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The latest action-RPG from the bloke behind From Software’s
Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls. That’s probably all that
we need to write to have any fan of the most challenging,
punishing, frustrating and blissfully brilliant games the genre
has ever seen drooling uncontrollably. So we’re going to nick
off to the pub now... Or not. The boss just saw us. Damn! So,
what more can we say? Well, fans of From’s previous outings
will feel at home in this world of plague and monsters.
Tweaks to the successful formula have been made without
sacrifices – in particular you can regain small amounts of
health by taking an offensive approach to enemies, rather
than going all softly, softly. Something fans won’t be doing
on release day – oh, and it’s PS4 only, so if you haven’t done
yourself the favour, now might be the time...
BLOODBORNE
GENRE: ACT/ADV PLATFORM:PS4 RELEASE: 25/03/15 MULTIPLAYER: YES
ates? Nope. Ninjas? Nup. Robots? Nuh-uh. Zombies?
p! There’s no escaping the living dead – well, unless
u can run really bloody fas- erm, walk at a decent clip.
ell, that’s usually the case, but in this instance you
ve very good reason to hang around and destroy the
ambling hordes, for they’re Nazi super-soldier zombies!
all takes place in an alternate WWII scenario, where you
it alone or with up to three other soldiers having a ball
iling Hitler’s malevolent plans... A compilation of two
eviously released DLC packs for third-person shooter
iper Elite and a shiny new one, tactics are very much to
e fore – as is something which rhymes with that: gore.
t when it’s the innards of zombified Nazi scum being
rensically revealed, you can revel in it with impunity.
ZOMBIE ARMY TRILOGY
GENRE: FPS PLATFORM: PS4 | XB1 RELEASE: 06/03/15 MULTIPLAYER: YES
ver many years now, the Final Fantasy action-RPG
iverse has expanded to the point where you almost
ed a GPS to get to grips with getting around (there’s
free business idea, TomTom). Anyway, this time we
turn to 2011’s PSP-only release, Type-0, but it’s now
oking very pretty indeed, having been given an HD
akeover. If you played that you’ll feel at home, although
e multiplayer component has been excised in favour
tweaked difficulty levels. It all takes place in the year
2, when the Militesi Empire unscrupulously invades the
ominion of Rubrum. Cue the rise of the Vermilion Bird,
d 14 brave young warriors – they’re you, they are. Yes,
u control all 14 members of Class Zero, and the fate of
e world and its four crystals rests in your 28 hands.
FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD
GENRE: RPG PLATFORM: PS4 | XB1 RELEASE: 19/03/15 MULTIPLAYER: YES
ossibly the most shameful, headline-hogging game
eries ever brings its abject depravity to the new
onsoles! Ban this sick stunt! Oops, sorry, we got caught
p in all the ridiculous, unfounded scaremongering that’s
urrounded the Grand Theft Auto series pretty much since
s inception. While GTA V has been around for a while,
cooping all of 2013’s ‘Game of the Year’ awards that The
ast of Us didn’t, it finally comes to PC bulging with extra
tuff – sideways around a corner in a squeal of tyres, of
ourse. What sort of extra stuff? New weapons, vehicles,
ongs, activities, missions, graphical enhancements,
eather and more. Crazed open world gangster action
oesn’t come any slicker than GTA, and it just got slicker.
his’ll keep the kids off the streets...
GRAND THEFT AUTO V
GENRE: ACT/ADV PLATFORM:PC RELEASE: 14/04/15 MULTIPLAYER: YES
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