We may earn a commission from links on this page. There is perhaps no feature more reviled in gaming than the one this column is named after: gamers, as a general rule, hate random encounters. Take ...

I’m not a fan of random encounters in RPGs anymore. As someone who had adult responsibilities on top of reviewing video games, I find my time to be much more valuable than when I was 13 years old. I ...

The Witcher 3's random encounters made up some of the best parts of the game. While in terms of The Witcher 3's story, they mattered very little, their inclusion may have had a significant impact on ...

Random encounters are some of the most frequently employed features in recent video games. These encounters — which occur at arbitrary points when exploring the game world — have their roots in early ...

Baldur's Gate 3 is packed with all manner of dangerous encounters, but as you work your way through the lands of Faerûn, you'll slowly start to clear out its paths and leave yourself wandering through ...

The Steam Page for the upcoming PC release of Final Fantasy 9 reveals a few of the port's newer features, including some options that will save gamers a lot of time if they choose to use them. What do ...

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands takes a lot of the common elements found in the Borderlands series but turns them on their heads to fit the fantasy setting of the in-fiction game Bunkers and Badasses. While ...

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