Game Title: A Plague Tale: Requiem
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Developer: Asobo Studio
Publisher: Focus Entertainment
Review Aggregator:
OpenCritic - 82 average - 85% recommended - 65 reviews
ACG - Jeremy Penter - Buy
“An amazing sequel with some spotty technical issues that detract even when the game is at its highest peak.”
Attack of the Fanboy - Gordon Bicker - 5 / 5
A Plague Tale: Requiem deserves your time in every sense of the word and it is a story that will live on in my mind for years to come. The powerful, emotional heartaches that you will no doubt experience by the incredible cast of characters continue to impress after the credits roll.
Game Title: Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
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Developers: Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Milan
Review Aggregator:
OpenCritic - 86 average - 97% recommended - 40 reviews
Atomix - Sebastian Quiroz - Spanish - 90 / 100
Thanks to an improved combat system, and a good level of customization, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks Of Hope is the sequel we’ve been waiting for. This is a great introductory card to the Tactical RPG genre.
But Why Tho? - Kate Sanchez - 10 / 10
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope is excellent and joyful and has just the right amount of chaos thanks to that Rabbids touch. The dev team has put time and care into the humor as much as the gameplay and I can’t name a single time I felt bored or …
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Warhammer 40K: Darktide is the next installment in the horde shooter series from Fatshark who also developed Vermintide 1 & 2.
My personal thoughts:
So I already thought Vermintide was the best of the “Left 4 Dead clones” that have been coming out over the years. Its not without its flaws but overall I think they figured out the formula the best while putting their own spin on it.
When Darktide was announced, it was immediately on my wishlist and shot to the top of my “upcoming hype” list.
And boy did it not disappoint.
Pros
Visuals are spectacular; give the art guy a raise
Soundtrack is glorious; give the music guy a raise
Voice Actors are amazing; give the VA team a raise
Combat is heavy, chunky, and satisfying (to be expected from Vermintide), and the guns feel good, favorite being the revolver
The enemy variety is solid, a nice starting off points with the elites variations
Only played up to difficulty 3, but again, coming …
Cities Skylines is approaching 8 years old. Anno 1800 is really the only city builder I can point to that has been released recently that is actually good and looks beautiful. The plentiful content add-ons and expansions packs are fantastic and have really transformed the game to allow you to build the city of your dreams (in the 1800s mind you). It also looks fantastic. And the weird thing is it’s a Ubisoft game. I don’t think Anno 1800 gets enough credit for really being the only decent city simulation game to be released in years.
But this makes me sad because the city builder genre has completely disappeared from the AAA gaming scene. They are now pretty much relegated to Steam crowd funding projects which can be good but they never look or play as good. SimCity 2013 being such a disaster basically made EA flush the series down the toilet, and now there’s almost nothing.