![]() Interacting with new special NPC Guidry the Ghost will reveal that he used to be a Paranormal Investigator in life, and that he retains some of his old career connections even from beyond the grave (which actually makes perfect sense when you think about it). ![]() You'll need a Paranormal Investigator License, which can only be obtained in a couple of ways. Joining the Federal Bureau of Spooky Investigation (which really sounds like its budget should support a few full-time employees, but whatever, freelance it is…) is a little less conventional than just applying for the job. But on the upside, instead of set work hours, your Sim can pick up gigs when they feel like it and work somewhat flexibly to complete the job - just so long as they meet the deadline.Īnd finally, every branch of the freelancer career is linked to a single skill - in the case of Paranormal Investigators, it's the new Medium skill added with the stuff pack. Instead of an hourly rate of pay delivered in a daily pay-check, your Sim gets their money only when they've completed a gig. There are no career levels to progress through - instead, your Sim joins an agency and picks up freelance gigs from them. In The Sims 4 you get the chance to freelance in a number of interesting careers, including computer programming, digital art, copywriting, and - with the Paranormal stuff pack installed - paranormal investigation.įreelance careers work a little differently from traditional careers in The Sims 4. How to join the Paranormal Investigator career in The Sims 4 How to build the Medium skill in The Sims 4.How to complete freelance Paranormal Investigator gigs in The Sims 4.How to join the Paranormal Investigator career in The Sims 4.So, if Phasmophobia has become a little heavy for you and you're looking for some light relief along the same lines, this guide will tell you everything you need to know about becoming a Paranormal Investigator in The Sims 4: To see this content please enable targeting cookies. With the new pack, Sims can now join a branch of the Freelancer career known as the Paranormal Investigator track, and improve their Medium skill to see greater success on the investigations they undertake. The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff Pack is a little different from what we've seen in the game of late - offering your Sims the opportunity to become spirit mediums and ghost busters, in addition to the usual selection of new clothes and furniture to decorate their worlds.
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![]() Walk into just about any post-production facility, advertising agency or motion graphic design studio in New York and you will find After Effects being used to create original content for video such as lower-thirds, bumpers, commercials, and title treatments. After Effects for TV, Movie, and video graphicsĪfter Effects started as a program for graphics professionals to create high quality video for broadcast on television and it still is an important tool for broadcast-design professionals today. Gaining proficiency in After Effects program comes from in-depth training and hands-on use. Gaining proficiency in After Effects comes from in-depth training and hands-on use.Īfter Effects is the industry-standard software application for creating visual effects and motion graphics and can be purchased on its own or as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud. Who uses After EffectsĪfter Effects is used by visual artists, animators, advertising agencies, video artists, video editors, visual designers, social media professionals, video producers, motion graphics designers, UX professionals, and animators. Whether the videos are layered on top of each other, or in separate corners of a screen, After Effects makes it possible to merge together multiple videos using compositing. You can use After Effects to create these visual effects from your own video.Īfter Effects is also used for digital compositing, which involves assembling multiple videos into a single product. Adding snow to a video scene, creating fire or water, making objects appear to turn into liquid are all examples of effects. The type of Effects, sometimes called visual effects (VFX) are well known from film and video. The type of animation for which After Effects is mostly used is known as Motion Graphics, which involves creating motion and movement of traditionally static objects such as logos, text, and other graphic elements. The primary uses of After Effects are divided into three categories: Animation, Effects, and compositing. It is a tool for storytelling, creating visually appealing motion graphics that integrate into any medium to enhance a presentation, story, image, or mood. This program is best used to apply effects after the footage has been edited, or to create animation and motion graphics from otherwise static objects. Although it can do all these things, it is not the same as video editing software. After Effects is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud.