Games Inbox: Pokémon Legends: Arceus quality, Call Of Duty: Warzone 2 necessity, and Star Wars 1313
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Instant contender So I’ve had Pokémon Legends: Arceus since Wednesday now, since my pal works at a shop that had them in already and sold it to me early, which I think is how the other leaks happened. I haven’t had that much time with it so far, but I am impressed even if, as it says in GC’s review, the graphics are not great.
What impresses me though is that the open world isn’t a fudge, like in Sword/Shield and you can go wherever you want right from the off. I also like the way the combat is still turn-based but you and the pokémon can wander around until you choose an attack, it works a lot better than you’d expect.
The open world seems to be a fair size, with lots of hidden stuff, and the crafting is quite involved. Although I’m basing that more on the number of different resources, as I haven’t got many recipes yet.
I guess the big question now is where does this rank in terms of all the Pokémon games? GC said it was the best for ‘several years’? But is it better than Sun/Moon? They’re my favourite of the modern games. Or better than Gold/Silver? The games I think most people would agree are the best of the classic era? I’m going to have to play it more to answer that, but the fact that it’s even a question says a lot.Brimley
Upgrade legacy Sony tries to seem aloof from the rest of the games industry, with all this stony silence (when was the last time they announced anything?) but while they’re trying to give the impression of calm professional the way they’ve handled upgrades has been terrible. The original idea was bad, the
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