Tristan Donovan
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Fright-seeking gamers have had a great few months. There’s been the looping nightmare of P.T., the twisted The Evil Within and the ‘I want my mommy’ scary Alien: Isolation.
The appeal of Watch_Dogs is obvious. It promises to take the open world of Grand Theft Auto, relocate it to Chicago and spice it up with near-future tech and a completely networked, entirely hackable city, all while sprinkling some of the variety and flow of Assassin’s Creed.
Ubisoft Montreal might have made its name with Far Cry 3 and Assassin’s Creed games, but its latest effort is the polar opposite – a pretty 2D fairytale adventure.
In its 17 years on our screens South Park has offended pretty much everyone with its caustic humour but its games have struggled to bottle the show’s comic magic.
Its eponymous hero is a super-powered entity built out of magic relics, and he’s out to deal with marauding goblins that have been stealing relics from human outposts.
While it always looked fantastic and the fascistic Helghast give it one of gaming’s most memorable villains, the series has never matched the gameplay high notes achieved by Halo and Call of Duty. Now, thanks to being a flagship PS4 launch title, Killzone has a real moment in the spotlight, but can it finally join the ranks of the FPS elite? And does it offer a real next-gen experience?
It’ll be easy to overlook Resogun – Sony’s welcome gift to PS4 buyers who join PlayStation Plus.
It’s easy to label Disney Infinity as little more than Skylanders with Disney-Pixar characters. But while the way it gets players using toy figures to influence the on-screen fun owes much to Activision’s mega-hit, Disney is seeking to take Skylanders‘ fusion of figurines and games to new heights with a level-creation tool that brings Minecraft and LittleBigPlanet to mind. But will it be fun for all the family?