In 2017, Team Ninja launched Nioh for the PlayStation 4. Taking place in a fictionalized model of Japan within the yr 1600, the game debuted to sturdy reviews, with many complimenting its story and use of conventional Japanese folklore. Unfortunately, the title’s blistering problem made it very a lot an acquired style. Nioh 2 is...
Form and function I can’t praise the strap design of the Oculus Rift headset enough. The semi-rigid rubber strap wraps around the back of my head and cradles my skull closely enough to balance the weight of the headset, giving it a vital leg up on gravity. The Rift weighs 470 grams, but a good...
Cannon fodder Adding to that blandness, each faction’s 15 units look almost identical, although the Post-Humans’ general durability and the Substrate’s overall mobility nicely translate into vastly different strategies. And there’s an advantage to those limited units: were there any more, they’d easily get lost in Ashes’ controlled chaos. Ashes is all about piling hundreds...
NEED TO KNOW What is it? A beautiful, challenging action RPG.Expect to pay £15/$20Developer Heart MachinePublisher In-houseReviewed on GeForce GTX 970, Intel i7-5820K, 16GB RAMMultiplayer NoneLink Official site The drifter, a mute warrior draped in a red cloak and wielding a sword made of light, is an enigma. He roams a broken landscape searching for...
Familiar faces in familiar places reviewing a VR game James secretly takes a selfie with me at this year’s GDC. This is PC Gamer’s first review of a VR-exclusive game, but it’s not a review of the Oculus Rift itself—that will come later this week—so it assumes some familiarity and comfort with the hardware. As we...
NEED TO KNOW What is it? The classic LucasArts point-and-click adventure, remastered.Expect to pay £11/$15Developer Double Fine ProductionsPublisher In-houseReviewed on GeForce GTX 970, Intel i7-5820K, 16GB RAMMultiplayer NoneLink Official site Released in 1993, Day of the Tentacle is widely regarded as the best, and funniest, of LucasArts’ beloved point-and-click adventures. Created by a dream team of...
need to know What is it? A surreal point-and-click adventure about a tiny gnome who discovers a magic horn. In space. Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-6600, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 960, Windows 7 Price: $20 / £15 Release date: Out nowPublisher: Amanita Design Developer: Amanita Design Multiplayer: None Link: Official website I’m standing in front of a giant moth. It would...
need to know What is it? The best baseball management game ever made, with real teams dating back from the present day to 1871.Developer: OOTP Developments Publisher: OOTP Developments Release: Out nowExpect to pay: $40/£28 Reviewed on: Windows 8, Core i7-4770K, 16GB RAM Multiplayer: Up to 30Link: Official site For developers, creating an annual update to an already-revered sports management sim...
Need to know What is it? A Hitman themed puzzler with a boardgame aesthetic.Developer: Square Enix MontrealPublisher: Square EnixRelease: Out nowExpect to pay: £6.49/$8Reviewed on: Windows 10, 8GB RAM, i5-3570k, GeForce GTX 970Multiplayer: NoneLink: www.hitmango.com Hitman GO: Definitive Edition is the PC port of a mobile puzzler. Wait, don’t close the page. It’s certainly no Blood Money,...
need to know What is it? An action RPG channeling the glory days of Diablo II and Titan Quest. Expect to pay: $25/ £20 Developer: Crate Entertainment Publisher: Crate Entertainment Reviewed on: Windows 10, 16GB RAM, GeForce GTX 980 Multiplayer: Yes, co-op with up to 4 players Link: Official site I find myself hanging from...
