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The Best Games of 2014

Rick Lane of Bit-Tech writes "And so another year approaches its conclusion. The days are short. The air is chill. Fat bearded man have probably broken into your house, drunk all your alcohol and left behind mysterious packages for your children. To take our minds off the horror of this time of year, why don't we count down bit-tech's favourite games from the past twelve months? It's a bit like counting sheep, only with considerably more explosions.

Continuing the tradition I began last year, I'll be counting down from eleven rather than ten, because this whole charade is entirely subjective anyway. Heck, your favourite game this year might be Murdered: Soul Suspect, although if that's the case I really hope Father Christmas brought you something better. Like a lump of coal."

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Why Dark Souls 2 Deserves a Second Chance in 2025

As difficult and frustrating as it is, people should consider reliving the Dark Souls 2 experience, especially because of what's coming to the game.

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PrimeVinister1d 12h ago

Many of those who hate Dark Souls II hate it because it's not Dark Souls. The same people love Dark Souls III because it isn't Dark Souls II.

And so many of the issues at the centre of common complaints about DS2 are present in DS3 and sometimes even DS1. The hatred and bile spewed over this perfectly decent game is ludicrous.

CrimsonWing691d 10h ago

I don’t think it’s a terrible game, but like a movie sequel by a different director, for me, it does NOT capture any of the “magic” felt from the Miyazaki entries. Boss battles don’t feel epic, environments don’t have the same sense of awe, the enemy variety isn’t particularly interesting, the art direction just feels bland, about the only thing I can give it praise for is some of the music.

Now, again, this is only how I feel about it, so I’m not trying to invalidate his you feel about the game, but it is the worst entry in the series due to those factors and it’s the least re-visited entry, for me.

Is it decent as a game on its own? Sure. But in comparison to the Miyazaki entries, it does not stack up and I believe that’s where many were disappointed with it.

PrimeVinister1d 7h ago

Completely fair. I cannot disagree either, mate.

MrWood1d 9h ago (Edited 1d 9h ago )

You can also play it in VR flawlessly on PC & controller with the LukeRoss mod so… another reason to jump back in with extra immersion.

jznrpg1d 9h ago

It’s not a bad game it’s just not as good as the others

Shadow Man20h ago

The controls felt very clunky to me, I tried playing it after beating Darksouls 3 and it didn’t feel fluid, obviously the hit detection is less superior for been an older game.

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Elite Dangerous Reveals New and Massive Panther Clipper Mk II Ship

The developers of the space simulator Elite Dangerous at Frontier Developments revealed a brand-new ship coming to the game.

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Far Cry 4 Update 1.08 Adds 60 FPS Support For PS5

Ubisoft's latest Far Cry 4 update enables 60 FPS on PS5 after releasing an update earlier for Far Cry New Dawn with similar improvements.

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RaidenBlack13d ago

late but still a good move, oobi

InUrFoxHole12d ago

Seriously, it's great to see devs add things to older games.

OhReginald13d ago

Sony....you're really letting ubisoft out of all all companies to out class you??? Give us the bloondborne 60 fps patch....ffs

dantesparda13d ago

I second this (Bloodborne 60fps) plus damn, Ubisoft, you're doing great but now the last thing I want youi to do is mae Far Cry Primal 60fps and AC Unity

Profchaos12d ago

Everytime someone asks for a bloodborne patch it gets delayed 1 day.

ETA next century

I_am_Batman12d ago

They know it's gonna cost them sales of the inevitable Remake that'll probably come around the PS6 launch.

raWfodog13d ago

Good news for when, or If, I ever play it. It’s waaay down on my backlog list lol.

P_Bomb13d ago

I like these 60fps patches. Hoping they’ll do Ghost Recon Wildlands someday.

Yi-Long13d ago

Kudos to Ubisoft for once again going back to older titles and then offering a nice upgrade for free. I know the company gets a lot of criticism, in quite a few cases understandable and justified, but in this area of contintued post-launch support for their SP games, they deserve some credit.

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