Well that’s another week in the book. If you’re of the American persuasion you’re likely recovering from a turkey-fuelled binge yesterday and potentially running to the mall to grab some amazing Black Friday deals. Of course, the rest of the world is now getting in on the act, but will mostly be waiting until the end of December for our yearly turkey dinner, and likely find a slightly longer checkout time on Amazon to be the closest we get to Black Friday chaos. Happy Thanksgiving!
Of course, the beginning of any holiday season still leaves plenty of time for games, and our very own Tef kicks us off this week by talking of a super secret review event, that he super can’t talk about, because it’s super secret. Eye-opening stuff.
He also briefly found the Force in Star Wars Battlefront, before having to make time for three reviews in the shape of Hard West, Bloodborne: The Old Hunters and the latest portion of Minecraft: Story Mode. Perhaps next week we’ll get in on the secret eh?
Dave has been splitting his time between three epic – but decidedly different – RPGs, starting with Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. for a forthcoming review, Zodiac – Orcanon Odyssey on iOS, and Fallout 4. He decided to take Fallout 4 for a fresh spin, and in doing so created a new feature, with the result being the joyful video you’ll find here for Fallout Gump. Run Dogmeat run.
Aran returned to The Crew for the brand new expansion Wild Run, and a year on it makes some serious improvements to Ubisoft’s disappointing racer. After racing around he calmed down with the slightly less hi-octane Football Manager 2016, though playing as Southampton he not only knocked Liverpool out of the FA Cup in the 5th round, but also signed Subotic from Dortmund for £6 million in the January transfer window, which perhaps is just as much of a thrill.
Thanks to Thanksgiving, Mark hasn’t had much time for gaming thanks to Black Friday preparations at work, though he has managed some impressive multi-tasking by eating breakfast and playing Rise Of The Tomb Raider at the same time. The only problem with this is the loose aiming, which he blames on the Xbox One’s controller, as opposed to trying to eating Frosties whilst raiding tombs. Either way, perhaps it’ll be better with a Dualshock.
Miguel, part of our team from across the pond, spent a couple of days working his way through Undertale, after which he spent the rest of the week crying about Undertale. At no point does he say whether this was because it was emotionally involving, absolutely dreadful, or he stubbed his toe while changing the disc so you’ll have to buy it and find out for yourselves.
Checking in to let us know that Fallout 4 is already beginning to bore him, TC found some sci-fi solace with Star Wars Battlefront after watching his hubby play. Friends and alcohol played a part in him getting on down in Just Dance 2016, while in a few quieter moments he finished off the Unfinished Swan on his Vita. But now it’s the Finished Swan. Or not. Or it’s a rift in the space-time continuum.
I’ve been on the road for a couple of nights this week which saw me jump back into Uncharted: Golden Abyss which remains a fantastic handheld experience. Playing it again just emphasised how much potential the Vita has/had, and it’s a massive shame that we won’t see games like that appear on it again. I then cheered myself up by playing a touch of Patapon, which never fails to make me smile.
At home I’ve been working my way through the epic Xenoblade Chronicles X on Wii U for a forthcoming review, as well as sticking with Star Wars Battlefront which I’m still enjoying a great deal, despite its slim range of modes. I can’t wait for the Battle Of Jakku DLC to drop though, especially after reading the Star Wars novel Lost Stars that touches on it and watching the The Force Awakens trailers multiple times a day.
But now it’s your turn! What the hell have you been doing?!
The Lone Steven
I finished the main story of SRIV and it is easily the best in the series. Probably 80% complete in total but i just can’t be arsed to hunt down all of the data cores and do a few more activities. I do wonder if SRIV will be turn out to be a sequel to Gangsters in Space or if SRV will be SRIV on crack, speed, steroids and extra strong insanity.
Booted up SR2 and god, i dislike the character models for the main character. It kept putting me off for weeks. Controls feel dated but i changed the layout so that the shoulder buttons replaced X and O for driving. Kinda odd not being able to do what i can in SR3 in SR2. Keep forgetting that i can’t do running melee attacks. :(
I gave in to my inner action bad ass and played MP3! Fantastic game and whilst it can be a cheap bastard with some kills, it is a good challenge. Even if the last level is a case of “oh my god. I have to fight that many!? Oh well, guess i’ll do that then.” I do hope that if Rockstar does Max Payne 4, they add more things to do. However, i can’t see how they will do a sequel due to Max kinda having a bit of a good ending. That said, any excuse to have Max return to do what he does best is fine by me. Unless the plot is crap. It is not.
Probably combine Oblivion and Saint Row 2 for my gaming needs.
JR.
Completed Rise of the Tomb Raider this week. Looks amazing, plays amazing but the story/pace was very poor. Parts of it worked, parts of it didn’t but mostly it was all very forgettable. I loved the reboot and played it numerous times but I can’t see myself replaying Rise again. Where were the big set pieces like the suspended tanker fight in the reboot? There was nothing like that in Rise. Hidden Tombs were much better mind you. Disappointing overall imo.
Also started AC Syndicate and am enjoying it so far. It’s early days yet but it already feels different to how I felt about Unity even after just a few hours. I don’t think they’ll ever be able to top Black Flag.
Andrewww
Only played some more Driveclub, got the platinum, which is only my 11th, I have to admit. (But there are people on my friends list, who do have less, you know…).
I can’t remember having achieved another one that easily, without going out of my way and having to do silly things, without having to play online matches until that game comes out of your ears, and without having to solve really tricky stuff. I feel like I just played the game and enjoyed it, that’s how it should be. And, you know what, I’ll even keep playing it some more after that, as I’ve not got enough just yet.
Same here, I start to get excited, talk more about it every day now, thank God I got my tickets ready for the 17th, 5.30pm.
pdannysan13
Finished Batman Arkham City this week. I had no ide but I was actually one mission away from completion. I don’t know if I will grind away to find all Riddler trophies.
freezebug2
Just started playing through Uncharted Crushing difficulty from the Nathan Drake collection after completing a Hard difficulty playthrough…just reached the Plane Wreck level, pray for me lol.
Awesome stuff ;)