![]() Galaxy A80 with pop-up rotating camera (source: samsung) Camera: 48MP main camera, 8MP ultra-wide camera, and 3D depth camera.Samsung Galaxy A80 - pop-up rotating camera The Z5 Pro also supports an in-display fingerprint sensor, which remains a relatively rare feature even among flagships. The sliding screen mechanism housing the dual-lens selfie camera allows the phone to offer a full-screen display without punch-holes or notches, and achieves a 95 percent screen-to-body ratio. The Z5 Pro targets the mid-range phone market with the best mid-range processor Snapdragon 710, and a premium sliding design similar to the Mi Mix 3 and Honor Magic 2. ![]() Lenovo has also joined the slider camera club with the Z5 Pro. Camera: 24MP+16MP main camera, 16MP+8MP selfie camera.Lenovo Z5 Pro - a budget slider camera phone The Magic 2 has the same cutout for the earpiece right above the display as Xiaomi Mi Mix 3, however, the device doesn’t automatically open up the front facing camera upon opening the slider. On its slider mechanism there is an impressive triple camera setup behind the bezel-less display, along with the front facing sensors, earpiece, and sensors for Honor’s 3D face recognition technology for faster and more secure face unlock capabilities. Honor, a sub-brand of Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei, has also released a phone featuring a sliding mechanism much like that of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3, the Honor Magic 2. Honor Magic 2 - slider mechanism for selfie camera (source: hihonor) Camera: 16MP+16MP+24MP primary triple camera setup, 16MP+2MP+2MP triple selfie shooter.Honor Magic 2 - slider mechanism for selfie camera Xiaomi is one of the earliest smartphone manufacturers to put a selfie camera on the bottom bezel for its Mix-series phones and hides the front camera behind the display. Its manual slider is like that of Huawei’s Honor Magic 2, but the difference is that the Mi Mix 3 bears both the front and rear cameras on the slider. The magnet is made up of neodymium, with a life expectancy of over 300,000 activations. Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 sports a nearly bezel-less display with a magnetic sliding front camera setup, achieving a screen-to-body ratio of 93.4 percent, one step further compared with the “three-side bezel-less” screen of Mi MIX 2. Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Smartphone with magnetic sliding front camera (source: Xiaomi ) Camera: 12MP+12MP primary dual camera setup, 24MP+2MP dual selfie shooter.Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 - magnetic sliding front camera To protect the slider in case of a drop, the phone comes equipped with a self-retracting mechanism that closes the slider when a drop is detected to protect it. The front of the slider hides the infrared (IR) LED light, IR camera, depth sensor, earpiece, front camera, and the dot projector for facial recognition. As early as June 19 of 2018, it was released in Louvre in Paris with an impressive screen-to-body ratio of 93.8 percent, due to the “never-seen-before” slider design and curved display. OPPO Find X is perhaps the first flagship smartphone to be boasted as having a “full screen”. Camera: 16MP+20MP primary dual camera, and 25MP selfie shooter.Easily attracts dirt and dust particles.Impressive and more immersive viewing experience.Full bezel-less display without notches.pop-up selfie camera phone Pros and Cons of pop-up selfie cameras It sits as a separate component inside the smartphone body and pops out mechanically when you activate it. Pop-up cameras work exactly as it sounds. SEE ALSO: Best Camera Phones in 2019 for Every Need and Budget How does a pop-up camera work? Smartphone giants such as Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Vivo, and OPPO, have all rolled out awesome pop-up camera phones in 2019. How would one achieve a full-screen design without compromising the front-facing camera? From the iPhone X notch to the water-drop notch to hole-punch camera displays, now it seems that a pop-up selfie camera is the answer. But the front selfie camera is a big problem. Smartphone manufacturers are pursuing real bezel-less phones over the past years.
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![]() ![]() Kahoot! Numbers by DragonBox is based on the same pedagogical principles as the other games in the award-winning DragonBox series and works by integrating the learning seamlessly into the gameplay, no quizzes or mindless repetitions. This activity reinforces your child's number sense and trains their ability to quickly recognise and add numbers. Your child can use their fingers, Nooms or numerals to jump over obstacles. In the "Run" section, your child will have to direct the Noom down a path using quick mental calculations. Your child will develop an intuitive understanding of how larger numbers relate to small numbers, and practice basic math strategies every step of the way. In the "Ladder" section, your child will have to think strategically to build larger numbers. Your child will perform thousands of operations while solving the 250 puzzles. Every move your child makes reinforces number sense. In the "Puzzle" section, your child will use basic math to create their own puzzle pieces, and place them in the right spot to reveal a hidden picture. It's also the perfect tool for parents and teachers to explain basic math concepts to