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Tom Orry, Editorial Director – FIFA, 17, PS4, Gears of War 4, Xbox One
I finished the Gears of War 4 campaign this week and loved pretty much every minute (although the Horde sections aren’t a highlight). The Coalition has made one of the most entertaining campaigns I’ve played in a shooter for quite some time, and hopefully they’ll go from strength to strength now this is under their belt.
I’m also having the odd game of FIFA 17, sticking to friendly matches so I don’t get too sucked in. I still think it plays a pretty good game this year and I’m sure I’d find myself glued to it every night if I dared to enter Ultimate Team again. Maybe I’ll give it a little go. It can’t hurt.
Alice Bell, Content Editor – Watch Dogs 2, Outlast 2 Demo, PS4
I didn’t have a lot of time this week, because I spent a couple of days out of the office observing a couple of canines, which I can tell you about in due course.*
Around that, I have still been playing Mad Max, which I am warming too as the desert sands are warm (and also, one presumes, flay Max’s skin off when the wind really whips up). It deserves a sequel. Unfortunately that isn’t really SEO friendly, so I’ll just drop in this video where Colm and I played the Outlast 2 demo, which features a jump scare so perfect in its execution and our reactions that it couldn’t have been better if it was scripted. Which it wasn’t.
While it did scare the hell out of me, and had some very keyed up atmospheric points, it was also a bit hit and miss. There was an air of ‘sixth formers doing a group creative writing project’ to some of it, which was not helped by the inclusion of a school. Although the school bits were the most frightening, so there’s a reasonable chance I’m talking bollocks. Anyway, I’m sure Tom will make me play the full game at some point, so that’s lovely.
*I am actually allowed to explicitly say I played some Watch Dogs 2 this week, I just can’t tell you f*** all else, and I like mystery.
Colm Ahern, Content Editor – Gears of War 4
I can sum up my recent game playing in a few simple words: Old Man Marcus is the best. Even though tomatoes are effectively worse than the spawn of Satan, I respect when a man values his fruit — especially when it’s Marcus Fenix. If you haven’t played Gears of War 4 yet, you don’t know what I’m talking about, and you’re also doing yourself a great disservice. It’s brilliant.
Sam Riley, Junior Content Editor – PlayStation VR
This week Matthew, i’m going to be… Freddie Mercury! *raucous applause* Wait, hold on a minute — I’m thinking of the wrong subject, and decade… and era of Matthew Kelly’s career. Sorry about that. Still, while we’re on the topic, I can tell you something else that commonly leaves stars in their eyes, and no, it isn’t disgruntled ninjas. Yes folks, it’s Virtual Reality headsets. Great segue, huh? Didn’t force that at all.
Now, where was I? Oh yes: this week I’ve been playing quite a bit of PlayStation VR. The good news is that this swanky new headset does indeed fit around my absurdly large head — even with glasses! The bad news is that the whole sordid ordeal does occasionally induce nausea. Of course, chucking up your guts is never pleasant, but doing so while wearing this bit of kit just seems all a bit fetishy for me. Like a space-aged sex game gone wrong…
That being said, i am excited to see where the technology goes over the next few years. I for one would love to see this sort of thing paired with a reliable Kinect-type sensor, or failing that — some sort of harness/ treadmill contraption, preferably one that isn’t immediately crowdfunded into oblivion. As for right now however, i’d recommend holding fire. Spend your cash on something else, and wait to see if enough third-party publishers get in on the tech.
