Sunday, January 22nd 2023
This Week in Gaming (Week 4)
We're already approaching the end of January and this coming week we're looking at both a new AAA title and a remake of an older AAA title that also gets a collectors edition. In other words, a lot of exciting things are happening, if you're looking at getting a new or old game with improved graphics to play.
Forspoken / This Week's AAA Title / Tuesday 24 January
Mysteriously transported from New York City, Frey Holland finds herself trapped in the breathtaking land of Athia. A magical, sentient bracelet is inexplicably wrapped around her arm, and Frey discovers the ability to cast powerful spells and use magic to traverse the sprawling landscapes of Athia. Frey nicknames her new golden companion "Cuff" and sets off to find a way home.
Land of Towers (VR) / Monday 23 January
Land of Towers is a VR adventure game for the whole family. Reality-based quests, distinctive architecture, intuitive controls, creative workshop, picturesque locations for relaxation.
Warlander / Tuesday 24 January
Harness the almighty powers of god-like Warriors, Clerics, and Mages, with a unique style that mashes a Medieval-inspired setting, Fantastical items and abilities…and…even powerful robots! Master siege weapons and cataclysmic spells to control the battlefield and destroy the enemy's core!
Handyman Corporation / Wednesday 25 January
In Handyman Corporation you become the owner of a business where you handle a variety of jobs in cleaning, maintenance, design, and construction. Accept contracts, play minigames to perform every task required. Then expand your company - buy spare parts, tools, train skills, and manage employees
Death in the Water 2 / Thursday 26 January
Dodge and carve your way through swarms of terrifying sea creatures controlled by Death, a vicious giant mind-controlling Kraken that haunts your every move. Scavenge for hidden treasure to unlock weapons, and upgrades to help you in your fight for survival. Every dive reveals a new nightmare.
Dead Space (remake) / Friday 27 January
The sci-fi survival-horror classic Dead Space returns, completely rebuilt from the ground up to offer a deeper, more immersive experience. This remake brings jaw-dropping visual fidelity, suspenseful atmospheric audio, and improvements to gameplay while staying faithful to the original game's thrilling vision.
Forspoken / This Week's AAA Title / Tuesday 24 January
Mysteriously transported from New York City, Frey Holland finds herself trapped in the breathtaking land of Athia. A magical, sentient bracelet is inexplicably wrapped around her arm, and Frey discovers the ability to cast powerful spells and use magic to traverse the sprawling landscapes of Athia. Frey nicknames her new golden companion "Cuff" and sets off to find a way home.
Land of Towers is a VR adventure game for the whole family. Reality-based quests, distinctive architecture, intuitive controls, creative workshop, picturesque locations for relaxation.
Harness the almighty powers of god-like Warriors, Clerics, and Mages, with a unique style that mashes a Medieval-inspired setting, Fantastical items and abilities…and…even powerful robots! Master siege weapons and cataclysmic spells to control the battlefield and destroy the enemy's core!
In Handyman Corporation you become the owner of a business where you handle a variety of jobs in cleaning, maintenance, design, and construction. Accept contracts, play minigames to perform every task required. Then expand your company - buy spare parts, tools, train skills, and manage employees
Dodge and carve your way through swarms of terrifying sea creatures controlled by Death, a vicious giant mind-controlling Kraken that haunts your every move. Scavenge for hidden treasure to unlock weapons, and upgrades to help you in your fight for survival. Every dive reveals a new nightmare.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic Dead Space returns, completely rebuilt from the ground up to offer a deeper, more immersive experience. This remake brings jaw-dropping visual fidelity, suspenseful atmospheric audio, and improvements to gameplay while staying faithful to the original game's thrilling vision.
61 Comments on This Week in Gaming (Week 4)
Depends.
Case in point: Square is blocking the Day1 PC version reviews.
The concept of "everyone can be a hero" needs to die. Heroes are heroes for a reason. It's their purpose to elevate themselves above all of us by design. That's how they succeed. They need to be better to survive, and they need to inspire us to be better as well, instead of enabling our flaws.Oh God, no! :fear:Am I the only one that gets freaked out by game/movie trailers that start by literally telling you what the main character is like (instead of showing)?
Edit: Besides, what is it that they're telling us? Cat lover, day dreamer, New Yorker. So basically, nothing important. Thanks, trailer! :roll:That's just Japanese games for you in general. I agree, though.
Metacritic of the game:
www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/forspoken
68
...may explain that.
I don't know how good the remake of Dead Space will turn out to be. It will be a remake so it will be different from the 2008 original but I think it would be hard for Motive Studios to screw it up. On the other hand the Developer Motive Studio is comprised partly of people from BioWare Montreal which developed Mass Effect: Andromeda and then EA shut them down and merged them with Motive Studios.
I had to ask a buddy of mine if his likeness was used for a female character in Mass effect. This model looks very much like him.