
It’s not a bad game by any stretch of the imagination, but the mission structure and enemy types make it vastly inferior to the Left 4 Dead titles that are now more than a decade old. Then you have the always reliable Rocket League we’d played this a bunch a few years ago before dropping away, but car football when done as well as this never really gets old.Ĭontinuing with the co-op a group of us then picked up Back 4 Blood, but it ultimately turned out to be my biggest gaming disappointment of the year. My friend and I then returned to Broforce, which although still pretty glitchy even on PlayStation 5, remains an entertaining game for playing in short bursts. Humanity review – like lemmings to the sea To finish off the month I picked up a cheap copy of Nioh, but its attempts to ape the Dark Souls formula without the intricately designed world quickly became very repetitive and not worth the effort. There is no real challenge to it but exploring the island and interacting with its various inhabitants made for a relaxing and charming experience.

The writing is incredible, and the twisting plot full of memorable characters ensures that every minute spent in this world is worthwhile.įollowing two long games I then decided to give A Short Hike a try before moving on to anything else. Awakening in a hotel room with no memory, the player is free to build their character’s personality and solve the games mysteries however they see fit. AprilĪ podcast discussion about Disco Elysium intrigued me enough to download it. With an entire fictional solar system to explore and an intriguing mystery to solve it proved to be well worth playing. The only other title I did have time for this month was Outer Wilds, a game that, much like, Elden Ring offers only subtle hints as to where you should be going next. As a huge FromSoftware fan this was the first game I bought full price at release in years! It takes the Soulsborne formula and translates it into an open world that only Zelda: Breath Of The Wild can match in terms of the sheer joy of exploration.

March was dominated by one title: Elden Ring.