Īfter Effects can be used to design titles, create cartoon characters, and apply animation. Projects created using After Effects can be used in broadcast TV, video, on the web, in-store displays, and kiosks. ![]() After Effects is used widely in TV and film post-production for the creation of special effects, animation, and video compositing. After Effects is available on both Mac OS and Windows computers. Graphic Design for High School StudentsĪdobe After Effects is a software application for creating motion graphics and special effects used in video, online content and presentations. ![]() One important thing to note, you must elect at least the Minimum Survivor Benefit if you predecease your spouse and they want to continue the federal health insurance coverage. Most federal employees carry this coverage into retirement and for good reason – it’s one of the best healthcare plans in the marketplace. Plan for anywhere from $300-$500 per month for coverage. These coverages and amounts will also vary by state. If you elect the “Minimum” survivor benefit, your FERS pension will be reduced by 5% and your spouse will receive 25% of your original FERS pension.įEHB: This reduction applies if you elect to continue healthcare coverage. If you elect the “Max” survivor benefit, you FERS pension will be reduced 10% and your spouse will receive half of your pension if you pass away. However, If you predecease your spouse, they will receive a benefit amount monthly, for the duration of their own life. Survivor Benefits: If you elect to leave a survivor annuity, your FERS pension amount will be reduced. With taxes, we recommend planning on the high-side and assume more rather than less. Typically, this is in the ballpark of 12-20%, however each individual’s tax situation is unique, and state taxes differ. Taxes: Most of your FERS pension will be taxed at ordinary income tax rates. The three we’ll discuss include Taxes, Survivor Benefits and FEHB (health insurance). Remember to take these into consideration when planning your monthly income. There are 7 possible reductions to your FERS pension. Let’s take a look at some of the most common reductions. Many federal employees don’t take into consideration these reductions and are surprised when they get their first check. ![]() Remember, this is the gross amount, it will not be the actual amount you’ll take home. To recap, to calculate your FERS pension, you’ll take your High-3 Salary x Years of Creditable Service x Your Factor. You need to be age 62 with at least 20 years of service. Many federal employees believe their factor is 1.1% because they’ve reached age 62 - this is incorrect. However, if you are age 62 or older, and have at least 20 years of service, your factor will be 1.1%. For most FERS employees, the factor is 1%. Your factor is going to be either 1% or 1.1%. Your unused Sick Leave (not Annual Leave) will also contribute to years of creditable service. Cost-wise, it almost always makes sense to do this when possible. If you have active, honorable military service, you can typically ‘buy back’ this time, and it will count towards your federal retirement. Also, one thing to note, many people falsely believe their creditable service starts with their service computation date (SCD), but OPM actually uses your retirement service computation date (RSCD). OPM looks at your SF-50s to calculate your creditable service. As a rule, creditable service is the time during which your pay is subject to FERS retirement deductions. Next, you’ll need to figure out your years of creditable service. This includes basic pay only (your salary), and does NOT include any overtime or bonuses. Your High-3 salary is the three highest earning, consecutive years of federal service you’ve had. Now let’s dig a little deeper into each of the components. Many feds get confused on how their FERS pension amount is calculated.įirst, we’ll calculate your “gross” FERS pension amount. We work with federal employees every day. The other two legs of the stool include your TSP and Social Security benefits. Your FERS pension is an extremely important piece of the 3-legged stool in your federal retirement. Don’t Make These Mistakes When Calculating Your FERS Pension ![]() While talking we drank two excellent Brett'd saisons that Andy had sent (the one with oatmeal cookies in the mash was surprisingly good). It ended up not being an especially technical discussion, focusing on the inspiration behind farmhouse-style brewing and the huge range of beers it includes. I always enjoy the chance to talk about brewing (it's such a refreshing break from writing about it).įirst my friend Nathan and I recorded an episode about saisons with James and Andy for Basic Brewing Radio. 6.I haven't had the chance to brew yet this month, but I've kept busy by doing three interviews for various online media outlets. To ensure the complete removal, it would be better to unhide the Library folder permanently. In the upper-left corner of the screen, hold the “Option” key on your keyboard, click “Go” on the Finder, and select “Library” to open the Library folder. ![]() Otherwise, just do the following to clean them out. Usually they are very small, so if you attempt to reinstall the application, you can keep them. So this is teaching you how to delete the Support and Preference Files from it, which are those left behind after you remove BeerSmith 2.0.23 application. In the entire removal process, the Library folder could be a blind spot to many users. This will permanently remove BeerSmith 2.0.23 and everything inside, freeing up the hard drive space on your Mac. It will ask for your confirmation, also click “Empty Trash” on the message. Right-click on the Trash icon, select “Empty Trash”. In the list of installed applications, select BeerSmith 2.0.23 as a target, and hit “Run Analysis”.