There are places to explore, slimes to relocate, farms to build, and plorts to collect. The cute scenery is enhanced by the weird and wonderful trees and plants you’ll need to feed your slimes. Sucking up slimes with a vac pack is incredibly satisfying, and it’s equally enjoyable to watch them bounce around in their corrals on the ranch. The first game is still on my list of go-to titles when I want to play a familiar favorite. Slime Rancher 2Īfter five years Monomi Park has finally announced that Slime Rancher will be getting a sequel. Or at least you’d hope so, after the wait we’ve had. For better or worse, Dragon Age always flips the script with every release, but we’re truly in for something groundbreaking this time. The vibe is also divine, with wizards sipping wine on rooftops, rogues using these sweet magic bows and arrows, and The Crows in their finest drip yet. And it definitely looks like that is the case, as the glimpses of the Tevintan cities we’ve had so far show almost everything influenced by magic. There are no rules, as we know so little that the writers and developers can truly let their imaginations run wild. In a series first, the game will be set in Tevinter – meaning anything could happen. The fact that this is the longest we’ve ever gone without exploring Thedas is enough to get us hyped for the sequel, so it only makes the wait even harder when it looks bloody incredible.

As much as I’m interested in the world-building and the dystopian reality that Aloy is living in, I’m equally interested in her personal journey to find her place in that world.īy the time Dragon Age 4 is with us, it will probably have been eight long years since the last installment, Inquisition. I was so impressed that the graphics were so stunning, that the NPCs commented on the style of clothing I was wearing, and that a game could make me so invested in the main story that I would ignore the sidequests (something I never do!). When I finally got around to it, I’d forgotten what a really excellent RPG feels like – and Horizon Zero Dawn blew me out of the water. I played Horizon Zero Dawn horrendously late, due mostly to the fact that I don’t own a PlayStation. But I cannot wait to spend more time with Aloy and her whip-smart intellect, and see more of the broken yet beautiful world of Horizon. The AI of the wonderfully realised robot creatures is another thing of which Guerrilla should be justly proud. A leader who’s short with those she deems foolish and is snappy with her responses, Aloy has an undeniable soulfulness about her, an authenticity that can still be rare in video games. The world of Horizon is vivid and imaginative, the story is compelling and original, but it is the character of Aloy that has lingered the most. Horizon Zero Dawn has stayed with me, long after other games have faded to dust in my memory.

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