Sunday, October 6th 2024
This Week in Gaming (Week 41)
Welcome to the first full week of October and another busy week of new game releases. This week's AAA release involves balls and dragons, but no need to worry, it's not an adult only game. This is followed by a co-op metroidvania game that actually appears to have a story, this week's remake which involves a ghost town on a hill, a shady parkour platformer, an old-school style JRPG, a turn-based RPG and finally a peaceful exploration game. Also out this week is the Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred DLC.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero / This week's AAA release / Friday 11 October
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero takes the legendary gameplay of the Budokai Tenkaichi series and raises it to whole new levels. Become a super warrior and experience the earth-shaking, limit-breaking power of Dragon Ball battles! Engage in heart-pounding, high-speed 3D battles that stay true to the anime and video game series, with breathtaking visuals and authentic combat moves like beam clashes, rush attacks, movements too quick for the eyes to see, and planet-razing ultimate attacks. Steam link
Anima Flux / Monday 07 October
Anima Flux is a co-op metroidvania with two genetically enhanced soldiers, special agents of a theocratic dictatorial regime. Fight your way through swarms of mutants through a desolate, dystopian space city and save humanity's last stronghold, if, of course, anyone is still alive... Steam link
Silent Hill 2 / This week's remake / Tuesday 8 October
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of Silent Hill 2. Steam link
Shady Knight / Wednesday 9 October
Shady Knight is a first-person skill-driven melee action game centered around swift swordplay, acrobatic archery, and fluid platforming that seamlessly blends combat and parkour skills into a stylish dance of death full of creative chaos. Steam link
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds / Thursday 10 October
An ancient entity stirs in the darkness, casting a veil of shadows across the land and threatening all of humanity. This growing menace has escalated the already dire situation on the newly discovered continent of Andra, where tensions run high. As a fledgling on your first mission for the Heroes Guild, you will be unwittingly drawn into the heart of this unfolding crisis. The secrets you uncover and the choices you make will shape your path as you navigate this perilous world… Steam link
Metaphor: ReFantazio / Friday 11 October
From the creative minds behind Persona 3, 4, and 5 comes Metaphor: ReFantazio, a unique fantasy world, where your protagonist will journey alongside his fairy companion, Gallica, to lift the curse from the kingdom's lost prince. Control your destiny, face your fears and awaken magical "Archetype" powers that lie dormant in your heart. By awakening to an "Archetype," you will unlock the power to channel and combine the abilities of unique job classes. Strengthen your bonds and build your party to take down powerful foes and discover the kingdom's true nature. Steam link
Europa / Friday 11 October
On the moon Europa, a lush terraformed paradise in Jupiter's shadow, an android named Zee sets out in search of answers. Run, glide and fly across the landscape, solve mysteries in the ruins of a fallen utopia, and discover the story of the last human alive. Europa is a peaceful game of adventure, exploration and meditation. As you travel you'll gradually upgrade the capabilities of your Zephyr jetpack, boosting yourself further through the air until you can flow freely into the sky. Steam link
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero / This week's AAA release / Friday 11 October
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero takes the legendary gameplay of the Budokai Tenkaichi series and raises it to whole new levels. Become a super warrior and experience the earth-shaking, limit-breaking power of Dragon Ball battles! Engage in heart-pounding, high-speed 3D battles that stay true to the anime and video game series, with breathtaking visuals and authentic combat moves like beam clashes, rush attacks, movements too quick for the eyes to see, and planet-razing ultimate attacks. Steam link
Anima Flux is a co-op metroidvania with two genetically enhanced soldiers, special agents of a theocratic dictatorial regime. Fight your way through swarms of mutants through a desolate, dystopian space city and save humanity's last stronghold, if, of course, anyone is still alive... Steam link
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of Silent Hill 2. Steam link
Shady Knight is a first-person skill-driven melee action game centered around swift swordplay, acrobatic archery, and fluid platforming that seamlessly blends combat and parkour skills into a stylish dance of death full of creative chaos. Steam link
An ancient entity stirs in the darkness, casting a veil of shadows across the land and threatening all of humanity. This growing menace has escalated the already dire situation on the newly discovered continent of Andra, where tensions run high. As a fledgling on your first mission for the Heroes Guild, you will be unwittingly drawn into the heart of this unfolding crisis. The secrets you uncover and the choices you make will shape your path as you navigate this perilous world… Steam link
From the creative minds behind Persona 3, 4, and 5 comes Metaphor: ReFantazio, a unique fantasy world, where your protagonist will journey alongside his fairy companion, Gallica, to lift the curse from the kingdom's lost prince. Control your destiny, face your fears and awaken magical "Archetype" powers that lie dormant in your heart. By awakening to an "Archetype," you will unlock the power to channel and combine the abilities of unique job classes. Strengthen your bonds and build your party to take down powerful foes and discover the kingdom's true nature. Steam link
On the moon Europa, a lush terraformed paradise in Jupiter's shadow, an android named Zee sets out in search of answers. Run, glide and fly across the landscape, solve mysteries in the ruins of a fallen utopia, and discover the story of the last human alive. Europa is a peaceful game of adventure, exploration and meditation. As you travel you'll gradually upgrade the capabilities of your Zephyr jetpack, boosting yourself further through the air until you can flow freely into the sky. Steam link
13 Comments on This Week in Gaming (Week 41)
But also, I saw this and, no kidding, my first thought was - I'm fighting Lady Gaga. (It's like something she'd wear to an award gala circa ten years ago.)
I personally have less than 0 interest in it since the whole idea of “remaking” something like Silent Hill 2 is deeply distasteful to me. We already had the abomination that is the HD collection and now this. Just make the original easily accessible on modern platforms, you cowards. Like, work with GoG to clean up and re-release the PC Directors Cut. Maybe include the mods that address graphical inconsistencies between it and the PS2 version. That’s all that’s needed and ever WAS needed.
Also, loads of people are never going to have played the original, as they weren't even born when it was released and most likely would have zero interest in playing an old game.
Maybe fixing the old version is good enough for you, but even my cousin who is in his 60's is looking forward to this, as he loved the original. He still have all his PlayStation consoles and games for that matter, but it's still looking forward to this.It's a DLC and if you'd bothered reading the text you would've seen that I mentioned it.
But I understand that my take is perhaps too radical in this day and age when all that matters is consuming more slop and artistic integrity has no value, so… meh.
diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/vessel-of-hatred
Its like what LoD was for D2 and RoS for D3, this has more stuff in it than a typical DLC. :)
It IS an expansion, but it’s content and is very much downloadable, so it’s not like Swede is wrong on this, technically. He also had a mention like this for the Starfield DLC expansion last week, so he’s consistent in this regard. I think I agree with this approach since otherwise it would be an agonizing chore to start picking and choosing which DLC are “expansion-sized enough” to be featured in the main body as a release and which aren’t.
Also, it's hard enough picking the games of the week, I include some extra games almost every week, at least when there are a lot of potentially popular releases. I skipped Trans Formers this week, as it seem to have little to no interest on Steam. Maybe that was a mistake, but there are five big-ish games launching this Friday, I included three of them.
Well technically everything is a downloadable content nowadays so I can understand why some would stick to calling all of them DLCs to make it easier.
And then we get some of those ppl whos gonna complain that how dare a team charge 40$ for a DLC when in reality it has 2-3x times the new things than your average DLC in other games so ye I'm also not a big fan of this DLC-Expansion naming thing nowadays.