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The Last of Us is a competent post-apocalyptic zombie game about a troubled, violent man making troubled, violent decisions. It may never quite manage to successfully integrate its gameplay systems into the story, which leans too heavily on the clichés of the genre, but still offers a carefully built nihilist narrative and a couple of memorable main characters.
The intro is beautifully constructed and – much like Ori and the Blind Forest – is the best part of the game even if it’s one of the most scripted moments of it. We meet Joel and his daughter Sarah on his birthday. She gives him a present, a wristwatch, but despite the special [...]
Despite being marketed as an expansion for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, The Lost Legacy doesn’t settle for being more of the same, pushing the series in a great direction by putting the focus more on exploration and puzzle-solving than on shootouts, without forgetting to present truly awe-inspiring vistas to the player.
Back from Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is the new protagonist, Chloe Frazer, a cunny treasure hunter that is looking for the legendary Tusk of Ganesh, which is supposedly hidden in a lost city in India. She teams up with Nadine, a mercenary that is looking for a way to reclaim her company after the events of the previous game. Together, they must defeat another [...]
“It’s not my first lost city,” protagonist Nathan Drake says to his brother at a certain point in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. This is a technically gorgeous, but ultimately safe sequel, bringing familiar set pieces, locales, and characters: it’s a game that tries very hard to marvel the player with its visuals, but, just like Nathan, the player will nonetheless still feel like they have seen it all before.
The game, after a brief action sequence, opens with a flashback that shows the relationship between a young Nathan and his brother, Sam. The protagonist appears to admire his brother, who encourages him to sneak out of his orphanage and even teaches him parkour moves while [...]