https://www.scmp.com/rss/322581/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com “C’mon bullets, I need you!” says the NPC crouched behind cover frantically trying to reload his gun. It’s a line I’ve heard more than a few times in the days I’ve spent combing the streets of Washington in The Division 2. But I still like how it adds a touch of silliness to a title that is based around shooting homicidal people and looting their corpses. For a game that turns the capital into a war zone, The Division 2 aims to be as innocuous as possible. The enemies in it aren’t folks with... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3004816/tom-clancys-division-2-fun-shooter-weak-story-will-leave?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3004816/tom-clancys-division-2-fun-shooter-weak-story-will-leave?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Apr 2019 13:30:05 +0000 Nex Machina Housemarque 4/5 stars I was given my PlayStation 4 for Christmas in 2013. For at least a year, until Bloodborne came out, my go-to game was Resogun, a side-scrolling, spaceship shooter that was available free of charge to PlayStation Plus subscribers. Developed by Housemarque, Finland’s oldest video game studio, Resogun was a love letter to my favourite game as a little kid, Defender (another Christmas gift) for the Atari 2600. Visually, it was one of the most impressive first-wave... https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/2101500/game-review-nex-machina-frenetic-hypnotic-and-addictive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/2101500/game-review-nex-machina-frenetic-hypnotic-and-addictive?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jul 2017 09:00:34 +0000 Gravity Rush 2 is a sugary-sweet conglomeration of the best of Japanese geek culture. Sharply animated and brilliantly coloured, the game has the look of an anime film and tells much of its story through comic-book panels. It’s the first title I’ve played on the PS4 that has something of the madcap flare of Bayonetta 2, which leads me to think that cosplayers will be all over it. The original Gravity Rush was held up by many as one of the reasons to own the Vita, Sony’s ill-fated handheld... https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-gaming/article/2065729/game-review-gravity-rush-2-anime-feel-and-giddy-gameplay-combine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-gaming/article/2065729/game-review-gravity-rush-2-anime-feel-and-giddy-gameplay-combine?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Jan 2017 04:30:45 +0000 Samorost 3 Amanita Design 4/5 stars Like free jazz, point-and-click adventure games are something of a genre for connoisseurs. Deprived of those soothing, repetitive actions or 30-second fun loops that drive everything from shooters to sports games, they usually depend on the quality of their stories and art direction to maintain interest. For those who remember the heyday of companies such as Sierra and LucasArts, it can be easy to overestimate how popular such games ever were. Game review: The... https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-gaming/article/1941136/game-review-samorost-3-winsomely-alien-quest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-gaming/article/1941136/game-review-samorost-3-winsomely-alien-quest?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 May 2016 04:01:38 +0000 From the perspective of the present, it can be tempting to view the past as an orderly succession of occurrences. Good history, whatever its form, should remind us that those caught up in the spirit of their times were not predestined to any particular outcome. 1979 Revolution is a sharp new title from iNK Stories, available for PC and OS X, that explores the Iranian revolution as a dynamic entity and not as a settled thing of forgone conclusion. This verité-style game – told with graphic-novel... https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/1941131/game-review-1979-revolution-you-choose-narrative-much?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/1941131/game-review-1979-revolution-you-choose-narrative-much?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 May 2016 09:15:45 +0000