kids. The "Sandbox" section of the game is designed to let your child explore and experiment with the Nooms. The app contains 4 different activities for your child to explore, each designed to challenge your child to use the Nooms and basic math in a different way. By doing this they will learn basic math and learn addition and subtraction with numbers between 1 and 20. The Nooms can be stacked, sliced, combined, sorted, compared and played with, any way your child pleases. Kahoot! Numbers by DragonBox brings math to life by turning numbers into colorful and relatable characters, called Nooms. The game makes it easy and fun for your child to develop their number sense and gain an intuitive understanding of numbers. Kahoot! Numbers by DragonBox goes beyond teaching children to count by teaching your child what numbers are, how they work, and what you can do with them. ![]() The Kahoot!+ Family subscription gives your family access to premium Kahoot! features and 3 award-winning learning apps for math and reading. The subscription starts with a 7-day free trial and can be cancelled at any time before the end of the trial. Prestisjetunge Parents magazine kunngjorde Kahoot! Numbers by DragonBox som den beste læringsappen for barn for andre år på radĪccess to the contents and functionality of this app requires a subscription to Kahoot!+ Family. “Kahoot! Numbers by DragonBox is the first thing you should download on a tablet if you have kids 4-8 years old” -Forbes Kahoot! Numbers by DragonBox is an award-winning learning game that gives your child a perfect introduction to math and the foundation they need for future math learning. It can be used as an extended monitor in triple or higher environments as well as a dual monitor. It fully supports "Palm Rejection", which allows you to draw with your palm on the screen, and "Pen Pressure" and "Tilt" of the Apple Pencil.Īlso, the 120Hz refresh rate makes the screen and stylus movement smoother.Įasy&Light's virtual display solution provides extended display. ▶ Familiarize yourself with drawing on paper The excellent hardware of the iPad is combined with the technology of Eas圜anvas to make the perfect LCD tablet. ![]() Now, if you have a iPad and Apple Pencil, you don't need to buy an expensive LCD tablet. ▶ Excellent performance of iPad and Apple Pencil Twomon SE and Eas圜anvas can both be used with EL Display Hub.Įas圜anvas, Turn your iPad into a liquid crystal tablet!Įas圜anvas is an app that lets you use your iPad as a liquid crystal tablet.ĭraw directly in PC programs such as Photoshop and Clip Studio through your iPad. My dream was to use Astropad to animate with my Apple Pencil in TVPaint, but I think instead I will use the native iPad app Callipeg to animate with the Apple Pencil on iPad and then transfer the drawings over to my Mac to continue working in TVPaint.The Eas圜anvas PC program has been updated to EL Display Hub for improved performance and ease of use. That's a bit more than I can afford to pay for this sort of app (on top of my other various subscriptions) at this time. ![]() The big drawback to Astropad Studio is the higher price: it costs $11.99 a month to subscribe ($143.00 a year) OR you can make an annual payment of $99.00, which works out to $8.33 a month. For me the experience of drawing in TVPaint on my iPad with Apple Pencil was very good. In my experience using the physical cable connection is best). (you can connect via a physical cable from the iPad to the computer, or you can use wifi connection. There is a pop-up onscreen mini keyboard. It has a toolbar that can be configured with multiple keyboard shortcuts, with customized shortcuts for each app you use (so one set of shortcuts for TVPaint, another set of shortcuts for Photoshop, another set for Illustrator, etc.). in my experience the wireless connection can get unreliable if you're not close to the wifi router.)Īstropad Studio is the best of these apps in my experience. Actually, the physical connection via cable works best anyway, in all three apps - Duet, Easy Canvas, and Astropad. You must have the iPad and the Mac physically connected via a cable. (for using Easy Canvas with a Mac computer wireless connection is not supported. You pay a one-time payment of $11.99 for a perpetual license. Easy Canvas is the least expensive of these apps. Easy Canvas has a floating tool bar with 8 programmable keyboard shortcut buttons. The drawing experience is pretty good, minimal (if any) lagging. Duet Pro is $34.99 a year subscription.Įasy Canvas works well, maintains a solid connection. (for use as a second monitor it probably works fine). If you plan to draw with your iPad connected to your Mac I would not recommend Duet based on my experience. Also, Duet has no way to assign keyboard shortcuts via a shortcuts toolbar, like Easy Canvas and Astropad. Not an enjoyable experience to draw like that). the tip of my Apple Pencil was always ahead of the line. ![]() (like having line smoothing "pulled string" mode enabled all the time. Also the drawing with the Duet app was very laggy. The display and Apple Pencil would randomly stop working, so I would have to quit the app and restart to get the connection working again. I could not get Duet Display Pro app to maintain a reliable connection. I've tried the three different applications that allow you to mirror your computer screen on your iPad: Astropad Studio, Duet Display, Easy Canvas. Here's an interesting