suzzopher wrote:...with Rez Infinite replacing Rez HD and WipEout Omega Collection replacing WipEout HD...
It's great to see that you've had two excellent updates this gen for a couple of your favourite series, suzz!
Balladeer wrote:...Mario Kart 8 was roundly agreed as being the best Mario Kart, and Deluxe only improved on that...
I don't have that much experience of previous Karts but I have played a lot of 8/8 Deluxe and I agree with your thinking, Balladeer, with it being one of my favourite online gaming experiences. It looks great and it plays so well; very slick indeed.
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For me...
Mad Max is definitely in my list; I loved exploring the vast, desolate gameworld and the action was fun to play. I rate it at the peak of my favourite single-player games alongside Fallout 3.
I was one of the folk who really enjoyed
No Man's Sky from launch and the scale of the game is something that I've not previously experienced. I'm only a few hours into the latest NEXT update but I'm hugely enjoying it; at this point it feels like it's definitely breaking into my all-time top ten.
The Last Guardian is an odd beast. Sure, the controls are clunky but I was won over by the atmosphere and the sense of companionship that is built up over the course of the adventure. Some of the set-piece moments are genuinely thrilling and I even completed the game which has to mean something going by my record
.
Online gaming has been a big part of this gen and
Final Fantasy XIV Online was my first step into the world of MMOs. It is vast, varied and challenging albeit I have never quite picked up many of the gameplay mechanisms. It has a lovely community, though, and it's a game that I simply need to put more time into.
Oh, and of course,
Pro Evolution Soccer. It has always been on my list but, for me, the latest 2018 edition is terrific.
Finally, two titles that I can't include now but may be able to in the future. First up is
Bloodborne. Now obviously I can't assess it to any great depth as I've not made it past the Cleric Beast (
) and so I can't place it in my top ten, but I am still a huge fan of the styling, atmosphere and sense of progress. Maybe if I get further into the game it could one day move further up in my personal list. Secondly,
Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Again, I'm relatively early on in the journey and, as ever with Zelda games, I prefer the exploration and puzzle aspects to the combat, but it is a terrific game.
FFS jawa, Tl;dr: Definitely Mad Max, No Man's Sky, The Last Guardian and PES. Maybe FF XIV.