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Perhaps it’s how bad the stuff outside the levels is that really highlights how good the stuff in the levels actually is. I mean, I just beat a world, killed a huge dragon, then ran out of the castle to a song that generates guaranteed foot stomping at student nights, so why show me a text prompt? How is that an acceptable reward? The moment I was won over came early on as I fought a Pikachu for the first time and realised they had used his cries from the cartoon – nostalgia overload! 8: Rayman Legends (Ubisoft, Multi) It looked glorious (so long as the 3D was switched off) and included many more of the original 151 than I ever expected. Nothing will ever match playing Pokémon Red aged 8 in the midst of the initial Western hysteria, but X came close.

The new EXP share removes the grind (many people confuse grind with difficulty), super training makes Pokémon’s in-depth training mechanics a little less obtuse, and Mega Evolutions and Fairies add some long overdue spanners to the well sculpted machine.īen Skipper: Picking up Pokémon X was like being a kid again.

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Pokémon X and Y finally drags the series into the polygon era, which is obvious and adds some much needed gravitas to the animal conflicts, but it’s the core combat that shines, and X and Y do a lot to really bring it to the forefront. In fact I’d go as far as to say X and Y’s campaign verges on lazy, with characters throwing HMs in your face before asking your name and a villain that’s practically signposted in nuclear neon, but to say that ignores everything the game gets so right. James Bowden: Pokémon X and Y are somewhat reserved in terms of their narrative design, particularly after Black and White. Staggeringly huge, lovely looking, and genuinely pushing the envelope for a series that has traded on familiarity, even being set in a place resembling France couldn’t take the shine off of this bad boy. Sean Smith: The best Pokémon ever, on 2013’s best console, pound for pound. The missions, the characters you’ll create, everything, it all pays homage to the Saints.

The entire experience is a love letter to the whole Saints Row series. It may be a recycled joke from the last game in the series, but I still loved it. One of my favourite gaming moments from the last year was driving through the city with Pierce, singing Paula Abdul’s ‘Opposites Attract’. From the start of the game, all the way through to the very end, Saint Row IV is charming, funny and a great game to lose yourself in. You’ll spend hours soaring across the virtual city of Steelport, running up and down the various buildings and generally being the greatest superpowered badass you can be. The story is absolutely nuts, there are points when it doesn’t even make sense, but that doesn’t for a second mean that you’ll stop having fun. Saints Row IV is a massive acheivement for the franchise, a true high point. That couldn’t have been further from the truth. However, when you add on top of that the upheaval of moving from THQ to Deep Silver, you could be forgiven for thinking that there could have been something lost in the transition. Martin Baker: There was never a doubt in my mind that Saints Row IV was going to be a hugely entertaining title but, when you think about it, Saints Row the Third was such a high point for open-world games that there was a lot to live up to. In reverse order then, let’s get it on! 10: Saints Row IV (Volition, Multi) Of course, we’d love to hear your thoughts and picks for this category too, so please leave comments at the end of the article.

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But no, instead, this has – yet again – been one of the very best years for gaming.Īn absolute wealth of stunning, immersive titles have been in and out of our disc trays and download queues, reminding us (as always) that there’s never been a better time to be a gamer. Normally with two new consoles being released, you’d assume the stellar titles we’d get every year would dry up.