DIY drawing table to mount the iPad : PS: I don't have a Mac, but I think you can use iPad as a Cintiq (so you could use TVPaint on it), if anyone has experience with that would be good to hear from. I'm personally trying to transition over to iPad which is why I started small, it's my first time, one big problem I have is I usually rest my palm on the surface when doing precise lines, iPad has no bezel and is 1.3CM combined with its case thick, so I made a cutout from balsa craft wood (you can cut it with some sharp scissors or a craft knife) and stacked it that it slots into which makes it flush, it worked wonders, but I'm looking at purchasing something more refined like this: ![]() We personally use, and recommend the Espoma line of organic plant foods, as they are super effective yet gentle enough to use on even the most delicate of evergreen species where fertilizer burn would normally be a major concern. Fertilization / Feeding : For maximum health & hardiness, we highly recommend a good grade granular ( preferably organic ) fertilizer / plant food for use with all of our plant species. Deer Resistance Rating : Lowest Resistance Highest Resistance Recommended Spacing : Spacing of approx 2 1/2 feet apart is recommended for most privacy screen or border plantings. The occurrence of both Phomopsis, and canker can be more prevalent if conditions are overly moist / wet. Regular yearly inspections are recommended to monitor any possible problems. Diseases / Insects : Phomopsis blight, canker, and Cedar Apple Rust have all been spotted on this variety.as is the case with most any J. Flower, Cone, Or Berry Facts : None to mention Minor bronzing in winter months in colder climates. Foliage Color & Texture : Evergreen - very light green to yellow base, with nice bright yellow outer foliage. Soil Preference : Average to slightly acidic & sandy - well drained. Sometimes has trouble dealing with high heat & humidity, as well as high night time temperatures. Growth rate, and foliage density will both suffer slightly when planted in shady locations. ![]() Sun Exposure : Full sun preferred, but will tolerate some partial shade as well. Growth Rate : Moderate ( 6" - 10" avg per yr ) There are also several sources within the landscape / horticultural industries that still list Skyrocket Juniper as a member of the Juniperus virginiana family - but proper classification of this variety would put them in the J. ![]() Skyrocket has been around for years.whereas Blue Arrow is a fairly recent market introduction. We choose to grow Skyrocket, and market them as such, due to the fact that Skyrocket was the first of the two varieties ( Skyrocket & Blue Arrow ) to be introduced & developed. We noticed absolutely NO distinctions between the two, no differences to speak of whatsoever. We have grown specimens that were labeled as both Skyrocket, as well as Blue Arrow - multiple specimens of each, and all were grown within close proximity to one another. Our opinion / stance on this subject is that the two names are synonymous, and both pertain to the same plant variety. There are several opinions as to whether there is any difference between the two varieties, or whether they are even two separate varieties at all. There is much confusion out there in regards to the Skyrocket juniper variety versus another variety called Blue Arrow Juniper. Beautifully elegant for use around large entryways, gates, or even just to hide that old gutter downspout. The tallest, narrowest juniper out there. It's a very striking, dramatic plant when used as a cluster planting against a large fence or building or in formal plantings. Its short, compact, silvery blue foliage is evergreen with virtually no change from season to season. This plant has a tall and extremely narrow, columnar growth habit. ![]() “Google My Business gives us the opportunity to promote our products and services more prominently on Google Maps and Google Search.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Full use of local posts to keep customers informed about current COVID 19 situation.Increased organic ranking and much better visibility on Google through well maintained and up-to-date Google Business Profile entries.Location Insights and Value dashboard - Visibility and interaction data that shows the value of Lufthansa Group listings.Reputation Management to be taken over by customer support in the future.Optimized user experience resulted in positive user feedback.Guaranteed brand experience (Logo, photos, correct general information.).Clean appearance, no duplicates and no spam listings on Google Maps.All relevant locations under control of Lufthansa Group.It makes it possible to understand the impact and value of the services that g-Xperts provides. The Location Value and Insights Dashboard shows the effects of rich and accurate data. With g-Xperts full service this additional support was always guaranteed. New features and data fields like “Temporarily closed” were added by Google and fast reaction and action was needed. This service made it possible to offer the best services with highest accuracy, highest reliability and largest coverage.ĭuring the challenging COVID 19 times regular updates on location information were needed in a high frequency. The connection of centralized location information with our services ensures that rich and correct data is available to all users at all times.