Edgar writes: "We're taking a look at evil North Korean masterminds, shit-talking Swedes and giant explosions in Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction."
Carlos writes: "For gamers, this year has already brought us enough wallet-wiping adventures to last a life time, but there is always one thing that can make all those expenses feel a little easier – quality free games!
With that in mind, it’s time to dive into the latest Games With Gold titles that we’ll be receiving in December 2018 to see just how good or bad they are, and whilst they may not quite match up to last month’s incredible offerings on first glance, there is still plenty of fun to be had in the run up to Christmas with titles that are sure to surprise those who jump in."
Mercenaries is always fun. A tribute to the bygone days of the brilliant gaming studio Pandemic.
I actually like Dragon Age 2. Isabella is one of my favorite and is a character I wish they would bring back in a new dragon age game
Hmm. An incentive to turn on my Xbox, get that fan to blow out some of the accumulated dust.
Mercenaries certainly is but I don't know anything about the XBO titles. Dragon Age 2 was utter garbage though, a mission statement to how shallow Bioware would be in developing games from that point forward.
"While reboots and remasters are great ways to keep titles from the previous generations of consoles somewhat fresh, some games deserve an even greater effort to bring them back to life, especially some of those from the days of the Xbox, PlayStation 2, or even earlier."
The original Assassin's Creed got boring and repetitive incredibly quickly, even if the story was solid. I don't know many who actually played it through.
Also, add Demon's Souls and SSX Tricky.
I played it (I think it's still an X360 exclusive game, is it not?) - compared to all of the other AC games to date, it's probably the worst one.
Want a Demon's Souls remaster bad.
The original Assassin's Creed was going to originally be PlayStation 3 exclusive but went multiplatform. I had it on PS3 for awhile. It's the only AC I ever played.
Ubisoft approached Sony about making it exclusive and even advertised it as such at E3 2006 but Sony passed on paying for exclusivity and it was released on all platforms.
I agree with Knights and Bushido Blade. I would also like Battle Arena Toshinden to make a comeback.
From the pic used in the headline, the two older dated pics look better than last year's...
A lengthy look at the late Pandemic's foray in open world tactical mayhem and a discussion of its triumphs and its faults.
What i wouldn't give to see this series return on next gen consoles and take full advantage of the new CPUs taking destruction to a whole new level.
This was my game back in the days, ending it many times. Such a great game with two large maps to play in. The destruction back on PS2 was insane for it's time. Explosions and cars on fire flying through the air, stealing helicopters mid flight. Oh man, the memories.
Unfortunately I did not ever feel the same way about its sequel which introduced the need to steal gas and other resources to help fuel your missions. The game just wasn't as good as the first but I can't really say why as I only remember a little.
I believe the studio was sold and the franchise was shelved, hopefully whoever owns the IP will at the very least remaster/remake the first game only adding better destruction physics and nothing else.