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28 NOVEMBER 2016
GAMES
PREVIEWS
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
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.
POKÉMON SUN/MOON
4’s Watch Dogs reminded us of TV’s Person of
rest. Now that the show’s dead, this may aid
ling, with a decent dose of Mr. Robot also injected.
upgraded remix of the ctOS surveillance system
been installed in San Francisco, and that’s where
jaunt into the hacker life takes place. You’re Marcus
lloway, part of the fsociety-like DedSec, and you’ve
n framed. An open world playground awaits as you
your third-person on, with double the area to get
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.
WATCH DOGS 2
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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!
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CALL OF DUTY: INFINITE WARFARE
GENRE: FPSPLATFORM: XBO | PS4 | PC
RELEASE: 04/11/16 MULTIPLAYER: YES
with Amy Flower
GENRE: RPGPLATFORM: 3DS RELEASE: 18/11/16 MULTIPLAYER: YES GENRE: ACT/ADV PLATFORM: PS4 | XBO RELEASE: 15/11/16 MULTIPLAYER: YES