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44 NOVEMBER 2015
Everything was all dandy and swell in Boston –
until 23 October 2077, when somebody went and
pressed the button. Yes, THAT button. A war over
precious resources led to this nuclear holocaust,
and your story begins on that very day. You take
shelter in Vault 111, emerging 200 years later to a
world that’s a shadow of its former self. The ‘you’
in question can be male or female, but either
way it’s good to know that you’ll have a trusty
companion on your travels, be it indestructible
German shepherd Dogmeat, robotic pal Mr
Handy, or any of a selection of newcomers. It’s
down to you to rebuild and determine the fate
of the Wasteland, but it won’t be a walk in the
park. You are SPECIAL though, with your set of
attributes – ‘Strength’, ‘Perception’, ‘Endurance’,
‘Charisma’, ‘Intelligence’, ‘Agility’ and ‘Luck’
– combining to determine how you survive...
or don’t! While the core action/RPG gameplay
remains, and you’ll be doing a fair bit of fighting
(complete with funky new cinematic mode), your
ability to craft stuff will certainly come into play.
Thousands of items can be constructed, ranging
from weapons and food up to entire settlements.
Of course this is all wrapped up in a stunning
now-gen graphics package. Nuclear destruction
has never looked this peachy!
If you liked this, you may also like... Metro: Redux,
The Last of Us: Remastered
FALLOUT 4
GENRE: RPG PLATFORM:PS4 | XB1 | PC
RELEASE: 10/11/15 MULTIPLAYER: NO
oon heaven Need for Speed celebrates its 21st outing
y popping the clutch, jamming into first gear and giving
he accelerator some boot – or, more precisely, some
eboot. With much of the team that gave us the seminal
urnout games at the wheel, this all-new open world
acer – bulging with real world shiny machines – leaves
ow you want to drive up to you. It boasts five ways to
lay – ‘Outlaw’, ‘Style’, ‘Build’, ‘Crew’ and ‘Speed’. Go bad
o the bone ‘Outlaw’ and you’ll mess with cops – and their
eads. In it for ‘Style’? You can really get your Ken Block
n. ‘Build’ is for the modders, ‘Crew’ for precision drivers
and ‘Speed’, well we reckon you can guess that one...
NEED FOR SPEED
GENRE: RACING PLATFORM: PS4 | XB1 RELEASE: 05/11/15 MULTIPLAYER: YES
If you liked this, you may also like... The Crew, Forza Horizon 2
The Simpsons character and all round genius bloke Stephen
Hawking recently stated, “The development of full artificial
intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” This
vision of 2065, where humans are literally becoming
weapons thanks to advances in everything from AI to bionics
and DNA upgrades, backs him up. It’s 40 years on from
Blops II, and the face of warfare has radically changed due
to such tech advancements. Campaign-wise, you’re on a
team (playable as four-person co-op) of supersoldiers trying
to thwart a robotic takeover. Multiplayer introduces a thruster
system and mucho customisation, while zombies also return
complete with a new secret ingredient – Mr Jeff Goldblum!
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III
GENRE: FPSPLATFORM: PS4 | PS3 | XB1 | 360 | PC RELEASE: 06/11/15 MULTIPLAYER: YES
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Halo 5: Guardians