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Tom Orry, Editor – Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, PS4
I bought Black Ops 3 this week. That’s not much of anything to write about, but the big news here is I’m actually looking forward to playing it online. I call this the Halo 5 effect. 343’s FPS is so good it’s sparked my interest in other shooters. Whether it’s as enjoyable remains to be seen, but I’m planning on giving it a good go.
I’m less keen on the campaign but I’ll definitely play it, even though our own Mr Burns did his best to put me off.
Simon Miller, Head Of Video Production – Super Meat Boy, PS4
Although the internet is keen to tell me that playing Super Meat Boy – that was released in 2010 – means I’m “too late to the party”, I think it’s one of the best games I’ve toyed around with in some time.
I always assumed its obsession with over-the-top platforming – in terms of its difficulty – would be enough to put me off within minutes, and yet here we are weeks later and I can’t get enough of it.
This is mainly due to how good Super Meat Boy’s mechanics are. While it most definitely is horribly hard, there’s always the dangling carrot that makes you believe it can be done; you just need to be a little better. The only way to do that is to try again. And again. And again.
Apparently the PS4 version is a pile of crap because the music has been changed, but even with all of that, I’m a big fan of its recent PSN arrival.
Dave Scammell, News Editor – Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Xbox 360/PS4
If you’re thinking about buying the last-gen version of Black Ops 3, just don’t. Maybe put the money towards buying a new console (they’re pretty cheap at the moment), or buy a Pip-Boy Edition for someone who may be missing out, but just don’t subject yourself to the poor quality port Activision has put out.
I guess I didn’t realise quite how bad the last-gen version of Black Ops 3 is until I sat down to play the PS4 version later that day. I mean, it’s still Call of Duty, so the experience is similar, but it’s so vastly improved on PS4 that it makes a genuine impact on your enjoyment. What feels like a cheap, unpolished port on Xbox 360 springs to life as a big budget, highly polished game on current-gen.
It’s great, too. While I’ve only been able to play a handful of multiplayer matches, the Specialists add a layer of depth that I hadn’t been able to appreciate until going hands-on. Nor is it quite as ‘Titanfall-lite’ as I expected, either, and while it’s still definitely Call of Duty, it’s good Call of Duty. It’s better than Ghosts’ Call of Duty. And it’ll more than make do until Fallout 4 takes over everybody’s lives next week.