īusiness Location Services is the Google Cloud based end-to-end location management software and service by g-Xperts, utilizing Google Maps for correcting, updating, managing and maintaining Google Business Profile listings of companies with a high number of locations. For clients it is enough to manage their location data within their own database and g-Xperts takes care of everything else. G-Xperts extracts existing data from Lufthansa Group and connect directly with Google Business Profile. This is achieved by a combination of technology and personal full service provided by our locations experts. With g-Xperts Business Location Services we guarantee best in class user experience. – Mario Pfeiffer, Search Engine Marketing Expert – SWISS & Lufthansa Group Especially during the Corona crisis, we were able to react quickly to changing circumstances and provide our clients with the most up-to-date data.” “g-Xperts has helped us to acquire and successfully manage 62 Google My Business locations worldwide. Backlinks from GBP to LHG portals aren’t setup.The feature “Post on GBP” isn’t actively used.Lounges don’t show up to date opening hours.Many GBP locations don’t show brand compliant images.Especially during the Corona crisis updates had to be adapted in real time. As the customer expect correct and up to date information on all channels for the LHG it was a matter of concern to ensure this also for the Google Business Profile (GBP) and Google Maps entries. ![]() The hub airports in particular offer several customer touch points such as check-in, ticket office or lounges for first, business and senators. In the 2019 summer flight timetable, the route network comprised 273 destinations in 86 countries, served via the international hubs in Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich and Vienna. The Network Airlines segment comprises Lufthansa German Airlines, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines. All segments occupy a leading position in their respective markets. The latter also include Lufthansa AirPlus, Lufthansa Aviation Training and the IT companies. Aviation Services comprises the segments Logistics, MRO, Catering and Additional Businesses and Group Functions. The Lufthansa Group is composed of the segments Network Airlines, Eurowings and Aviation Services. With 135,353 employees, the Lufthansa Group generated revenue of EUR 36,424 billion in the financial year 2019. The Lufthansa Group is an aviation group with operations worldwide. ![]() Engine, Transmission, and PerformanceĪll Flying Spurs come with an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic, all-wheel drive, and a powerful twin-turbocharged engine. Upgrading from the standard City Specification to Touring Specification adds several driver-assistance features, and there's even an optional refrigerated compartment to keep your champagne cool. The same goes for interior appointments, which can include several different types of wood, different-colored leather, and polished metal accents. A seemingly endless array of exterior colors and styling choices await you in the Bentley Mulliner customization program. Bentley customers can choose from one of several curated themes, such as Cool Harmony, Storm Noir, or Alter Ego when ordering their Flying Spur, but we'd suggest going with a fully bespoke build to make it uniquely yours. Upgrading from the base V-8 engine to the more powerful W-12 is an easy choice from our perspective. The interior can now be ordered with either a carbon-fiber trim or a machined metal finish called Côtes de Genève. New wood trim inserts are available for the rear door panels, and rear-seat picnic tables are an option. Elsewhere, a new steering wheel design provides more access to the car's driver-assistance features. Chief among them is a newly optional four-seat configuration, which replaces the rear bench seat with two buckets with a fixed center console that runs the entire length of the sedan's cabin. The Flying Spur was redesigned for the 2020 model year so 2021 brings only minor tweaks. All of this prestige comes with a princely price tag, of course, one that soars as you customize it from the company's Mulliner catalog of bespoke options and packages. But for those who plan to drive themselves, this sportiest Bentley sedan offers eyebrow-raising athleticism, marked by surprisingly agile handling and outrageous straight-line speed. ![]() Many buyers may choose to be chauffeured-and for good reason: the Spur's rear seat is a relaxing retreat. From its twin-turbocharged engines to its opulent leather-and-wood-lined enclave of a cabin, the Flying Spur is built to both pamper its passengers and thrill its driver. For some, pulling up to a destination in a new luxury car is reward enough, but for a lucky few nothing short of an ultra-exclusive ride like the 2021 Bentley Flying Spur will do. When sharing your content, you want to make sure your files are in a format that is universally accepted and reliable. Once you have made your selection, simply press the Export button at the bottom to create your newly converted video. The options are MP3 for saving the audio from videos with music, JPEG for saving a specific screenshot image from the video, GIF for short animated images clipped from the video, and MP4 for converting MOV, FLV, AVI, and other video files, or saving videos from the web straight to your files. Then, a new sidebar will pop out that will list your export