STACK #195 Jan 2021

GAMING FEATURE

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If you loved the first one, go grab this and THWIP it good!

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essentially the kernel of an idea that led to Sucker Punch’s extraordinary Ghost of Tsushima . Beyond the breathtaking graphics and a wealth of gameplay to revel in, it’s just eminently player-friendly. Ghost of Tsushima proves that there’s plenty of life in the PS4 yet.” MOVING OUT PUZZLE | MULTI? What we said: “Designed primarily as a couch co-op experience, but readily playable in alone time, Moving Out really is pretty much the

builds on its predecessor, and makes everything from that first game better. Without a doubt, Nioh 2 will be the most challenging game you’ll play in 2020.” SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES ACTION ADVENTURE | MULTI? What we said: “Following up a game-of-the- year in Spider-Man would have been daunting for anybody, however Insomniac have risen to the challenge admirably. Spider-Man: Miles Morales not only tells a fabulous side-story to the original game, it also does it with abundant style and challenge. If you loved the first one, go grab this and THWIP it good!” STAR WARS: SQUADRONS SPACE COMBAT | MULTI? What we said: “ Star Wars: Squadrons is a dogfight game with a simple story, but it also isn’t trying to be anything else. If you played Rogue Squadron or loved the starship assault mode in Battlefront II then this will be right up

“safe” then grab this masterful work of mature storytelling – which also happens to be the same sort of technical mic-drop that the first game was at the end of the PS3 era. It’s a dark masterpiece.” TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 1+2 SPORTS | MULTI? What we said: “Like the originals, you’re put firmly in the VANS of some of the wildest skateboarders on the planet and bust out tricks big enough to give a physicist a heart attack. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 takes everything about the first two games and upgrades it – this is all that the original experience was and so much more.”

perfect family game, providing a challenge while rarely veering into hair-tearing frustration territory, and dropping genuinely amusing humour bombs more often than its nutcase inhabitants drop valuables.” NIOH 2 ACTION RPG | MULTI? What we said: “ Nioh 2 is a return to an insanely difficult and awesomely detailed world of hurt that has fans of sadistically hard games lining up around the block. It successfully

your alley. The only real question is whether you’ll fight for the New Republic, or restore the Empire to its former glory.” THE LAST OF US PART II ACTION ADVENTURE | MULTI? What we said: “Six years in the making, if you’re up for an adventure that’s viscerally exciting, deeply emotional and decidedly not

HONOURABLE MENTIONS: Assassin's Creed Valhalla, DIRT 5, DOOM Eternal, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Dreams, Journey to the Savage Planet, Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Persona 5 Royal, Wasteland 3

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