum Splinters.
• Distilled Disgust: Players are 18% Delirious, 30% increased Precursor Tablets found.
• Distilled Envy: Players are 15% Delirious, 30% increased Waystones found.
• Distilled Fear: Players are 22% Delirious, and rare monsters have a 25% chance to gain an additional modifier.
• Distilled Greed: Players are 10% Delirious, +8% Rarity of items found.
• Distilled Guilt: Players are 9% Delirious, +8% Pack Size.
• Distilled Ire: Players are 7% Delirious, +20% Magic Monsters.
• Distilled Isolation: Players are 50% Delirious.
• Distilled Paranoia: Players are 12% Delirious, +15% Rare Monsters.
• Distilled Suffering: Players are 25% Delirious, and Unique monsters gain an additional modifier.

POE 2 Essences

Essences upgrade your items from normal items to magic items and add specific affixes to them. Compared with Orb of Alchemy, Essences are more controllable. In addition to Essences, there is also an upgraded version of them in the game, called Greater Essence. They have similar functions to Essences, but they can transform magic items into rare items.

Normal Essence

• Essence of the Body: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Life modifier.
• Essence of the Mind: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Mana modifier.
• Essence of Enhancement: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Defense modifier.
• Essence of Torment: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Physical modifier.
• Essence of Flames: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Fire modifier.
• Essence of Ice: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Cold modifier.
• Essence of Electricity: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Lightning modifier.
• Essence of Ruin: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Chaos modifier.
• Essence of Battle: Transforms a normal item to Magic with an Attack modifier.
• Essence of Sorcery: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Caster modifier.
• Essence of Haste: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Speed ​​modifier.
• Essence of the Infinite: Transforms a normal item to Magic with an Attribute modifier.

Greater Essence

• Greater Essence of the Body: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Life modifier.
• Greater Essence of the Mind: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Mana modifier.
• Greater Essence of Enhancement: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Defence modifier.
• Greater Essence of Torment: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Physical modifier.
• Greater Essence of Flames: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Fire modifier.
• Greater Essence of Ice: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Cold modifier.
• Greater Essence of Electricity: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Lightning modifier.
• Greater Essence of Ruin: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Chaos modifier.
• Greater Essence of Battle: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with an Attack modifier.
• Greater Essence of Sorcery: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Caster modifier.
• Greater Essence of Haste: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a speed modifier.
• Greater Essence of the Infinite: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with an Attribute modifier.

Path Of Exile 2 Endgame Currencies

In the endgame of Path of Exile 2, in order to defeat various bosses, players need to collect some special currencies as the “key” to open the boss battle. The drop rate of these special currencies is not very high. If you need these items, you can use POE 2 currency to exchange with other players.

• Breach: Breach Splinter/Breachstone
• Delirium: Simulacrum Splinter/Simulacrum Splinter
• Expedition: Broken Circle Artifact/Black Scythe Artifact/Order Artifact/Sun Artifact/Exotic Coinage
• Pinnacle: Ancient Crisis Fragment/Faded Crisis Fragment/Weathered Crisis Fragment
• Ritual: An Audience With The King
• Ultimatum: Cowardly Fate/Deadly Fate/Victorious Fate

Currency Shards

There are some currencies in Path of Exile 2 called Currency Shards. Players can stack these Currency Shards to get a full Currency.

• Artificer’s Shard: 10 for Artificer’s Orb
• Chance Shard: 10 for Orb of Chance
• Regal Shard: 10 for Regal Orb
• Transmutation Shard: 10 for Orb of Transmutation

That’s all about currency in Path of Exile 2. I hope it helps you craft equipment.

In 2021, when the domestic action game project WuChang: Fallen Feathers was first exposed, the content shown by the production team was not yet mature, and it was also questioned by many players. After a long period of silence, they have regained their momentum and handed in a satisfactory answer today. After all, no matter how much publicity is made, it is not as good as the experience when the player picks up the handle.

Background

In the story background of the late Ming Dynasty, a disease called Feathering Disease spread in the land of Bashu. The infected will gradually feather, lose their mind and eventually turn into a monster. The heroine Wu Chang was infected with this disease at the beginning of the story, but she was able to use the power of Feathers to enhance her own abilities and assist in combat.

Feathers

Almost every action game has a unique set of core mechanisms to serve its combat experience. Just like Offset system and Witch Time of Bayonetta, the deflections and Spirit system of Wo Long, and the stick charging and switching of Black Myth: Wukong. The core mechanism of WuChang: Fallen Feathers is Feathers, a dynamic resource with stackable layers used to enhance specific abilities.

Feathers are very easy to obtain in combat. Every time a player dodges an enemy attack through a perfect dodge, they can gain a layer of Feathers. Consuming Feathers can strengthen certain types of attacks, such as shortening the charging time of a heavy attack to release it quickly, or performing powerful spells. In addition, the combat skills of weapons will also gain more powerful power and effects with the addition of Feathers.