ĭo it once you are certain that you will never use BeerSmith 2.0.23 again (or in a short time at least). Download - Install - Run App Uninstaller 2. What I’m only interested in is how to quickly get things done”. In the very beginning, I would like to introduce an easy approach to uninstall this app on Mac, just in case you are like “Geez, don’t put me through the knowledge. Using App Uninstaller by to Breezily Remove BeerSmith 2.0.23 I believe after going through the whole process, you will be much more familiar with your Mac. ![]() The following are specific steps for you to fully remove BeerSmith 2.0.23. Regards to removals on macOS, keywords shall be Finder, Library, Preference, and Application Support instead. Let’s temporarily isolate other Windows logicality from our mind, forget about the Start menu, Control Panel, Registry Editor, etc. If you don’t deal with them termly, issues would be generated. So there is one thing you can be sure of: too many junks will slow down your computer, and they are accumulating during the operation. Removing the useless applications from your computer is still one of the simplest ways to speed up your system, where everything lives to work, occupying part of the hardware resources including hard drive space and memory. Now go with how to correctly remove BeerSmith 2.0.23. If you happen to be a newbie of Mac Computer, take the chance to learn something. This page can help you understand the basic knowledge of system maintenance, guiding you through the confusion of removal problems. Removals on macOS are quite different from those on Microsoft Windows OS. ![]() With all this talk of killing his father and putting his family in danger, I'd expect Jeffersons #1 goal to be working with Gambi to track down Tobias and finally take him down, but turns out he spent the past year sulking and doing nothing. Tobias was essentially on his death bed before, but now he's immune to Black Lightnings powers and the only explanation is "new serum", but where did he get it, how did he get it, who is this new henchman of his, and how did he manage to stay off of Black Lightnings radar for a whole year, being his #1 nemesis. How did Tobias build his way back up to the top and rebuild his reputation with no questions asked and everybody in the mainstream society of Freeland accepting him? What happened to Pastor Jeremiah Holt? I know he's still alive and runs the main church in Freeland, so I wouldn't expect him to stay quiet about Tobias sudden monetary projects. This new police chief lady who obviously doesn't understand bad optics since the Metas were being systematically targeted just a year before and now she calls them a plague and wants to basically put them all on a registry and have weapons made specifically for them, despite this lack of Meta activity. Now we haven't been seeing any particular Meta activity, but the police force seems to have added interest in them despite everything that went down with the ASA, and most crimes and violence being shown to be by the rival gangs. It seems like all other metas dissapeared too when the city was full of them previously. That'd be like if Lala was missing and the big dude was leading the 100 instead. Like what happened to Lady Eve, and why is Destiny suddenly the top dog of her gang, when before she was just a henchman. ![]() ![]() My main issue is that in some ways they've advanced without explanation and in other ways things seem to have regressed. ![]() I don't mind so much some of the new settings since it has been a whole year, so we can logically assume "ok so they must've built a new one or renovated", but yeah it would be nice for them to address it, although maybe it would seem out of place in context of the show for a character to marvel at the lab as if they've just seen it, despite it being around for months in-universe. I know covid went and messed everything up, but it feels like they changed writers or just completely retconned the season 3 finale. Also they haven't addressed any post crisis changes, as other CW shows have. Black Lightning did not cause Henderson to die, he gave up his life for Freeland. And the way he's acting by not wanting to be BL anymore and making all these reckless decisions just doesn't seem like a natural reaction with the way he was acting at the end of last season, unless there was some type of off camera event that occurred over the 1 year jump. Jefferson had a whole year to grieve over the loss of Henderson, but the way he's acting now it's like he never got the chance. I mean it's good they're addressing the fact that not everything is just gonna go back to normal after the occupation and the effects It had on the community, but it also seems like they completely scrubbed away all the development and progress the Pierces made as a family unit to open up with Jefferson and Lynn back to their marital issues and all this other familial drama. The last season ended on a high note with the Pierce family walking in lockstep like a bunch of BAMFS. I know there was a whole year time jump, but even then, season 4 so far doesn't seem to mesh well with how season 3 ended. ![]() What are Garmin Connect and the Garmin Connect app? Garmin’s acquisition of FirstBeat Analytics will help sharpen