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The series has always been about stylish combat and slaying hundreds of horrific enemies. The story is as convoluted as ever in the fifth Devil May Cry game, but it really doesn’t matter. Sunset Overdrive’s engine was used as the basis for the swinging mechanics in Marvel’s Spider-Man, which went on to find the massive fanbase that eluded Sunset Overdrive. The studio’s hard work wasn’t all for naught though. Alas, while reviews were positive, not many gamers still talk about this Insomniac passion project.

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Combining traversal mechanics inspired by Jet Set Radio and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater with crazy futuristic weapons from Insomniac’s own Ratchet & Clank series in an apocalyptic neon dystopia should have been the key to creating Xbox’s next great franchise. Sunset Overdrive is a mix of so many awesome ideas from other great games, so it’s really sad that it didn’t find a larger audience. This shooter remains a stunning highlight of the FPS genre on this generation of consoles.

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id Software wisely scrapped the earlier version of the game and went in a new direction with the 2016 reboot.ĭoom takes everything that is so great about the first two games - the lightning-fast combat, the massive, hellish levels, and tons of secrets - and modernizes it with excellent graphics and the new “glory kills,” which consistently award the player with extra health for gruesome, up-close murder. That version, known as Doom 4, might have turned out alright, but few gamers were pining for a true sequel to Doom 3. Development on Doom actually started around 2007 as a survival horror follow up to the divisive Doom 3. It’s rare for a game with such a protracted development to be so universally acclaimed when it finally arrives. The multiplayer remains a good reason to fire up Halo 5 occasionally, but hopefully Halo Infinite brings both modes together in a much better package. 343 smartly abandoned the loadouts included in the previous title and emphasized aiming down sights, bringing the experience up to date with its contemporaries. It lacks the memorable set pieces of earlier games, and the decision to add Spartan Locke as a playable character is a weird doubling down on one of Halo 2’s more questionable design choices.īut for all the mistakes of the single-player campaign, Halo 5makes up for it with what could be the series’ best multiplayer.

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The additions of loot boxes and mods were admittedly questionable design choices, but Turn 10 has since removed the loot boxes, and the game is as fun as ever, even if you don’t pay attention to the mods.Ī polarizing release at best, Halo 5: Guardians is ultimately a game of peaks and valleys.

If you’ve followed Forza from the beginning, you know what to expect: hundreds of cars with fully explorable interiors, and dozens of gorgeous tracks (now finally in 4K). While the Forza series never seems to get quite as much attention as Sony’s Gran Turismo games, Turn 10 has quietly spent the last decade or so making the finest racing simulators available. But once you start to get the hang of this game’s particular loop - craft gear, take down monsters, craft better gear, take down bigger monsters, repeat - it becomes very addicting. This is still a game that requires a sizable time commitment to take down the largest monsters and build the best equipment, so don’t expect Monster Hunter: World to be a walk in the park (or, in this case, the title’s lush, living ecosystems). Thanks to several tweaks to the UI, an improved map, and a graphical overhaul, this iteration of the series is the most accessible yet. The Monster Hunter franchise has been around for more than a decade, but it wasn’t until Monster Hunter: World that the notoriously hardcore Action RPG series broke through to the mainstream.

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