Neil writes "July was great but it’s now time to start looking at the free games available to all Xbox Live Gold members thanks to the Games With Gold scheme for August 2015. Does it trump the previous month?"
Metro 2033 mechanics that would adapt perfectly to VR, and the upcoming Metro Awakening by Vertigo Games this year.
The Metro video game series started with a humble b-list title, before building a strong fanbase and becoming a pioneer in the industry.
If you're a fan of the Stalker or Metro 2033 games, Chernobylite is absolutely an experience that you don't want to miss out on.
It has an actual story tied to your actions. The environments are immersive and I believe they just added DLSS. The devs are VERY active in the Steam community. The game has been released past the 1.0 version. There are some crafting mechanics and base building similar to Fallout 4. I like the voice acting and world building. You run missions for supplies, recruiting characters and progressing the story.. I've been playing since early access and the game has come a LONG way. I can't make any recommendations for any console versions because I don't know how those run.
Ok thanks all for the info and sales pitch. I'm going to get it after hearing this. And it's also nice to hear it has DLSS. One of the best advancements to come along in quite a while.
I supported it via Early Access, but just played a bit before to get a feel for it.
Just officially started it last night, and I'm having a great time with it.
Its a fantastic game. The reviewer is right. If it you like those other two games you'll probably like this one too.
I'm sold on it big time. I love the metro games and to me this is very much in that wheelhouse. It was very impressive technically as well.
None of those games are my usual type I play, which is kind of cool because it means I can try them risk free. Most excited for MGS
Very excited to try MGS, I didn't really want to shell out the money for what people are saying is a glorified demo. Will def be playing that. Pretty solid line up for the month of August.
Too many shooters for my liking, but it's free so it feels a bit ungrateful to complain.
This is will be the first month where I download all of the games for both consoles... and I'd bet my life on the Tomb Raider reboot being a part of September or October's lineup, so there's that to look foward to as well.
I recently played the Metro 2033 demo (Last light has one as well) and it was great - unique, atmospheric setting with some intense bloody gameplay... and Nazis, for some reason.
I've never played a Metal Gear, so I'm curious to see what all the fuss is about... based on what I've seen, it's like a quirkier version of 'Ghost in the Shell' with an even more convoluted storyline, so I'll probably love it.
I'm hoping 'How to Survive' will be good warm-up for my second run at State of Decay... those goddamned Zombie bastards ate all of my people and ever since I've been afraid to start again.
I suppose all this quality means that the dark days of Panzer Dragoon and Lococycle are behind us... perhaps Ryse or Dead Rising 3 will finally make an appearance?