44 / 64
PREVIEWS
GAMES
visit
stack.net.nzDOWNLOAD THE
FREE
STACK
APP FOR EXTRA CONTENT
stack.net.nz/stack-app
44
jbhifi.co.nzOCTOBER
2015
If you’ve a taste for historical travel but not the
budget (or the time machine), from the Crusades
to the Renaissance, the Colonial Era to the French
Revolution and beyond, the Assassin’s Creed
series has certainly been your friend over the
years. Now it’s time to visit merry old England –
not that it was necessarily that merry in Victorian
times. It is, however, the time of the Industrial
Revolution, opening up all manner of exciting
opportunities for this episode’s protagonists. Yes,
plural – you’ll variously control twins Jacob and
Evie Frye. This, of course, introduces another new
facet to the main Assassin’s Creed timeline in that
there’s a female lead – and Ubisoft’s designers
said last year that girls were too hard to animate!
The pair have different strengths, with Evie nailing
the stealthy stuff while Jacob’s more of an in-your-
face brawler type, even boasting brass knuckles
in his arsenal. The siblings’ bags of tricks will be
needed, for the fate of the Assassin Brotherhood
rests heavily on their shoulders, as the Templars
have pretty much wrested complete control of
London. You’ll find that you still have various allies
though, including Charles Dickens and Charles
Darwin, as you zip around six boroughs. You can
even go all GTA and carjack... erm, carriagejack!
If you liked this, you may also like..
.
The Order 1886,
Dishonored: Definitive Edition
ASSASSIN’S CREED: SYNDICATE
GENRE:
ACT/ADV/
STEALTH
PLATFORM:
PS4 | XB1
| PC
RELEASE:
23/10/15
MULTIPLAYER:
NO
We’re not sure what skateboarding legend Tony Hawk
has been up to since his last game way back in 2007,
but we’re certain about one thing – it would have been
extreme (likely followed by several exclamation marks).
Anyway, the man’s finally back, looking better than he
ever has outside of real life. Fans of previous outings
will be in familiar territory, with real world locations to
navigate and real skaters to be played with. If that’s not
enough, you can also create your own like totally gnarly
and tubular (hey, we’re down with the lingo!) park from
scratch. Power-ups and more add to the experience,
which can be played locally or online. Uh, rad!
TONY HAWK’S PRO SKATER 5
GENRE:
SPORTS
PLATFORM:
PS4 | PS3
| XB1 | 360
RELEASE:
01/10/15
MULTIPLAYER:
YES
If you liked this,you may also like...
Ride, MXGP: The Official
Motocross Video Game
Nintendo really seem to have a thing for tradies.
Obviously Mario is their superstar tradesman, but now
they’re offering all of us the chance to get into the
whole bricks and mortar decorating game. Forget those
boring old Sims and their boring old humanity, for here
you get to design homes for the animalistic stars of
Animal Crossing. It’s plushie heaven! Well, erm, except
that they’re pixelated rather than fluffy. As well as
attending to the whims of various villagers, a nifty little
NFC reader/writer allows the scanning of amiibo cards
to add more customers to your thriving business. Shh!
Don’t tell the ATO...
ANIMAL CROSSING: HAPPY HOME DESIGNER
GENRE:
SIMULATOR
PLATFORM:
3DS
RELEASE:
03/10/15
MULTIPLAYER:
NO
If you liked this, you may also like..
.
Fantasy Life, Tomodachi Life