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PREVIEWS GAMES visit
MAY 2015 JB Hi-Fi
Once upon a time, thoughts of role-playing
games involved staid affairs with all the
action of a Merchant Ivory film. But then the
likes of Skyrim and From Software’s Souls
series changed things. Action was honed,
while keeping a core that involved the sort of
strategising and decision-making that you’d
never find in a pure arcade romp. The Witcher
III: Wild Hunt, based ever more loosely on the
writings of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski,
has sets it sights on running away with the
action RPG crown, and it makes a good case.
As the titular Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, you’re a
superhuman monster slayer for hire. In a world
that’s utterly riddled with monsters, this makes
you somebody who’s in high demand. It’s not
any old world, either, for it’s a big, wide, open
one that’s full of choices. You have amazing
freedom to explore, be it on land or sea – or
even undersea. From wastelands to small
towns and onwards to large cities, you ply your
trade, utilising magic, humour and devastating
(or otherwise) people skills, eradicating
monsters while acting upon your ultimate
quest, to track down an apparent living weapon
in the form of the “Child of Prophecy”. And
they all lived happily ever after...?
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THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT
GENRE: ACTION RPG
PLATFORM: PS4 |
XB1| PC
RELEASE: 19/05/15
MULTIPLAYER: NO
t’s time to paint the town pink, purple, orange... Akin
o a collision of Aussie-created Wii classic de Blob and
uzzler-with-guns Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare
or, well, just paintball with more coolness – Splatoon
s a team-based shooter that lets you relive your kindie
ays of splatting paint everywhere but on paper. You’re
n ‘Inkling’, a blobby thingy which can change between
uman and squid. You can play solo, or join teams of up
o four online to capture territory, aiming to dye rather
han die.
SPLATOON
GENRE: TPS PLATFORM:Wii U | RELEASE: 29/05/15 MULTIPLAYER: YES
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takes time for cars to go from drawing board to being
riven away (plus dealer charges, stamp duty, insurance,
tc). Project CARS features many speed machines, and
as taken years – and much community involvement
before hitting your JB showroom. It’s not just about
ars though, as more than 50 tracks (including Mount
anorama at Bathurst) feature. A more realistic driving
imulator, fun still triumphs, as you can dive straight
to any racing discipline from karting to endurance with
any (pit) stops along the way.
PROJECT CARS
GENRE: RACER PLATFORM: PS4 | XB1 | PC RELEASE: 06/05/15 MULTIPLAYER: YES
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