High King Thorgrim helms the stoic Dwarfs forth from their mountain strongholds, marching to right the serious injustices wrought upon them over the millennia. Hungry for the vicious brutality of combat, the Greenskins flock to the tribe of Grimgor Ironhide Orcs and Goblins alike filled with an insatiable thirst for carnage. The courageous Karl Franz marshals the men of the Empire, looking to unite the fractured elector counts under a banner of strength against their common foes. In an era of ceaseless conquest, a myriad warriors clash in epic battles as entire races wage war on one another, each led by a notorious hero seeking dominion over the world. Take control of the Armored Train, Air Ship, or the Battleship to dominate the battlefield across land, air, and sea. Roam the battlefield and rain fire on your enemy to break their defenses. At those times when you feel all is lost, call in the Behemoths - the largest fully player-controlled vehicles ever seen in Battlefield. Play a sequence of battles where your actions have consequences beyond a single match, as you try to conquer territory or push back your attackers.
In Battlefield 1 you play a series of interconnected battles across multiple fronts. Operations introduces a new way to play multiplayer. Playing the same map on a bright day, in heavy fog, or rain will impact what you see and hear, forcing you to adapt your play style on an ever-changing battlefield.
With dynamic weather you will need to adapt your tactics to weather changes as the elements play a part in the battle. Through your actions, the pristine world around you change into a battle-scarred landscape, changing the world forever. For even more gameplay possibilities, carve a path through walls and buildings, take down your enemies in creative ways, and leave your mark on the terrain around you through intuitive destruction. With cyborg hero Adam Jensen once again at your command and new cybernetic upgrades to experiment with, Mankind Divided also promises some of the deepest character customisation around.Intuitive destruction and dynamic weather ensure that no battle is ever the same. The Deus Ex series has always explored mind-expanding ideas, and this is shaping up to be no exception, examining propaganda and political fear-mongering in the wake of terrorist threats. Smoother and faster than its predecessor, and wisely abandoning the momentum-killing combat, this deserves your attention.Īnother long-awaited sequel, Eidos’s cyberpunk RPG follows the events of 2011’s Human Revolution. Set in a totalitarian future, Catalyst reimagines the first game’s linear parkour into an open-world obstacle course, where leaping between towering rooftops is elevated to an art form. Mirror’s Edge was more cult favourite than sales juggernaut, but all signs point to this reboot-cum-origin story for hero Faith realising the original’s potential. Beat-’em-ups fight backĪ gameplay trailer for Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst. One of PS4’s biggest exclusives this year.
Dragged into a heist involving ancient pirate treasure by his long-lost brother Sam, Drake’s swansong introduces branching dialogue for a more personal, player-driven narrative, while delivering robust and impressive online multiplayer action. It’s rare for popular gaming characters to get an ending, but that’s exactly what developer Naughty Dog is promising here, with one final globetrotting adventure for fortune hunter Nathan Drake. With you now playing as Earth’s resistance fighters, the game expands with guerrilla tactics, new weapons to research, and dynamic maps ensuring no two play-throughs are ever the same. This long-awaited sequel picks up 20 years after alien forces invaded – and humanity fell. It’s a testament to 2012’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown that, four years on, it’s still one of the finest modern strategy games.
Watch a trailer for the forthcoming XCOM 2.