options. Part 3.When your video is uploaded to Kapwing, you can make any edits to your video, or you can go straight to conversion by clicking Export Project on the right sidebar. Don't forget to tick on the GPU Acceleration option to get less export time. Find the Export tab and click on the Export button. Now you have successfully made your video with MV Maker. You could also add more advanced effects such as Fade in/Fade out, Loop Play, etc. For instance, you could strip off the original soundtrack and add a new audio overlay as you like. With MV Maker as an alternative to Google Photos movie maker, you could add more complex effects to your photo movie. These are the pre-made themes designed by the Tipard Video Converter Ultimate team for you to create better videos with a simple click. You could see the Theme option on the left side of the screen. Alternatively, click on the Trim button right beside the Edit button, you will be able to trim your video and exclude the unwanted part. In the main MV Maker screen, select the video you intend to edit, click on the Edit button to edit your video. Additionally, it is always a good idea to trim your original track before making great-looking videos. Drag all your files to the workspace.ĭifferent from using Google Photos as a movie maker, Tipard Video Converter Ultimate supports more advanced editing such as trimming and rotating. ![]() You will be welcomed with the MV Maker interface. This handy guide will show you how to use the MV Maker feature as a Photo Movie Maker:īefore we launch the editing process, you need to import your materials to the project first. Hardware acceleration support, lightning-fast rendering time. Getting creative with features such as Video Compressor and GIF Maker. Maximum media quality, export high-quality photo, and HD, 4K video. Support advanced video and photo editing features such as creating a collage, creating 3D effects, and making movies. Introducing Tipard Video Converter Ultimate as the feature-rich software suitable for all sorts of editing needs. Alternative to Google Photos, Better Tools to Make Moviesĭue to the obvious pros and cons we just listed about Google Photos, you might wonder is there any better alternative in making movies than Google Photos? I'm glad to announce that there is. Free lunch is over: Google Photos will end its unlimited storage for lossless quality photos since June 1, 2021, which is a huge blow for photography lovers.Online service could be bottled by Internet bandwidth.No-nonsense design language from Google.Very easy to share your work on other social media platforms. Before jumping to the conclusion, we need to compare the pros and cons of using Google Photos as a movie maker: You need to swipe up and see the Download button, click on the option to download your video to the iPhone Photos App.īeing an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use tool, Google Photos still comes with its advantages and disadvantages. Step 4After finishing your work, return to the library. Step 3Google Photos has some basic editing features, such as change photo duration, add background music, and more. Add your photos on the following screen and tap on the Create button. Carefully select from one of them to create a new movie. ![]() Each template fits a particular storyboard you might favor. Step 2Now you are about to choose a template from Google Photos. ![]() Go to the Library tab in the Utilities folder, scroll downwards until you could see the Movie option in the Create New tab. Step 1Launch Google Photos App on your phone. Alternative to Google Photos, Better Tools to Make Movies ![]() Hot tip: It has come to our attention that Windows 10's default extractor doesn't recognise question marks in file names, so it just ignores them and doesn't extract them. So, long story short Download the unzipping program that's suitable for your computer and you should be great, no matter how large the transfer is. Īfter installing one of these apps, please ensure you open your zip file with this program and not the one already installed on your device. Please make sure you use version 20.00 or newer.įor Mac The Unarchiver works great - make sure you get the latest version. The Unarchiver is a macOS app, but the underlying unarchiving code can run on other OSes, too. On Windows we recommend using 7-Zip, which is free and you'll find it here. ![]() zip file available for both Windows and Mac. Luckily, we have a solution for you! There's a different app to unzip your ginormous. To open them, the program opening the archive needs to support Zip64 archives, and not all the apps do. Usually, our transfers can be opened by double-clicking them in the folder that you downloaded them to, but some transfers (especially those larger than 4 GB) have proven to be difficult for the built-in apps of both Windows and Mac. ![]() It doesn't matter what size the files individually are, it's just a fact that when you use WeTransfer to upload more than one file at a time a. It gives you the fastest upload possible, and the recipients an equally fast way of downloading the transfer. Other readers may want to check into that since it doesn't require installing any software.To make sure our service is as smooth and also as secure as possible, we create a. YMMV with other versions.