its product offerings.LiveTrack not working on your Garmin smartwatch? Check these tips.How to contact Garmin Customer Support about issues and warranty info.Garmin releases new Solar models of the popular Fenix Pro and Instinct SmartWatches.WiFi Problems with your Garmin smartwatch? Try these steps.Don’t use WiFi and instead connect your Garmin via a cable to a computer with Garmin Express installed.Try using a different WiFi connection–make sure you connect your device to a 2.4 GHz signal.Restart your phone (not your Garmin device).Try to force quit Garmin Connect and then relaunch the app, or if available, clear Connect’s cache.Check for an update to Garmin Connect and update the app, if available.These restrictions are applied based on your current geographical location, resulting in errors listing Garmin apps or services as incompatible, unavailable, or restricted. Some applications are incompatible or unavailable due to local and country-specific restrictions and limitations.Sometimes we spend too much time trying to troubleshoot Garmin Connect on our devices only to realize that they have a scheduled maintenance issue causing the issue.Any support announcements? The next place to check and confirm that everything is working as intended is to look at their customer support Twitter feed.Is it up or down related to maintenance items? Check if there is an outage. Is Garmin Connect up and running? Before troubleshooting the issue on your phone or smartwatch, start with the Garmin connect system status.4 Cannot access or open Garmin Connect?.3 Common Garmin Connect Problems and how to fix them.2.1 Garmin Connect works with Garmin’s servers to sync information across platforms and devices.2 What are Garmin Connect and the Garmin Connect app?.Unfortunately, Garmin Connect does not currently download your activity data and store it locally on your phone, and that’s why you see no activity data when there is a server issue or outage at Garmin.Īnother option is to try syncing using Garmin Express on your computer (Mac or Windows) to add your activity data. The good news is that your Garmin watch or tracker has onboard storage, so even if you don’t see your activity data in Garmin Connect, it’s still on your device and should sync once Garmin Connect is back online. ![]() Their activity data is often empty or has a “No Data Yet” message. Quite a few Garmin users periodically see these issues. Seeing errors like “we’re down for maintenance and to check back,” “looks like we crashed,” “server outage,” “cannot access your nearby devices,” and other server connection errors with messages such as “we’re having problems talking to the Garmin Connect servers. Is Garmin Connect not working, and you’re left wondering if today’s run, cycle, hike, or other activity data is lost in space? ![]() There is actually a secondary clipboard you can utilize as well via different keyboard shortcuts. But this just applies to the main clipboard on Mac. The keyboard shortcuts for this are Cmd C for copy, Cmd X for cut, and Cmd V for paste. You’re likely familiar with the traditional way a clipboard can cut, copy, and paste on a Mac: you highlight text or an image, hit Edit > Copy or Cut in the application you’re using, and then Edit > Paste wherever you want the text or image to go. ![]() How to Copy and Paste Content With the Clipboard on macOS You just need to ensure both devices are on the same Wi-Fi, logged into the same iCloud account, and have Bluetooth turned on. The Universal Clipboard allows you to copy text from one device, like your iPhone, and paste it onto your Mac. Head to the 1Clipboard homepage and download the version for your operating system. Macs, iPads, and iPhones also use a Universal Clipboard, as of macOS Sierra and iOS 10. To find out which window has the clipboard open, call the GetOpenClipboardWindow function. Only one window can have the clipboard open at a time. Now you should have a copy of ded.html sitting in /Documents. paste it) run: pbpaste > /Documents/ded.html. Open a terminal and run: cat /Desktop/ded.html pbcopy. It logs the content you want to move around, and either places a copy or allows the original content to be placed elsewhere. To place data on or retrieve data from the clipboard, a window must first open the clipboard by using the OpenClipboard function. If I'm understanding the question right, what you're after is pbcopy and pbpaste. You can read more about our review and editorial process here.The clipboard in your computer is what lets you copy, cut, and paste text or images in different applications. However, this doesn’t affect the recommendations our writers make. We may earn commissions on purchases made using our links. ![]() IGeeksBlog has affiliate and sponsored partnerships. How to use Universal Clipboard on your Mac, iPhone, and iPadĭo you use any clipboard manager on your Mac? Would you like to add any app to this list? Share your feedback with us in comment section.You can access paragraphs, URLs, and even screenshots from the clipboard history. How to Copy-Paste Text from iPhone to Mac or Windows PC The clipboard is usable with text, HTML, and Bitmap images ( JPEG, PNG, GIF, etc.). Streaming The Nice Guys: Dans les années 1970, à Los Angeles, deux détectives privés aux méthodes douteuses enquêtent sur une affaire de meurtre, mettant ainsi au jour un complot.Get free Clipboard