It’s the future. Normal sports became boring long ago, much like the Egyptian pyramids, which have also fallen out of fashion. Those ancient relics have since been dismantled and replaced with a huge floating combat arena, around which, fans scream and chant from the bleachers. Within this arena, two teams of six Pros fight to be the first to destroy the enemy’s Moneyball. In this endorsement-fuelled contest, you’re even encouraged to shoot the mascot. As the loud mouthed (and consistently funny) commentator explains, “Shoot him in his pants. He’s got candy”.
This is Monday Night Combat, the fourth and penultimate entry in Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade, and as you can probably guess, it doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s a strategic, class-based tower defense (Team Fortress 2 lookalike) third-person shooter, based within a television game show with added bacon.
Matt Frost (RunDLC)
If you’re an Xbox One owner, these titles are as good as any when it comes to pure, trigger-finger fun.
Rainbow Six, Halo 5, MCC, BF4, PVZGW1/2, Gears
I think thats all you need. Hardline is good too.
How did Monday Night Combat make this list? Where is PvZ?
Shoot Many Robots? WTF
No Titan Fall?
If he get to include backwards compatable games like Shadow Complex (accually really like that one) where is Borderlands 2!
Although the author isn't bombing on any game or claiming any are the best. Just sounds like a list of games he likes. So to that, enjoy playing what you like.
SteamFirst: How often do you log onto your Steam client and see in the top right corner your wallet balance with only a few dollars left. Oh how I hate having Steam cash just sitting there going to waste. There are always some excellent FTP titles available such as Team Fortress 2, Warframe and DOTA 2, but sometimes you want to branch out from free to play. This article is a list of my personal top 5 Steam titles that you can spend your last five bucks on.
I've never understood why people feel the need to state that. No shit it's an opinion. Does saying this somehow make my opinion less relevant? No.
Almost everything on Steam is poor.
I wish more people would admit it something we all know deep down.
There are hundreds of meh games, mediocre at best, and virtually zero triple AAA games that make you go wow.
Steam sucks in all honesty.
If you disagree with me, you must link a decent new game on Steam.
If you disagree without linking, your gpu will overheat and die within the next 2 weeks.
OK Metal Gear Rising came out on Friday and not only is it good but from what I have played it is quite the solid port.
You are trolling but I want to mention this game because Platinum deserves some recognition on PC so more of there games come to the platform and I want MGS (that won't happen though)
I was excited to buy my new consoles, but 2 months in and the only thing I still "play" is XBox Fitness. When I'm done with that I switch on my PC where I have a quite overwhelming list of games queued up to play.
@dsswoosh - it's that type of mentality that stagnates our beloved industry. "If it ain't AAA, it ain't good". Means that people just buy the same old games, meaning publishers don't take risks. PC is where you go if you want something fresh and new.
Imo Dota 2 tops everything out there right now and its free. Sure it has items you could buy for the game but those are purely cosmetic.
I personally love the Glados kill announcer in dota 2, hilariously funny.
Ahh, yes. My next article which is pending is my top 5 free to play and dota 2 is number one. This is inexpensive, but not free games. Feel free to comment and suggest other titles which you prefer. We all have our own opinions. Right.
It is a great one. This list is of best $5 games when not on sale. But agreed. Half Life is great
I just downloaded the Steam App last night for the first time. WOW. I cant believe what I've been missing. The Mods alone make it so much better than console. And with the Big Picture mode it plays just like a console. The dashboard is actually better than X1 or PS4. I just ordered a GTX 670 graphics card so I can rock the Skyrim upscaling mods. I had no idea what I had been missing.
you mean the os. i maybe try it later closer to the end of the beta. you if you mean the phone app, yes i can chat with people on my friends list and buy stuff on sale while out of town and even have it download to my pc. steam keeps improving as time goes by
You think it's good now? Wait til you see a Steam Sale in action. It may just blow your mind.
TGH Writes: "Raptr is a great service that allows gamers to compare stats and milestones across all consoles and gaming devices. When Raptr launched Raptr Rewards many were skeptical but now it seems everyone wants a piece of the action. This time they are giving out Monday Night Combat and Super Monday Night Combat codes. "
What have we learned?
Glad the game's great. Downloading shortly!
Cheers, great review, very comprehensive. Will be downloading it for sure!
The game sounds ace. Great review, shall definitely download now!
My addictive personality + MNC equals repeat visits whatever day of the week it may be. Only Scott Pilgrim on PSN has stood a chance of taking any of my gaming time away from it.
What I do need are more people of my friends list who own it, so that I can get some proper strategy and interesting conversation on the go. All you fellow downloaders here should feel free to add heat burns and hit me up for a match sometime.