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more often than not – each with their own
unique move-sets and combos you’ll need
to master to get your Power Levels up. Buu
turns people into cookies and eats them, for
crying out loud! The art style is very close to
the anime, and the animations themselves
look awesome. Fans of Dragon Ball won’t be
disappointed.
We also had a play on Ni No Kuni II:
Revenant Kingdom.The first one was well-
received, and as such the sequel has a fair
amount of hype surrounding it. Thankfully, our
short playthrough gave us the impression that
this one is a game JRPG aficionados are going
to fall head-over-heels for, even if it’s just for
the Ghibli-esque art style and the adorable,
Pikmin-like Higgledies.
It’s the combat of Ni No Kuni II that really
stands out. You’ve got a mixture of long-range
and short-range attacks that you can use
at your leisure, as well as four abilities
that are bound to the d-pad for use at your
discretion. It really is, to put it simply,
a JRPG that anyone would love.
Paul: I’m a sucker for plane games.
Always have been. Throw combat into the
mix, and I’ll be sat in front of the screen
for days. The quirkiness in the Ace Combat
series has always been appealing and I’ve
probably played most of them, so when
I spotted Ace Combat 7: Unknown Skies,
playable in VR in Namco’s media area,
I nearly dragged the guy playing it off
his seat.
I’ve avoided VR titles on the whole –
they generally make me nauseous after
several minutes of playing – but at this
E3, I didn’t experience that once with
the handful of titles I played. Anyway,
back to Ace Combat. The level began
with a takeoff from an aircraft carrier and
then you’re straight into the action. It’s
satisfying getting a missile lock on an
enemy and watching it burst into flames,
but for the true ace, it’s all about downing
the opposition – up close and personal –
with your cannon. If any genre of games
lends itself to VR, it’s ground and air
vehicles – full 360 vision dogfighting in
Ace Combat 7 is like having a third hand.
After completing the level, I walked away
nausea free.
With 15,000 additional folk filling the
space at E3, having all the games in a
media-only area to play was a welcome
relief. Namco look set for a cracking end to
the year.
Ace Combat 7
Project CARS 2
McLaren’s 720S is the latest
superpowered car to be
added to Project CARS 2’s
line-up. It’s a beast of a
machine, with a top speed
of 341 kph, 770 nm of torque,
and a 7-speed transmission.
You can hit 100 kph from
standing in 2.9 seconds. This
thing is meant to be driven,
and while most of us don’t
have the $515,000 handy to
pick one up, you can take
one for a spin in Project
CARS 2, out September 22.
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McLaren
720S
full 360 vision dogfighting
in Ace Combat 7 is like
having a third hand
NAMCO