icons in iOS, Material, Windows and other design styles for web, mobile, and graphic design projects. How to Save Mac Screenshots Directly to the Clipboard in macOS LaunchBar keeps a history of your clipboard, so you can copy multiple things using the usual keyboard combo - C and then paste them using (for me, I may have changed from the default): hold down tap \ to view clipboard history tap until desired clipping is selected release I've found it to be a pretty useful workflow. Download 4520 free Clipboard Icons in All design styles.Note: To open the Clipboard task pane in Outlook, in an open message, click the Message tab, and then click the Clipboard dialog box launcher in the Clipboard group. Double-click the image or text you want to paste. However, the app creates a nice, accessible space where you can store notes, essential files. To open the Clipboard task pane, click Home, and then click the Clipboard dialog box launcher. Now, copy multiple links, texts, or images one after another and paste them at leisure. Unclutter is not a dedicated clipboard manager for macOS. iCloud syncing enables you to access and edit your clippings from any device. The app also takes text from your snippets and gives you tons of options to manage the clipped data.Ĭlipboard managers are particularly useful when you are using the Apple’s ecosystem. You can save various clipboard types, from plain text to images. It offers you numerous options to use, organize In the Strange Situation, the caregiver is instructed to leave the child to play alone in a room for a short time, then return and greet the child while researchers observe the child’s response. To assess the nature of attachment, researchers use a standard laboratory procedure called the “Strange Situation,” which involves brief separations from the caregiver (e.g., mother) ( Solomon & George, 2008). The different behaviors of securely- and insecurely-attached infants can be observed especially when the infant needs the caregiver’s support. In other cases, some parents are simply poorly emotionally equipped to take on the responsibility of caring for a child. For example, an overworked single mother may find herself overstressed and fatigued at the end of the day, making fully-involved childcare very difficult. Such insecure attachments are not necessarily the result of deliberately bad parenting but are often a byproduct of circumstances. Infants become insecurely attached when care is inconsistent or neglectful these infants tend to respond avoidantly, resistantly, or in a disorganized manner ( Belsky & Pasco Fearon, 2008). Infants become securely attached when their parents respond sensitively to them, reinforcing the infants’ confidence that their parents will provide support when needed. Īlthough nearly all infants develop emotional attachments to their caregivers-parents, relatives, nannies- their sense of security in those attachments varies. The quality of this relationship has an effect on later psychological and social development. One of the first and most important relationships is between mothers and infants. Rather, attachments have evolved in humans because they promote children’s motivation to stay close to those who care for them and, as a consequence, to benefit from the learning, security, guidance, warmth, and affirmation that close relationships provide ( Cassidy, 2008). Psychologists believe that the development of these attachments is as biologically natural as learning to walk and not simply a byproduct of the parents’ provision of food or warmth. Virtually all infants living in normal circumstances develop strong emotional attachments to those who care for them. This interaction can be observed in the development of the earliest relationships between infants and their parents in the first year. ![]() Social and personality development is best understood as the continuous interaction between these social, biological, and representational aspects of psychological development. The third is children’s developing representations of themselves and the social world. The second is biological maturation that supports developing social and emotional competencies and underlies temperamental individuality. The first is the social context in which each child lives, especially the relationships that provide security, guidance, and knowledge. Understanding social and personality development requires looking at children from three perspectives that interact to shape development. Mostly, we work, play, and live together in groups. How much are we products of nature or nurture? How enduring are the influences of early experiences? The study of social and personality development offers perspective on these and other issues, often by showing how complex and multifaceted are the influences on developing children, and thus the intricate processes that have made you the person you are today ( Thompson, 2006a). In addition, it addresses questions that are at the heart of understanding how we develop as unique people. Social and personality development encompasses these and many other influences on the growth of the person. ![]() The answers that readily come to mind include the influences of parents, peers, temperament, a moral compass, a strong sense of self, and sometimes critical life experiences such as parental divorce. “How have I become the kind of person I am today?” Every adult ponders this question from time to time.
