While it was clearly designed to be played with other people, the original Destiny worked just as well as a single-player game. In some ways better. But can the same can be said for Destiny 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)? What follows is my assessment of Destiny 2 for people who don’t play well with others.
Like many games that come out when a new system launches, the original Knack was fun, and even a bit clever, though it was also rather shallow. But like so many sequels to games that came out when a new system launches, Knack 2 (PlayStation 4) improves and expands upon the tenets of the first one, but without losing what made the original so charming.
Set in a somewhat futuristic world that’s deeply rooted in the past — or at least old martial arts movies — Absolver (PlayStation 4, PC) is a third-person action-RPG that has you, as a masked warrior of your own design, getting into a bunch of random fist fights. But while it’s often engaging and challenging, it has some issues that may be more matters of personal preference than design flaws, but they still make this less interesting than it could’ve been.
Like so many Resident Evil games, Resident Evil Revelations has been repeatedly rereleased, with an updated version for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, WiiU, and PC coming just a year after it debuted on the 3DS in 2012. Now it’s been upgraded again for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, with still another version for the Switch coming later this year, with that edition including a voucher for a copy of Resident Evil Revelations 2. But while this new edition doesn’t add enough to make it worth buying a second time, or a third, for fans of this series who missed this installment before, this is yet another chance to be the gun-totin’ hero in a horror movie.
After eight years of telling everyone who works on the Uncharted games that they should make one about Chloe Frazer — the feisty treasure hunter who was the highlight of both Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception — the lady is finally taking center with Uncharted The Lost Legacy (PlayStation 4), an epic third-person action/adventure game that finally gives this series the smart and sassy hero it’s always deserved.
When the original Saints Row was released in 2006, it was just another bad Grand Theft Auto clone. It wasn’t until they went for a sillier approach with Saints Row The Third that this series really came into its own. Which makes it both odd and disappointing that the Saints Row spin-off Agents Of Mayhem (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC) really dials back on the cartoonish naughtiness, since it makes this game feel rather bland.
In anticipation of Sonic Mania coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC on August 15th, Sonic’s publicist at Sega, Edith Yang, recently showed off the game while agreeing to be peppered with stupid questions about how what’s old and new in Sonic’s latest Sunday jog.
At a recent event held at the Iam8Bit Gallery in Los Angeles, the good people from MachineGames and Bethesda Softworks gave game journalists a chance to play two levels from the upcoming sci-fi first-person shooter Wolfenstein II The New Colossus (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC), which will be released on October 27th. Here’s a recap of what happened when I took control of series hero William “B.J.” Blazkowicz.
Oh, and obviously, spoilers follow. You have been warned.
For more than twenty years, the good people at Housemarque have made a career out of top-down, twin-stick shooters. But while they’ve constantly pushed this genre’s conventions, they’ve also kept many of them alive, as evidenced by how their latest gun game, Nex Machina (PlayStation 4, PC), is less like their most recent arcade shooters, and more like the classics that inspired them.