The latest assassination adventure from IO Interactive follows the usual recipe – infiltrate glamorous locations and kill people – but the team has expertly refined all the systems and given us a range of iconic set-pieces, from Berlin raves to Argentinian wineries. Its memorable, playful take on mythology helps make this the best game in its genre. The ingredients are simple – a few different weapons, various perks from the gods of Olympus rooting for your escape, snappy and intelligent dialogue – but they combine into something different and interesting, and with every attempt you edge closer to the surface. Ultimately, this is a game about the value of communication and beyond the annoying talking-book narrator, it delivers its marriage guidance in the subtlest of ways.Ī stylish, moreish and unexpectedly sexy game in which you try to fight your way out of the Greek underworld as Zagreus, son of Hades. Arguing parents May and Cody are shrunk down to toy size and have to fight their way through their own home and garden to reach their daughter, fighting giant insects and working together to solve clever, engrossing puzzles (and these are truly collaborative ventures, not just one player standing on a switch, while the other opens a door).
Photograph: EA It Takes TwoĪ co-operative adventure about a failing marriage doesn’t sound like the stuff of gaming magic, but Hazelight Studios has brought startling innovative flair to what could have been a mawkish trial. Enhanced for Xbox Series S/X, running in glorious 4K and with much faster loading times, this treasured game is now even more valuable. It is, in effect, a vast story generator allowing friends to get together on a galleon and sail away on their own quests for fortune and glory. Originally released in 2018, Rare’s wonderful pirating adventure has continued to evolve and expand, with fresh stories, monsters and hidden loot to discover. Whether you’re landing an Airbus A320 at Seattle–Tacoma airport or swooping over Strasbourg in a Cessna 152, the feel of being in flight is wonderfully replicated. With its technically astonishing, AI-augmented recreation of the entire planet and surprisingly intuitive controls, Flight Simulator has appeal far beyond the core audience of sim fanatics. You will not soon forget the weird escapades that you have in this game, from competing in a gameshow constructed inside an agoraphobic psychic’s mind, to fleeing a witch made of bees. You play Raz, a trainee psychonaut and reluctant acrobat, learning the fine art of delving into people’s brains to understand their psyche (and, sometimes, mess around with their motivations). This endearingly bizarre adventure is a true original, effortlessly funny and unapologetically itself.
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