It’s been 21 long years since players first stepped through the doors of the Raccoon City police station – since then, Resident Evil 2 has become a classic entry in the franchise, one that represented everything the series should be.
If you were big into adventure games in the early-to-mid-90s, chances are you’ve come across the Quest for Glory series, a franchise spanning five games that deviated a little bit from the established formula of its peers by blending traditional point & click elements with features you’d normally find in an RPG.
I have long since been a fan of tactical shooters, which is precisely why I booted up Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden with a feeling of excited anticipation. I grew quite fond of the two main leads within minutes of starting the campaign, and as I began my journey back to the Ark, I was thrust into a twisted, grotesque world with a truly exceptional atmosphere.
Outlast 2’s basic setup is very much similar to its predecessor’s – you have a camera with night vision and no way to fight back against the horde of crazies chasing you, so you’ll basically have to run and hide all the time.
Set in an alternate 1844 with steam-based technology on the rise, Lamplight City puts you in the shoes of Miles Fordham, a private investigator going through some tough times following the unfortunate death of his partner, Bill – someone whose voice he still continues to hear in his head, strangely enough.
Unavowed, despite borrowing the interface and general look of classic point & click adventures, tweaks and enhances the formula with various additions and features that make it feel a bit more like an RPG, particularly of the BioWare kind.
Final Fantasy XV starts off with Prince Noctis on his way to marry a woman called Lunafreya, who also happens to be his childhood friend. Needless to say, not everything goes according to plan, and the game does start out in a really promising way…
One of Vampyr’s chief selling points is the moral dilemma it presents: having become a vampiric physician, Jonathan must balance his need to feed and kill with his adherence to the Hippocratic Oath. Naturally, this would lead to all sorts of difficult decisions for the player...
Anyone that had ever attempted to imagine what an apocalyptic ice age could contribute to humanity will likely come to the same conclusion as 11 bit studios – “nothing good”.
Final Fantasy XII’s humble beginnings place you in the role of Vaan, an orphaned young man whose older brother was killed two years prior to the events of the main storyline, and who dreams of one day becoming a sky pirate in hopes of steering his life towards a better future.