Between confinement and the holidays, it's good, you stopped dealing on Animal Crossing and finished the Stations of the Cross in The Last of Us Part II? It was about time, because back to school is here with its awaited games ( Captain Tsubasa ! Marvel's Avengers !), While summer titles deserve all your attention, whether it is a flight simulation, a narrative adventure. and inclusive, or just fighting toads.
"Microsoft Flight Simulator", I believe I can fly!
Anyone who owns a PC has tried Flight Simulator at least once , even for a few minutes, hanging on to the fantasy of being able to fly one day, in real life or in pixels. Children and dads of the 1990s still remember it with the 95 and 98 editions. But the license, almost 40 years old, then settled down like a real flight simulation, demanding and reserved for "professional pilots". ". The last iteration dates from 2006. The new Flight Simulator is nevertheless an event, both update and tour de force, which we owe to the Bordeaux studio Asobo, already behind A Plague Tale , the "best game. of the year 2019 ”.
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- html5php (@ html5phptw) August 21, 2020Immediate start but realistic and deep gameplay, wide choice of planes and destinations, adjustable or real weather… everything is ready for take off. Because it is in the air that Flight Simulator impresses the most, with a flyable planet in its entirety, and a stunning photorealistic rendering thanks to Microsoft's Azure cloud, Bing Maps maps and a little artificial intelligence. The light and weather conditions are also taken into account and influence your device, your flight. So much data to process in real time that it is better to have a war machine, even if the game (or the simulation, we do not know any more) is announced on Xbox (One? Series?), As well as in VR. What to put the head upside down.
"Tell Me Why", empathy comes through playing
With a release at the end of August, should Tell Me Why be considered a summer or back-to-school game? Still, it must be played, with a first episode this Thursday, and the next two on September 3 and 10, on Xbox One and PC. Created by the French studio DONTNOD, Tell Me Why is, like their best-known franchise Life is strange , a multiple-choice narrative adventure, as well as an exotic trip (here in Alaska), and the opportunity to approach, between fantasy and emotion, very real social issues, everyday.
The first chapter of @TellMeWhyGame will be available on August 27 on Xbox One and PC (Steam)!
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After ten years of separation, twins Tyler and Alyson Ronan reunite in their hometown to learn more about their childhood, their family and the event that changed their lives. The player alternates between Tyler and Alyson, and the extraordinary bond which unites them allows their memories to be reconstructed according to a Rashômon effect. If Tell Me Why is also happening, it's because it's the first game from a major studio with a trans hero, Tyler.
A real game changing , because transidentity is not an issue in itself, just a fact through a respectful and inclusive representation. For example, the “dead name”, the first name given to Tyler at birth, is never mentioned, and his transidentity is not the result of a pseudo trauma. As researcher Fanny Lignon explains on Slate, “the protagonist of a video game is a double being: there is the character who is on the screen and the person who plays. It's very interesting to deconstruct gender stereotypes and build tolerance, because there are things that come from you and things that come from the other. "
"Fall Guys", hey oh don't push!
Will you resume a little battle royale? No ? Sure ? After PUBG , Fortnite or Call of Duty: Warzone , two new ambassadors of the genre came out this summer, with Ubisoft's Hyper Scape and especially Devolver's Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout . The latter is inspired as much by battle royale video games as by TV games à la Total Wipeout or Intervilles . Ah, right away, it tickles your curiosity. If Fall Guys does drop 60 players on a map and the victory goes to the last survivor, no weapon, no construction and ultimately not that much competition.
Players, and their cute round avatars, are mostly there to run, push, fall, get up, and sometimes collaborate. It is of a confusing simplicity, and a formidable efficiency. It is indeed difficult to resist this organized and colorful mess, and the players were not mistaken, since Fall Guys is the most downloaded game in the history of PlayStation Plus, to which must be added the seven million 'copies sold on Steam.
" Battletoads " , spirit of the nineties are you there?
After Streets of Rage , another iconic fighting game from the 1990s has returned this year, on Xbox One and PC. Rip-off from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Battletoads saw Toads Rash and Zitz battle the Dark Queen on the planet Ragnarok and on Nintendo NES. The game has become cult for its graphics, its humor but also and above all its incredible difficulty (the Turbo Tunnel !!). Thirty years later, Battletoads has not lost its bite, more on the humor side with a more cartoonish style, spirited writing and wacky ideas. The difficulty is still there, but adjustable.
Rash, Zitz and Pimple are back to wreak havoc in this all-new action-packed adventure and shake up the co-op! #Battletoads is now available for purchase for € 19.99 or via the #XboxGamePass!
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If the fight still dominates the gameplay, the game, as when faced with the fear of heights, multiplies the genres and mechanics, from shoot'em up to racing through platform levels and other mini-games. This is too much, and not always convincing. Fortunately, the title is playable with up to three players, for three times the fun.
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