Stop Playing NPC. Meet the Site Behind the Slogan.

MainNPC isn't another content farm rewriting patch notes. Here's why we exist, who we are, and how we actually work.

Why MainNPC Exists

Every gaming site says it's "honest." Most of them are describing the same ten games with the same recycled talking points, because generic content is now free and instant. An AI can write "top 10 tips" for any game in thirty seconds. So can we, and so can everyone else. That's exactly the problem.

MainNPC exists on the opposite bet: that what is worth reading is what has been checked. Every article starts from primary sources (developer announcements, patch notes, store pages, published drop rates and hardware specs) and from documented player reports, and every one of those sources is linked at the end of the article with the date we checked it. The name is the mission statement. An NPC repeats the same three lines to everyone who walks past. A main character knows what is actually going on.

What We Actually Cover

Four things, done properly instead of ten things done lazily:

  • Reviews, sourced verdicts on live-service and gacha games, with a score, pros and cons, and the free-to-play costs spelled out.
  • Beginner Guides, the exact first steps a new player needs, without assuming you already know the jargon.
  • Setups, the hardware and desk side of gaming: budget PC builds, monitors, and the room you actually play in.
  • News, what's actually happening in the games and communities we cover, with an opinion attached instead of just a rewritten patch log.

Who This Is For

Players who are tired of being talked down to by content that assumes zero prior knowledge, and equally tired of guides written by people who clearly never got past the tutorial. If you want the version of a review a friend who's actually good at the game would give you, that's what we're aiming for.

Our Editorial Standards

Three rules we hold ourselves to on every article:

  • We source everything we state. Dates, versions, prices, platforms, age ratings and numbers come from a named source, linked and dated. If we cannot verify something, we leave it out.
  • We never fake a play-test. Our bylines are editorial pen names (see below). When an article reflects research rather than personal playtime, it says so, and we never claim hours or devices we did not use.
  • We say when something isn't good. A game we're an affiliate/install partner for still gets an honest verdict. See our Affiliate Disclosure for exactly how that works and why it doesn't change our opinions.

Who Writes Here

MainNPC uses one editorial pen name per section so each keeps a consistent voice and standard. These are pen names, not real people's names; each byline page explains how its articles are researched.

REVIEWS EDITOR · PEN NAME

Reviews. About this byline →

GUIDES EDITOR · PEN NAME

Beginner Guides. About this byline →

SETUPS EDITOR · PEN NAME

Setups. About this byline →

NEWS EDITOR · PEN NAME

News. About this byline →

Get the Updates

New reviews and guides go up weekly, and we post the shorter stuff, clips, tier list updates, quick takes, on Facebook. Reach out any time, or head to our Reviews to see the standard for yourself.