What We Played #623 – Forza Motorsport, AC Mirage & RoboCop
Another somewhat worryingly warm week is coming to a close, so it’s time to check in on the video games that we’ve been playing. First and foremost in my own gaming time has been Forza Motorsport, which toes the line between reinvention and continuation for Turn 10’s Xbox counterpart to Gran Turismo. It’s a game that I’m looking forward to seeing grow over time, that’s for sure.
Aside from that, I got to share some thoughts on getting my wiggle on for WarioWare: Move It!, and then the much, much more cerebral The Talos Principle 2.
Gamoc gets us underway this week, with his usual adventuring through Baldur’s Gate 3 joined by Trepang2 and Assassin’s Creed Mirage for reviews. AC Mirage sounds like a real return to the classic form of the open world sneaky stab ’em up series, for better and for worse!
Still trying to get caught up on the series before the new games come out, Aran has been playing more of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, but he also just did Sandbox VR in London for his birthday – happy birthday! – played Seekers of the Shard Dragonfire, and went to get a drink at a robot bar, which sounds nice and futuristic.
Nic B has returned from Japan (for non-gaming reasons) to drop some thoughts on us about Monster Hunter Now. Can it be a real Pokémon Go challenger? Well, it needs some quality of life improvements, but “Fortunately, the Niantic Tokyo team behind the game seem very receptive to feedback at this early stage, so I’m hopeful that there will be improvements in the coming weeks and months!”
Has Tuffcub been playing Destiny 2? Well conventional wisdom would say yes, but in actual fact he’s been enjoying the Dead Space remake: “It’s very good, although I can still see the PS3 game mechanics and limitations behind all the
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