Minecraft
James:Shame about the bloke who created it.
But if were talking games that arent just good, but significant…
I mean, come on, itsMinecraft.
To give just one example: all thosebattle royale gamesnow making megabucks?
Wouldnt exist without Minecrafts mod support and DIY community popularising the concept.
Some of Minecrafts more central mechanics, like crafting and building, have influenced a generation ofsurvival gamesas well.
Youre rarely just faced with one or two zombies, though.
I was a velociraptor with an AK-47.
Another Velociraptor was nearby wielding a sword and shield.
Shrek was charging around on the battlefield.
Need I say more?
Mirrors Edge
Liam :Its movement is just likeMirrors Edge.
You hear that a lot these days, dont you?
Whenever a game plonks you behind the eyes of a protagonist and lets you do a nice wall run.
Its just like Mirrors Edge!
Its because, I think, Mirrors Edge is such a complete thing.
The fundamental building blocks of fluidity are as fully realised here as theyve ever been.
Expert players dont just move through these pristine rooftops.
They roar across them like a river after a hurricane.
A force of nature in red running shoes.
Its just like Mirrors Edge!
What an evocative comparison.
No wonder we keep using it.
you could tell Rocksteady really know their stuff with Batman, too.
The Secret Of Monkey Island: Special Edition
CJ:I have a terrible confession to make.
I never played the originalThe Secret Of Monkey Islandfrom 1990.
Both versions can be easily swapped between if thats what you prefer.
I finished the Special Edition with my wife, whod never played any Monkey Island games before.
It started a tradition of playing adventure games together that we still hold to.
Plants vs Zombies is the PopCap-est of PopCap games.
EnterEmerald City Confidential, a point-and-click adventure game that scratched my every late-teenaged itch.
Zeno Clash
Alice0:Zeno Clashcomes in with confidence, energy, and no explanation.
It’s fantasy, I suppose?
Has magic, inhuman beings, and maybe 16th century Earth levels of technology?
But it’s not like any other fantasy world I’ve visited.
Another boss is a skull-wearing one-man band with chicken corpses swinging from his drum.
Oh, right, yes, fighting.
It’s a first-person beat ‘em up.
ThinkDouble Dragonwith a few more moves.
It’s fun enough!
Does get a bit frustrating in points.
But that’s fine.
It’s an amazing adventure.
Saints Row 2
Ed:Saints Row 2is tame when compared to itsquirkiersuccessors.
The game takesGrand Theft Autoand repurposes the open world crime o’thon into a seven out of ten.
One mission sets you alight and tasks you with driving an ATV through checkpoints as a timer ticks down.
Anything you crash into not only erupts in a fireball but extends your timer.
And there are other, littler things too.
There’s a zombie slaying game within the game.
it’s possible for you to buy businesses to supplement your income, which is immensely satisfying.
And there’s strong drop in, drop out co-op to double the silliness.
Braid
Alice Bee:
