You know what’s great about working for a website that focuses on video games? You get to play a lot of video games! Well that’s exactly what some of us did this past week and we’re back again today to give you the lowdown and what we’ve been playing.
We start with Dom this week, who still hasn’t finished Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. He keeps making up excuses about why he can’t seem to progress to the end but I think he’s just so in love with the sea shanties that he can’t stop aimlessly sailing around the map. He also kept plugging away at Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, and he spent some time tracking down the monster in Evolve as the Trapper. To round out his week, Dom plugged in the Crew for the first time.
I finally made a brief start with The Crew which I got for Christmas. It’s ok I guess, though I think I’ve been spoilt by Driveclub and Forza Horizon 2 in the last few months, and the map just makes me think I’ve accidentally fired up Watch Dogs instead.
Next we have Stefan, who I’m pretty sure is considering buying a second PS4 so he can keep it on and running Destiny 24 hours a day. He also continued moving through Dying Light but he spent the majority of his gaming time this week with Evolve. If you haven’t already done so, you can check out his review here, where he strongly recommends that you play it with friends, if at all possible.
Aran decided to make full use of the ‘free’ games available on PlayStation Plus this week, so he picked up Apotheon, and then played Transistor for the first time. Here’s what he had to say about the two of them.
I really liked the style of Transistor, so much so that I played through the majority of it in one sitting. Supergiant have made two of my favourite games now, with the other being Bastion. Very excited to see what they have next up their sleeves.
Apotheon is something that grows on you eventually. You’re thrust into the action and as you progress given objectives, but you can tackle them in any order. However you do need to explore and find the best gear before fighting some creatures. This will mean getting on the wrong side of the Olympian Watchmen, but they seem content to let things slide if you pay them 20 coins.
That brings us to Blair, who didn’t have the greatest week with his gaming time. He started with episode two of Game of Thrones but as you might have read in his review, it didn’t quite float his boat as much as episode one did, as it included more “filler segments” than the prior episode. He also noted that he’s not a big fan of the visual filter Telltale is using, as it makes everything look like a blurry oil-painting. From there Blair moved on to Super Stardust Ultra, which inspired him to write a few words about its lack of anything even resembling ‘ultra’, as it’s pretty much just a remaster of Super Stardust HD from the PS3.
As for me, I spent a small bit of time doing co-op missions and harassing random people in Grand Theft Auto V with a few friends, and I also managed to start Alien: Isolation. The atmosphere in Isolation is absolutely spot on, and I actually enjoy having no power to fight the alien, but the lethality and unpredictability of the alien is already starting to wear thin and I’m not even halfway through the game. I’m trying to hit it in small doses because I can only take so much of fleeing to a locker every few minutes and waiting for the alien to leave.
So there you have it. Now, I don’t want to make any assumptions, but I’d put hard money that you chaps reading this right now have played some games over the past week. How about you head the comments with your tales of gaming greatness and prove me right?
The Lone Steven
Still playing Far Cry 4:Animals are real dicks but they are your friends when they want to be. Oh and yes, we do have a topless lady in this one as well.
It’s excellent but there are some obvious signs of laziness by Ubisoft. The healing animations seem to be reused from FC3 and some just look crap. Sharpel, it’s a joke.The radio is very limited and i think i have heard the entire cycle but i am hoping that it will change when i take more outposts, do more sidequests and so forth.
Anyway, i’ve spent most of my time killing animals and crafting stuff, taking outposts, running away from outposts, doing the odd story quest and generally messing around. I’ve taken the first fortress and it was……
Underwhelming. I used the Rambo or Reb Brown Approach(depending which one you like to call it) and destroyed two choppers with my bow. I didn’t really feel like i was taking a fort. Just another outpost and Ubisoft cocked up with this. Untill a certain mission ,it is hard as hell. Now, it’s too easy. It should have been challenging and fun instead of me going “RAAAAAAAAAAAWR, oh, that’s it? At least i shot down two choppers with my bow. Suppose i’ll think of something else to do.” There was no miniboss, no challenge and generally nothing to make it unique apart from being an outpost on steroids. Minus the steroids at a certain point.
Oh and animals are still pricks. Seriously, if you get FC 4, Beware of the Eagles! Use a car or bike and make sure you have a loaded weapon!