Jesse 'Doncabesa' Norris
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A Soulslike that understands the assignment
Iron Galaxy has combined two of my favorite games of all time in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4. This Day One Game Pass launch combines every level from both titles, adds in a few new ones, and dozens of skaters, and mostly nails every trick it attempts. I do miss the open-ended nature of 4’s career mode, though.
EA Sports College Football 26 is bigger and better in every way than last year’s revival of the franchise. More realism, tighter gameplay, and even crossplay for its Dynasty mode usher in one of the best American Football games I’ve ever played.
System Shock 2 is an all-time classic and one of my favorite games. Nightdive Studios has brought the game back to PC and eventually to consoles, with the 25th Anniversary Remaster. My review was played on Xbox Series X, which is weird because the game was just delayed there. I had roughly 18 hours from code arrival to embargo timing. Thankfully, this port is solid and adds something that will make this great title even better, up to 4-player co-op.
Control was a fantastic single-player title, and FBC: Firebreak is a spin-off of it. It is also the first multiplayer-focused release from Remedy. Set six years after Control, you are an agent of the FBC, tasked with various jobs around your company’s ever-shifting base. Firebreak is a three-player cooperative “horde-mode with tasks” game that is light on content, fun, and loses everything that made the original so good.