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It’s based on a long-running Japanese comic series and is not the first videogame spin-off, but it stars someone named Guts, features man-sized swords and an egg with a human face nestled in a flesh nest. Great name, but if you’re not down with Dynasty Warriors-style hacky-slashy combat and bewildering manga stories you might struggle. Toejame and Earl: Back in the Groove Ī reimagining of the Sega MegaDrive “classic”, built by Adult Swim and indulging in all the ideas of what being cool meant in the 1990s, including but not limited to: flashing tiled backgrounds, bright pinks, backwards baseball caps, funk, ghettoblasters, splitscreen co-op, and chains. For all its other virtues, Saints Row has rarely been more than adequate when it comes to the jumping, thumping, shooting and driving side of things - Agents of Mayhem wants to be the best of the best in all regards. Though Saints’ DNA is very much in there, expect a very different affair - for one, you’re a heroic anti-crime group rather than gangsters with hearts of gold, and for another devs Volition this time hope to make an incredible action game first, then stick their trademark wit all over it.
This is the creators of Saints Row taking their anything-goes sandboxery somewhere new - specifically, a futureworld of supervillains and interplanetary metahuman agencies.
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OK, the name sounds like a kid’s TV show from 1994, but don’t hold that against it. But - whisper it - early videos make it look like a laff. Is chucking zombies at Metal Gear particularly inventive or in keeping with the strengths of the series? Not really. Does it need the Metal Gear name? Probably not. In its first release following the departure of its creator, the series has turned to zombies for its kicks, with an entirely new game that looks more than a little like The Phantom Pain’s undead cousin.
Hideo Kojima may have moved on from Metal Gear but Metal Gear will never die. Developers Paranoid Productions say that the exact nature of the cult will change with each playthrough, sometimes they may be hardworking, decent folk and other times they will be harsh zealots, or have some mixture of attributes that leaves you conflicted about how you approach the rescue - lethal takedown, stealthy creeping or diplomatic dealings. Top-down journey into a procedurally-generated jungle cult in South America to find your nephew. Alec had a go at it and enjoyed the swordplay of multiplayer. You have to deflect attacks by guarding left, right or up, while also trying to land your own blows. But the multiplayer duels seek to make every fight a toughie. The singleplayer sees you hacking and slashing weaker mobs while getting into slower, more careful bouts with bosses. That's a splendid thought, isn't it?Ī trinity of historical warrior types - vikings, samurai and knights - come together to put their swords through each other’s bellies and find out who is the best anachronism once and for all.
We've almost certainly missed something we'll end up being excited about, and who knows - maybe this'll be like last year, when our eventual game of the year wasn't even on our radar when we compiled our preview.
If we've missed something you're particularly excited about, do let everyone else know in the comments below. Given how quickly things move in this future age, a hundred games have probably been released since you started reading this post. Our categories are broad so if you click the links below to peruse each of them, you should find what you're looking for easily enough, and of course you can read about all of the games by clicking the arrows next to the image above, or using your cursor keys. The games are grouped into categories by genre, but genres aren't quite as neat and tidy as they were in the days when games were all shooters and divided into the sub-genres "War" or "Aliens" easily enough. 2016 was a good one - in the world of games at least - but, ever the optimists, we're hoping next year will be even better. Here at RPS, our preparations come in the form of this enormous preview feature, which contains details on more than a hundred of the exciting games that are coming our way over the next twelve months. The mewling pup that goes by the name 2017 will come into the world soon and we must prepare ourselves for its arrival. As Old Father Time grabs his sickle and prepares to take ailing 2016 around the back of the barn for a big sleep, we're looking to the future.