@RSM-HQ: No worries, I was just curious cos you used the name "Biohazard".

Back to gaming and in terms of football games, I'd say it's a mixed bag. To explain, I have always felt Fifa 12 was the biggest jump for that particular franchise. it took years of slow evolution through the PS2 age and finally combined it al lfor the PS3 (graphics, gameplay, precision, quantity of licensed teams, presentation, online and offline play and so on). Since then, from last gen to now, Fifa has gone back to being a slow evolution rather than a full blown culmination of everything we'd want.

Fifa 17 for instance is the best Fifa in years and teh graphics are genuine arrival into the modern age, on par with American sports titles. The big problem is that the fluidity of gameplay seen in Fifa 12 is nowhere to be found. I think the same story applies to PES, however the KOnami games has fallen so far behind in terms of presentation, teams, players and so on, that it is almost impossible to recomend it anymore. Plus, the tables have turned and Fifa has become more simulation while PES is more arcadey.

However, if you have not bought a football game in a while, then picking up Fifa 17 on the cheap would suit you OR maybe waiting till Fifa 18.

@ilovehalo: Mass Effect 2, Fallout 3, GTA V, God of War 3, Fight Night 4 (not Champions), Modern Warfare 2, Fifa 12 (easily the best one on last gen), Red Dead Redemption (A MUST BUY), MGS 4, Skyrim, Resistance 2...I'll stop there but I will highlight the games YOU HAVE TO BUY

@Celsius765: It's not about being old fashioned, it's about what works. Pretty much everyone agrees Galaxy > Sunshine and one of the big issues with the latter was the level design. But hey, hope it works out because the Switch genuinely needs games.

I agree, it has been somewhat problematic that Mario has been slippery but he controlled much better than what O looks like and it brings me back to level design. Galaxy tweaked the controls and fitted it into their world. Right now, with O, that type of control scheme looks to be problematic, we're not in the 90s anymore. A 3D character, in a 3D world shouldnt have to stop and turn. Times have moved on.

cool!

are you japanese?

@yammireckorrdsan: Thanks! I'll take a risk on TLG if it is under 15 quid, if not, I'll just get Rise of the Tomb Raider.

@mash_up_matt: That's a good question. How do you make those sorts of scenarios fully playable? I'm sure if developers spent more time researchin gthat, brain storming etc, they could come up with an idea. Problem is, QTEs are lazy and easy PLUS they look good in promo material and thats something publishers want to sell their items.

I hope the game ends up being better.

@yammireckorrdsan: Good stuff guys! Keep em coming.

Had a couple questions for yammi, is The Last Guardian worth buying?

I've got Tomb Raider on my PC and its a fun AND beautiful game. How is the latest entry?

Loads of games ,as posted above. Hitman is also up to 60fps but it's not locked, so there may be some slight slowdown.

MGS V is obviously the main one. It looked and still looks absolutely gorgeous and all at 60.

@RSM-HQ: Yep, Sunshine is what instantly came to mind for me too.

I'm with you, Nintendo are good with their two main series so I'm sure this will be a good game...thing is, can it be great? Nintendo went through years and years of good but not great Zelda games. I'm not sure if BOTW is great but many think it is, so let's put that in the great category. Sunshine was one of the former, Galaxy really made Mario the main platform star again after years of R&C bein, imo, the ultimate platform series.

Also, just looking at those vids, I think a lot of the "poor gameplay" I spoke about was probably a result of the people playing the games. They were so intent on "oh that's so cute" or "oh look at that" rather than a genuine playthrough.

Having said that, Mario's movement does seem very one note, it's either all out running or stopping. I hope there's more subtlety, nothing worse than the 90s problem of running, stopping and then changing direction.

I've been going through the gameplay videos from E3 and I have some pretty big concerns right off the bat. First off, from everything I've seen, the game is going down the Sunshine route (a very mediocre platformer) rather than the Galaxy route (one of the best ever). Each section looks way too wide, most of the traversal looks too easy (it's supposed to be a platformer?), enemies look to be stupid and easy to avoid if need be and ultimately, each world looks to be the same but with a different skin.

What worries me even more if that in such a controllder environment, with Nintendo setting up the demo etc, the perosn playing the game made Mario look so slippery. A platformer is supposed to have precise controls, not to be slipping and sliding all over the place, which is what it looks like when Mario runs and then abruptly stops to change direction. Is this 1997 all over again?

I hope I'm proven wrong...I really do.

What did you guys think? Concerns? Pros? What about the coins, could they be mined for microtransactions?

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