STACK Jul #129

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Wildlands is still pretty raw, so we don’t expect
to see this until late 2016 at the earliest.
Unfortunately our timing was out each
time we tried to get hands-on with For
Honor. We’ve got a lot of interest in this title,
where knights, vikings and samurai face off
in an alternate history third-person hack and
slash. A combat system, known as the Art
of Battle, grants players complete versatility
over attacking and defensive options. We
almost breathed a sigh of relief at the Ubisoft
media presentation when no wizards, magic
or dragons appeared in the gameplay trailer.
It’s refreshing to see a publisher take risks and
continue to invest in new IP.
that – much like the Far Cry titles – there are
factions throughout the gameplay world and
various vehicles that can be taken and used to
complete any given objective.
After obtaining the intel, the foursome work
their way to a helicopter pad, set two opposing
factions in the area against each other, kill off
the remaining soldiers, pinch a helicopter and
head off to the village holding Alvarez. The
rescue demonstrates the flexibility of the game;
with two Ghosts remaining airborne while two
more move stealthily to the target. But stealth
can only last so long – cue the monumental
firefight. The game doesn’t have to be played
with four players; one can lead a team of three
AI-controlled Ghosts and issue commands.
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With so much content announced at the
PlayStation media briefing, it quickly became
a destination hot on our list. This began with
a behind-closed-doors gameplay demo of
Uncharted 4, which extended the clip shown
at Monday’s media briefing. We were hoping to
get hands-on with the game, but had to make
do with an impressive sequence that introduces
vehicular integration and continues to deliver
the big set pieces we’ve come to expect from
the series. Simply put, there wasn’t a better
looking game at the show. Uncharted 4 is
a visual tour de force and Naughty Dog has
once again raised the benchmark. If there are
any PS3 owners out there who have not yet
invested in a PS4, this will be the title that will
force their hand.
After seven years, The Last Guardian
finally made its appearance at E3. A behind-
closed-doors extended gameplay demo with
Fumito Ueda leading from the front ended in
a flurry of questions, with him countering the
obvious, “Why has it taken so long?” with a
simple, “It wasn’t ready”. We were only privy
to a short segment of play but it’s a game that
will demand a lot of time and attention, and
clearly features the clever, offbeat and curious
gameplay design we’ve come to expect from
Team ICO.
Thankfully Guerrilla Games’ invite to E3 this
year wasn’t to unveil another Killzone entry, but
rather to court us all with Horizon: Zero Dawn,
a game featuring a female protagonist. This is
a new direction for the developer, swapping
sci-fi shooter for an interesting mix of Tomb