Ronan is dead, has become a ghost, and it's now his "unfinished business" to find his killer before he can move on..
This is another one of those games that's going to have a severe, divisive reaction among the gamers of 2014, depending on how old you are.
It's one the more unusual, charming and relaxing indie efforts available on a consoles today.
On the whole, there ARE performance gains in the move from the PS3 to the PS4, especially in the framerate department, but it's obvious that this hasn't been optimized. Compared to the work done for Grand Theft Auto V, with its new content, new view point and meticulously optimized performance, the work on Saints Row IV feels less accomplished.
The Order arrives as a short, decent game, not a console savior.
Upgrading gear is no longer quite the marathon it once was, with players able to retain the stats of weapons, and even upgrade existing gear to meet the new performance caps that have come with House of Wolves. And this really is the expansion's biggest issue; the patch changes that are free to all are more important than the paid content.
There's no denying the quality of FFX, as it's often hailed by some as the last "good" JRPG Square Enix has made in the last 15 years, but there's already a much cheaper, slightly blurrier version of this compilation out there on the PS3.
Apotheon is never a bad game, and occasionally, it's even a great game, but it's never consistently great enough to become a classic in the same way other indie titles like Journey have.
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, is very good portable game that's been snuck onto consoles, and it feels like it.
If you're looking for a very different, very open ended, very "freeing" game about jail breaks, The Escapists will appeal to the experimenter and escape artist in you. It's not going to hold your hand when it comes to enacting a brilliant escape from jail, but if you're willing to watch, plan and be patient it's a very rewarding—if demanding—game.
Veterans of both PvZ and Diablo are going to find that Deathtrap handles both genres in a substantial way.
For fans of Dragon Age, this is a meaty, content-packed piece of DLC that will take a few hours to thoroughly explore, and feels like it naturally slips in with the base game content.
Most of the time Shadow Fall is confident about what kind of game it is, and it's when it leaves players to decide how they want to fight it shines.
Adéwalé is a compelling hero, and one of the few black protagonists in games that isn't simply a gangsta with a heart of gold trying to protect his hood.
If you're looking for a solid stealth option—with a truly intimidating set of customizations for difficulty—then Thief is a solid buy during this current drought in the new console generation
This is just a streamlined version of what fans have encountered in the past, and it's hard to say whether these features will continue in the upcoming Phantom Pain or not.
Yes, it's shades of Gundam/Macross, but it's also something so rarely done in a game—let alone done right—that this anime cliché still feels fresh here.
It's easy to play, but demands real skill at higher levels.
Watch Dogs is here and it's good but not great.
Ubisoft Montpellier made a decision to not make the player feel powerful, to instead make them afraid of the war.