STACK#127 May 2016

GAMES

PREVIEWS

visit www.stack.net.au

GENRE: ACTION RPG PLATFORM: PS4 | XB1| PC RELEASE: 19/05/15 MULTIPLAYER: NO

stack.net.au/stack-app

DOWNLOAD THE FREE STACK APP FOR EXTRA CONTENT

THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT

Once upon a time, thoughts of role-playing games involved staid affairs with all the action of a Merchant Ivory film. But then the likes of Skyrim and From Software’s Souls series changed things. Action was honed, while keeping a core that involved the sort of strategising and decision-making that you’d never find in a pure arcade romp. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt , based ever more loosely on the writings of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski,

has sets it sights on running away with the action RPG crown, and it makes a good case. As the titular Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, you’re a superhuman monster slayer for hire. In a world that’s utterly riddled with monsters, this makes you somebody who’s in high demand. It’s not any old world, either, for it’s a big, wide, open one that’s full of choices. You have amazing freedom to explore, be it on land or sea – or even undersea. From wastelands to small

towns and onwards to large cities, you ply your trade, utilising magic, humour and devastating (or otherwise) people skills, eradicating monsters while acting upon your ultimate quest, to track down an apparent living weapon in the form of the “Child of Prophecy”. And they all lived happily ever after...? If you liked this, you may also like.. . Dragon Age Inquisition, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

WOLFENSTEIN: THE OLD BLOOD

SPLATOON

GENRE: FPS PLATFORM: PS4 | XB1 | PC RELEASE: 05/05/15 MULTIPLAYER: NO

GENRE: TPS PLATFORM: Wii U | RELEASE: 29/05/15 MULTIPLAYER: YES

Load your Lugers – we're going back in! When we last caught up with BJ Blazkowicz, he was slaughtering Nazis who’d won WWII in the alternate universe of Wolfenstein: The New Order . But did you ever wonder how he got there? Nah, we didn’t either, we just loved killing Nazi scum! But this follow-up to the surprise best shooter of 2014 is a prequel, so the story will be told. From a nutso Castle Wolfenstein prison warden to a Nazi archaeologist, you melee, shoot and blow Nazis to scheisse. It’s do or die. Same as always...

It’s time to paint the town pink, purple, orange... Akin to a collision of Aussie-created Wii classic de Blob and puzzler-with-guns Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare – or, well, just paintball with more coolness – Splatoon is a team-based shooter that lets you relive your kindie days of splatting paint everywhere but on paper. You’re an ‘Inkling’, a blobby thingy which can change between human and squid. You can play solo, or join teams of up to four online to capture territory, aiming to dye rather than die.

If you liked this, you may also like.. . Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

If you liked this, you may also like.. . Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes, LEGO Batman: Beyond Gotham

MAY 2015 JB Hi-Fi www.jbhifi.com.au

072