{"id":427,"date":"2014-09-18T00:14:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T22:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kingofgng.com\/eng\/2014\/09\/18\/videogames-highlights-april-2014\/"},"modified":"2017-11-27T23:02:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T22:02:17","slug":"videogames-highlights-april-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingofgng.com\/eng\/2014\/09\/18\/videogames-highlights-april-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Videogames highlights – April 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This post is part 52 of 131 in the series Videogames Highlights<\/a><\/strong><\/h4><\/div>

\"In<\/a> Every transition period brings both risks and opportunities, and the constantly-evolving videogaming world is especially prone to this dual nature: the platforms that were open and free from remote control until now, like Windows (pre-8), are risking to turn into closed ecosystems<\/a>, even though technology evolution isn’t stopping<\/a> not even for a second; the historical on-line services are shutting down<\/a> glaringly showing the risks coming with reliance on an Internet connection<\/strong>, but software optimization is getting new speed<\/a> from the old bones in the old-gen graphic cards. The endless promise of virtual reality is attracting millions-worth funding<\/a>, while the PC as a gaming platform is as dead as ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse Episode 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Initially expected as a single, complete release, Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse<\/a> has conversely turned into a graphic adventure split in two for mere budget reasons<\/strong>: the first episode was released on December 2013 (for PC), while the second and last part is available since April 16 on PC (Windows, Linux) and Mac. The conclusion of the new 2D effort by Revolution Software should therefore fix<\/a> the issues of the first part, mostly with the puzzle difficulty.<\/p>\n

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Child of Light<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Aurora, the protagonist of the Ubisoft’s “artistic” work named Child of Light<\/a>, will have to travel across Lemuria’s enchanted world<\/a> to free the stars in the sky locked up by the Queen of Night. During her adventure<\/a>, the young princess will discover the outside world<\/a> after a childhood spent in captivity<\/strong>. Following the heroine’s deeds, the player will be able to enjoy the game’s artistic traits<\/a> while fighting foes and solving puzzles in a 2D world that seems a platform and yet it’s a JRPG more or less<\/a>. Child of Light is available since April on PC Windows plus old and new consoles.<\/p>\n

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Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Canadian team BioWare<\/em> is back to its lifetime love (RPGs) with Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/strong><\/em>, the third chapter of the Dragon Age<\/em> series coming three years after Dragon Age II<\/a>. This time the studio is willing to do things the right way by answering the fans criticism towards the second chapter, telling the story of a hero which behaves more like an actor<\/a> (whatever this means) while he\/she tries to save the world<\/a> from a huge breach opened in the sky<\/strong>. The developers say they want to experiment with support for voice commands on Microsoft consoles<\/a>, while the classes and subclasses to choose the protagonist from will be nine in total<\/a>. Dragon Age: Inquisition will be released on November 2014 for PC Windows and consoles (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4).<\/p>\n

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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Killing is cathartic, killing is nice, killing is good for your skin but above all killing is never boring. Even better when the killer is the hero of Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number<\/a>, and the casualties are the members of the entire Russian mafia. The sequel of the renowned top-down murder simulator is heavily armed<\/a>, as dangerous as ever and stuffed with so much LSD<\/strong> that you could fill up the whole Eighties and their bloody (wonderful) electronic music. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number will be out on PCs (Windows, Linux), Mac and PlayStation consoles (PS3, PS4, PSVita) before the end of 2014.<\/p>\n

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The Evil Within<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After establishing the modern canon for survival horror games with Resident Evil<\/em> (RE), Shinji Mikami is now busy directing The Evil Within<\/a>, ie the title that marks the return to the genre “survival” origins<\/strong> after Capcom turned it into mud changing RE in a shooter with no reason to exist: detective Sebastian Castellanos, the protagonist of the new gaming nightmare made-in-Japan<\/a>, will start his horrible adventure packed with splatter, invincibile foes and disturbing presences while investigating on the scene of a mass murder. The monsters will invade the screen in October on PC Windows and old\/new consoles.<\/p>\n

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Wolfenstein: The New Order<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Soldier B.J. Blazkowicz is back to killing Nazis en masse in Wolfenstein: The New Order<\/strong><\/em>, a new title of the historical FPS series coming out five years after Wolfenstein<\/a> following a long development period by publisher Bethesda<\/em> and the Swedish developers of MachineGames<\/em>. In The New Order history has changed<\/strong>
\nand the Third Reich victorious armies are marching on the world<\/a>, while the resistance chose the aforementioned Blazkowicz as the hero that will fix everything<\/a> with a storm of bullets. The player will face the new Blazkowicz adventure by choosing the attack style he prefers<\/a>, in the FPS marking the return of a series that doesn’t stop renewing itself<\/a> 22 years after the release of the original Wolfenstein 3D<\/em>. Wolfenstein: The New Order is available since May 2014 on PC Windows and consoles.<\/p>\n

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