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15 Games That Provided Hours of Fun at a Constant Clip

Ravi Sinha — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:45:03 +0000

For all the talk about massive games full of dozens of hours of side content, titles that mostly avoid all of that deserve some appreciation. We’re talking about games that get straight to the action with any pretense or extensive exposition, providing hours of fun at a constant clip. Check out our 15 picks for these “all killer, no filler” titles.

Cocoon

Akin to Inception but with more otherworldly bug-like…things, Cocoon eases you in delicately enough with its world hopping, power unlocking, and puzzles. However, beyond the halfway point, you’re suddenly dealing with earth-shattering bosses, ascending through multiple levels of worlds while carrying others on your back and leveraging portals to enter and exit. It’s an experience unlike any other, delivered in roughly five to six hours and leaving you with more than a few questions when it’s over.

Celeste is Out Now on Game Pass; A Short Hike, Everspace 2, and More Coming in August

Ravi Sinha — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:39:24 +0000

Microsoft has unveiled its first wave of titles coming to Game Pass in August, starting with Celeste. The 2D platformer is out today for cloud, consoles and PC and sees Madeline scaling Celeste Mountain while dealing with inner turmoil.

On August 3rd, narrative adventure A Short Hike joins the subscription service, while Broforce Forever, the newest update for the side-scrolling shooter, arrives on August 8th. Limbo, Playdead’s critically acclaimed atmospheric platformer, is coming on August 9th.

Airborne Kingdom, a management title focused on building a city in the sky, will also be added on August 10th. These games will be playable on consoles, PC and the cloud. August 15th sees Everspace 2 finally releasing on consoles, and it will be playable for Xbox Series X/S and cloud players. Check out our review for more details.

Some major titles are also leaving on the same day. Play them now, or use the 20 percent subscriber discount to keep them.

Death Stranding (PC)
Edge of Eternity (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Midnight Fight Express (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Total War: Warhammer 3 (PC)

15 Great But Simple Games With Intriguing Gameplay Mechanics

Ravi Sinha — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 08:10:28 +0000

For all the games with complex control schemes, economies, balance changes, and loot, it’s nice to sit down with something that isn’t too complicated. Whether you’re looking for something easy to control, or experiences to hop in and out of with minimal fuss, these 15 titles and their shockingly simple mechanics will pull you in. Let’s take a closer look at each and explain why.

A Plague Tale: Innocence

A Plague Tale: Requiem introduced new gameplay options like controlling rats, a crossbow, larger environments for more opportunities and so on. But it’s easy to forget just how straightforward Innocence was. For the most part, you would be running, sneaking around, bonking enemies with the slingshot, solving small puzzles to progress past the rats, and so on. Not to say that any of this was bad. It’s smaller scale than Requiem and a perfect introduction to the world.

10 More Great Open-World Games You Didn’t Play

Ravi Sinha — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:51:22 +0000

When we think of open-world games, the likes of Assassin’s Creed, Grand Theft Auto, Minecraft and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild come to mind. As one of the more popular genres, open-world games offer unprecedented exploration with worlds teeming with secrets and stories. However, along with some of the bigger names, there are plenty of other lesser-played open-world titles that are worth diving into. Let’s take a look at 10 of them here.

Satisfactory

“First-person Factorio” isn’t the worst way to define Satisfactory but Coffee Stain Studios’ factory sandbox has plenty of distinctions. Set on an alien planet must be colonized, the world is hand-crafted and not procedurally generated. You can choose a starting location, like the Grasslands or Rocky Desert, thus influencing starting resources and your approach to building.

Combat is present but not a major focus – it’s all about creating a self-sustained factory spanning the surface, and delivering them to the Space Elevator. While still in early access and needing plenty of polish, the feeling of expanding, optimizing your factory and gazing out upon the sprawling industrial complex in first-person is great.

15 Best Recent Linear Single Player Games You Need To Play

Ravi Sinha — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:51:37 +0000

As games become bigger in scale, reveling in the sandbox nature of larger worlds and numerous decisions or the near endless replay value of multiplayer, it’s always nice to have a solid, linear title to fall back on. Let’s take a look at 15 titles that have offered some of the best single-player experiences in recent years.

A Short Hike

Having arrived in Hawk Peak Provincial Park and unable to get cell reception, Claire must venture to its peak in A Short Hike. Yes, it’s a very simple premise but the world built around this simple goal, with all of its side activities and colorful characters, is incredibly wholesome. Players help locate lost items, go fishing, partake in races, and even fly. Even with its cute looks, there’s a fleeting feeling of Summer, of gallivanting about and learning new things while just having fun (and remembering what’s really important).