STACK #145 Nov 2016

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GAMES PREVIEWS

with Amy Flower

GENRE: FPS PLATFORM: XBO | PS4 | PC RELEASE: 04/11/16 MULTIPLAYER: YES

CALL OF DUTY: INFINITE WARFARE

While a certain competitor has taken the Huey Lewis route by going back in time, FPS superstar Call of Duty sticks with what it has recently excelled at – plummeting headlong into future warfare. It’s hard to believe that this is the 13th iteration of CoD – that’s a lot of legacy to live up to. But developers Infinity Ward are up for the challenge, almost cheekily so, as this iteration tasks you with the very this-is-serious-mum responsibility of protecting the entire solar system.

Geez, no pressure! Your enemies are the insurgent Settlement Defence Front, who are obviously madder than cut snakes owned by the Joker and loaned out to Norman Bates for slithery thing day care, simply for the scope of what they’re trying to achieve. Yes, it’s set in space, meaning interplanetary travel. The best thing about this is that you get to mess about in zero gravity. You’ll all float on OK though, thanks to your trusty booster pack and grappling hook. You’ll get into free-

roaming aerial combat, then seamlessly transfer to more familiar “boots on the ground” warfare. Then there are numerous quests, the deep multiplayer that CoD is renowned for, literally hundreds of weapons and, naturally, zombies (with added PeeWee Herman!) After all, it wouldn’t be CoD without a touch of GRR, ARGH and HA-HA! If you liked this, you may also like... DOOM, Titanfall 2

POKÉMON SUN/MOON

WATCH DOGS 2

GENRE: RPG PLATFORM: 3DS RELEASE: 18/11/16 MULTIPLAYER: YES

GENRE: ACT/ADV PLATFORM: PS4 | XBO RELEASE: 15/11/16 MULTIPLAYER: YES

Still out playing Pokémon GO ? We get it, it’s only tiding you over for these heavenly delights! Released to coincide with Pokémon’s 20th anniversary, the real thing RPG returns in two forms – one for sun lovers, the other for night owls. Differences are reasonably slight, being some characters, evolutions and totems, plus Ultra Beast appearances and, duh, the time of day at which proceedings proceed. Naturally the

2014’s Watch Dogs reminded us of TV’s Person of Interest . Now that the show’s dead, this may aid healing, with a decent dose of Mr. Robot also injected. An upgraded remix of the ctOS surveillance system has been installed in San Francisco, and that’s where this jaunt into the hacker life takes place. You’re Marcus Holloway, part of the fsociety-like DedSec, and you’ve been framed. An open world playground awaits as you get your third-person on, with double the area to get

classic “Gotta catch ’em all” mantra is key, as you – Chin- uh, Pokémon trainer extraordinaire – head to the tropical islands of Alola to do that catch, battle and trade thing that you do so well.

around, whether you walk, run, parkour or grab handy vehicles. You can go shooty-shooty showy to quietly, quietly subtlety. Just bring down the evil corporation behind ctOS 2.0.

If you liked this, you may also like... Yo-Kai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls/Bony Spirits, LBX: Little Battlers Experience

If you liked this, you may also like... Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Grand Theft Auto V

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