Īnother way to generate Zip files on Windows is to use Powershell's Compress-Archive. This tag seems to be a bit of a rabbit hole, but suffice it to say, the jar utility does add it to files it generates. This is sort of a "feature" of the JAR format, which is a Zip but may have a special 0xcafe tag. Navigate to the directory that includes the corrupted ZIP archive by clicking the folders in WinRAR’s window. You can see that file detected the zip as a JAR file, not a Zip file. (You could also run file asdf.zip yourself to find out the magic.) Then the output will show in the system log (Console.app). Just a note that p7zip (referenced in another answer) can open some large zip archives created by other platforms that ditto will read as corrupt. You can find out the file output that was produced by setting the following defaults key: $ defaults write log-commands -bool TRUEĪnd opening the file in Archive Utility. I'm guessing that the Archive Utility developers didn't want to rely on the file extension to determine whether something is a zip, so they rely on the file output. In order to detect the file as a valid zip file, the file magic result must say "Zip archive data". Check the file magic using /usr/bin/file.Looking under the hood of Archive Utility, it turns out that it does two things to check the file type: The command is as follows: zip -r -s MaximumSize ArchiveName.zip FolderName/ As the name suggests, the MaximumSize part is the maximum possible size each split file should be. Thanks for posting this interesting question. You need only run a simple command to create the split archive, but it’s important that you understand its syntax in order to customize it for your needs. ![]() This is a dark world with supernatural goings on that just oozes style with each new level you visit. There’s a thick atmosphere to these biomes. There’s many pieces of world building, and awestruck visuals in these environments. I’d appreciate some more expressive responses for someone who can’t talk, but he does have thoughts that are put into words that help. As he interacts with the world, he shrugs and nods. Your nameless character who is a prisoner that’s a heap of cells fused together, doesn’t talk. The rewards from them early on can help get you through a run much easier.ĭead Cells has a story, but like a Dark Souls or other games of this style, the lore is built into the world rather than having exposition given to you by NPCs. ![]() Depending on the action or enemy, there’s a chance for legendary loot drops, which are to be treated as special, as it rare for it to happen. With the right set of patience, skill, and weapons elites are not as big of a problem as they seem. Sometimes you’ll encounter an elite enemy, which is a buffed normal enemy that’s able to summon more of its kind. ![]() As enemies litter the level, you can use the right stick on the controller to look in all four directions around you, to see what dangers lie ahead, or hopefully secrets. It’s not long after that you’ll have a newer, better sword, and be throwing ice grenades alongside a wolf trap that holds enemies in place while you hit them with your crossbow that’s part bow and part shotgun. You’ll have a lot at your disposal: At first you’ll only have a rusty sword and your choice of a bow or a shield. For enemies that are about to attack, they have an exclamation point tell over their heads. The back and forth of combat is something you learn over a (short) period of time. The way all the weapons are handled is so well done. Grenades have cool down timers, but are in infinite supply. Most of the game is melee focused, but for things like bows, they have ammo you need to concern yourself with. The weapon variety of what drops keeps things fresh, and there’s rarely something you don’t want to try out or use unless it is somehow inferior. The first weapon is one you don’t realize right away, and that’s a downward slam from a jump that can devastate enemies later in the game. Levels have branching paths, but you’ll always end up in some of the same areas.ĭead Cells has combat and flow down to a science. Dead Cells has three bosses carefully spaced between its three acts, and their order is all the same. ![]() It’s important to know that the level layout and item placement are the most random and procedural elements of the game. And this is rather easy to do after a few short runs. For those new to roguelikes, or ones that don’t like them do their reliance on death: death is not a setback if you at least can complete one area and deposit cells into a perk or upgrade. This is a skill-based game, and finally one where RNG isn’t the biggest enemy. It is possible to beat the game, but except for respites in-between levels, there are no saves or checkpoints to cradle you. Thankfully, Motion Twin has made this possible with an excellent gameplay loop: fight, collect orbs (known as cells), and survive as long as you can so that you can cash in your cells towards upgrades, die, repeat. Making a new game out of two worn genres like Metroidvanias and roguelikes is no easy task. Now with the “1.0” build, I’m confident in saying that it’s still special, a prime example of Early Access done right, and one of the finest games of the year. When I previewed this last year, I knew it was something special. If you didn’t know, this has been on Steam Early Access for the past year and change. Dead Cells is a first of its kind roguevania, and while the idea of mashing up these genres seems a bit strange, it works incredibly well. |