The atmosphere of cup matches and the hilarious commentary from the announcers adds a real authenticity to matches.
What's worse is that the problems are also of a technical nature.
System Rift makes you care about the story it throws at you by getting you invested in its characters, whether through their noble motives or sheer humor.
The autumn trees and serene color palette that blends in with the military outfits was a welcome change of pace from the mansions and coastal riviera’s of past episodes.
I continuously caught myself completely zoned out and just enamoured by the sheer size of the ships and mile high structures constantly seen throughout the campaign.
For all of FIFA 17’s additions and fixes, The Journey rounds out what is already the most complete football sim ever.
It all comes down to the feel of the cars and Assetto Corsa passes that test as they all play just right and different enough between the various classes.
Vibration from the controller and the sheer speed and sense of losing control feels great and makes you believe you are in a powerful suit.
What is does get abundantly right is its unique tone, powerful narrative, masterful writing, and a visual style that fooled me into underestimating it makes it worthy of praise.
Bangkok’s opportunities just aren’t interesting and the thrill of the kill when executing said opportunities is lost.
Its low production value, weird controls and input problems, and general repetitiveness bored me long before I expected.
Obliteracers is fast, hectic, beautiful, and a joy to play.
… at its core, Dangerous Golf is about the apocalyptic destruction your golf ball causes
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is LEGO at heart, with some changes made to the core combat and puzzle-solving nature of the games.
Penning logs, navigating maps, and analyzing my findings in the lab menu felt like authentic and really immersed me in the experience.
There is no better feeling than leaping off a platform and, for what seems like several seconds, not getting stopped by the level's geometry and managing to dodge the oncoming wave of bats, ghosts, and wall crawlers.
The sandy Moroccan environment isn’t as inspiring as Sapienza in the last episode, and I felt IO Interactive could have done more with the Mediterranean backdrop other than to include a busy bazaar and private shisha club.
Naughty Dog continue to be the best example as to what the artists and engineers in the industry can constantly strive for, and their send off to the poster boy of PlayStation is a feat only matched by their own previous titles.
The quests in the last third of the game are definitely the pick of the lot, although it's paired with being the most technically poor.
Hitman Episode 2: Sapienza showcases all of what Hitman can be.