![]() Head over to one of the trusted game stores from our. Together, they will embark on a mission that will require their cooperation and combined skill, one that will test their very conviction in everything they think they are. Compare prices with GG.deals to find the cheapest cd key for Tom Clancys Splinter Cell Conviction PC. Third Echelon and their Russian counterpart Voron must work together to find them, sending American agent Archer and Russian agent Kestrel into the darkest heart of Russia's criminal underworld. SPLINTER CELL - CONVICTION (Co-op) Russian weapons of mass destruction have been stolen and need to be recovered before they are sold on the black market. For unless he can stand against both a vast, faceless enemy and the shadows of the past, he'll never know what happened to his daughter - or himself. Online multiplayer on console requires Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Xbox Live Gold (. 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The Games on Demand version supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish. tom-clancys-splinter-cell-conviction-deluxe-edition-pc Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4. This compilation contains the first three games of the Splinter Cell series digitally remastered in high definition. ![]() Instead, hacking is more useful for passive tasks such as opening doors or moving platforms.Ĭombat is also somewhat downplayed, owing to the fact that the vast majority of boss fights are entirely optional. Hacking gives you the option to slow down enemies or halt their weapon fire, but your hacking radius is so small that you're going to be in slashing range anyway, so there's no reason to deploy abilities that have a negligible impact on the outcome of a fight. The only other offensive tool at your disposal is the ability to hack mechanised enemies, but it doesn't take long for this to become little more than an afterthought. Bulldozing your way through a room of robotic drones is innately thrilling, but it never challenges you to do anything more than adopt a simple hack-and-slash strategy. There's a palpable sense of character progression inherent in this design, but the combat's one-dimensional nature lacks the same satisfying punch and intensity of the first game's bullet cacophony. This forces you to weigh up your options when confronted with each of the game's diverse enemy types, but as your health bar expands and your damage output increases, it becomes much easier to brute force your way through almost every situation. The axe deals more damage but requires you to get up close and personal, while the boomerang-and the range it affords you-makes it easier to sit back and dodge incoming projectiles. In the early stages of the game there's a degree of strategy involved. It's a significant change for the series, but not one that's entirely successful. ![]() The same is true of combat as well, with your previous arsenal of high-tech firearms being replaced by a pickaxe and boomerang combo. If the first game was inspired by the "Metroid" part of the genre's namesake, then Axiom Verge 2 leans more heavily into the "Vania" side of the equation, swapping out the dark confines of its underground maze for a more spacious and detailed environment. These are detailed environments, too, with a sense of scale that extends far beyond the 2D foreground, with snow-capped mountain ranges and verdant forests stretching out into the horizon. While your journey begins in the snowy tundra of the Antarctic, the adventure eventually takes you through several distinct biomes, such as an arid desert and flooded temple, that marks a clear departure from the subterranean expanse of the first game. Now Playing: Axiom Verge 2 - 15 Minutes of Gameplayįortunately, the narrative mostly takes a backseat to your exploration of its labyrinthian map. Reading each of these abandoned jottings does fill in some of the blanks left by the frugal narrative, but they're mostly so dense with impenetrable technobabble that it isn't worth seeking them out.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's This clear-cut story thread does just enough to keep the 10-hour adventure ticking along, but everything around it is coated in the kind of jargon-heavy lore that can only be fleshed out by finding all of the notes hidden throughout the game world. This time around, you play as billionaire CEO Indra Chaudhari, who ventures into an Antarctic research base-and eventually another reality-in search of her missing daughter. One such area is the game's story, which starts much like the first game, as our human protagonist is transported to a bizarre alien world. Instead, Axiom Verge 2 is a bold, daring, and ambitious sequel that falters in a few select areas. ![]() Considering how revered the first Axiom Verge was as an affectionate homage to Metroid, presenting something that's vastly different is a surprising approach when building on those original foundations would have been more than enough for most. It's still a metroidvania, and there are a couple of minor similarities between developer Thomas Happ's latest game and its 2015 predecessor, but these are minor aspects when compared to everything that's new and divergent about this unexpected sequel. Axiom Verge 2 is almost a sequel in name only. |