In addition to the default perfect dodge, the character’s skill tree can further expand the way to obtain Feathers. For example, when a perfect parry is made against an enemy attack, a normal attack hits an enemy for a certain number of times, and even a weapon type such as a one-handed sword, a layer of Feathers can be automatically accumulated every period.

The introduction of Feathers’ mechanism has obviously added a clear sense of purpose to the combat system of WuChang: Fallen Feathers. To put it more simply, Feathers are a kind of temporary resources obtained through risk-reward mechanisms such as precise dodges, specific combos, and parries. These resources can enhance the player’s ability and provide more strategic options and ways to deal with enemies in battle.

Combat

Of course, don’t think that WuChang: Fallen Feathers is a hardcore action game with extremely high operational requirements just because perfect dodges can get Feathers. In fact, the dodge judgment of the game is quite loose, and it is often easy to dodge by intuition when you first see it.

The game also provides two ways to deal with attacks: defense and precise parry. But unlike other action games, WuChang: Fallen Feathers’s blocking can only block enemies attacking with weapons. When facing physical attacks from monsters and unarmed enemies, the defensive effect will be reduced.

The combat part of WuChang: Fallen Feathers is more inclined to ACT design. Although there is also a certain RPG numerical influence, it does not dominate. This can be seen from the length of the enemy’s health bar. Most of the enemies in the game, including elite monsters, will be killed after fighting with the player for a while. As far as the process of the first chapter is concerned, there is almost no boss whose health bar is very healthy after being hit by many skills.

On the one hand, the game’s ACT operation encourages players to learn and deal with the enemy’s moves. But at the same time, it also provides some means of skipping classes and RPG-like processing methods. If the enemy is agile but has low toughness, use the weapon to charge and knock it down. If the enemy is obviously easy to ignite, you can try to accumulate Feathers and release fire attribute spells to defeat it.

There are 7 bosses in the first chapter, including hidden bosses and the final boss. Each battle has a unique design and will not make people feel repetitive.

Some bosses have a fatal area under their feet, and they will constantly release full-screen AOE attacks and monsters to interfere with players, leaving almost no room for melee weapons to play. In this case, it is obviously a more appropriate strategy to accumulate Feathers by accurately dodging various AOE attacks and use fire magic to attack the boss remotely.

Skill Tree

In Soul series, players increase the character’s attribute points every time they level up by collecting Souls. In WuChang: Fallen Feathers, players need to add points to a huge skill tree by collecting Red Mercury.

The design of the skill tree combines the characteristics of traditional ACT and RPG: it not only contains traditional action nodes that unlock new skills and new genres, but also provides attribute nodes that simply strengthen specific attributes. This design makes the characters build theoretically closer to the free development mode of Diablo - not a solidified route, but choosing the required parts from many forks. It is worth mentioning that the game also supports non-consumption reset points at any time, providing players with a high degree of freedom in building switching.

There are currently five weapons in the game: axe, spear, double sword, long sword, one-handed sword. Each weapon has different genre options, and there are options to strengthen weapons in the skill tree.

For example, the special effect provided by the skill tree for the one-handed sword is to gain a layer of Feathers every once automatically in a while. At the same time, this skill tree is also full of attribute bonuses of Feathering and magic. Obviously, this is a weapon tailor-made for the spell school.

And each weapon has a skill node in the skill tree that consumes Feathers to reduce the charging time. If you don’t know how to consume the accumulated Feathers, it’s always right to attack quickly with a charging attack.

Map Design

As a soul-like game, WuChang: Fallen Feathers obviously took a lot of thought to build the map - there is a design that organically connects the map around the shrine (Bonfire) with a shortcut, and there are also some “doors that cannot be opened from this side” and malicious paths. The game currently does not see the option to display the map, which means that players can only explore the unknown area ahead.

The level design incorporates many classic malice in Souls series:

• Fighting the trio on a narrow wooden boardwalk without guardrails will slide into the abyss if you are not careful.
• Ambush in the blind spot, wait for the character to pass by, and then charge and push you down.
• When you walk into the depths to pick up an ordinary consumable, 3 or 5 enemies suddenly appear around you and beat you up together.

The good protagonist has good action performance and dodge ability. The game also provides many additional life recovery props similar to LifeGem in Dark Souls 2. Unlike many Souls games, there is nothing you can do after drinking Estus Flask. Thanks to the protagonist’s strong ability and the action system that is more ACT-oriented in nature, the experience of exploring the map can be regarded as painful and happy.

But as far as the content presented in the first chapter is concerned, it is enough to break the filter given to players by the first trailer in 2021, and let players rekindle their confidence in this game. As long as the subsequent chapters can maintain the same quality, this game will definitely receive large-scale praise from players.