Games Central: Fashion and fantasy collide
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This week, we fight criminal outfits with the Fashion Police Squad, and command armies in SpellForce: Conquest of Eo.
Game of the week is Dead Space on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S.
After all the hype and anticipation, the Dead Space remake is finally here!
And does it live up to the hype? Oh boy, does it ever.
The EA Motive Studio team have completely rebuilt the game adding detail and a few changes that will pack plenty of surprises for even the most hardcore fans of the franchise.
You play repair engineer Isaac Clarke who has docked with the USG Ishimura for routine work.
Upon boarding, you find disaster, horror… and a missing girlfriend.
Bringing this iconic game to a generation who weren’t even born when the original came out, they have kept the essence of the game while making enhancements to the gameplay, game detail, and atmosphere for your trip to the USG Ishimura.
The developers have really listened to feedback and utilised the latest technology to make this an even more immersive experience for players.
The Dead Space remake really has delivered, allowing seasoned gamers the chance to revisit a classic game in more detail, and new ones to experience the horror onboard the USG Ishimura like never before!
Also out is SpellForce: Conquest of Eo on PC a surprisingly brilliant strategy game with monsters and magic.
On the surface, a turn-based fantasy hex game sounds like it’s going to have a lot of rules and a lot more buttons – and you wouldn’t be wrong.
But with SpellForce: Conquest of Eo, even if you’re a total newbie, everything comes rather seamlessly, with new elements introduced as you encounter them rather than as one barrage of information.
You start off with a small tower and a quest to find out what happened to your master, then before long, you’re commanding a vast army, facing off against monsters and exploring a map filled with secrets and treasures.
The story does leave something to be desired and sometimes the tutorials assume that you know what you’re doing already, but it’s not impossible to overcome and once you get in the flow of it, it’s really hard to stop playing.
This turn-based fantasy story is oddly addictive, even for total newcomers
Rounding out the top picks is Fashion Police Squad on PC, PS5.
A cute and exciting concept, this game with its fashion-led shooting missions is very different, and the classic graphics are great, but ultimately, much like said graphics, the game falls a little flat.
Unintuitive, with repetitive missions it both needs a better tutorial process and more complicated stages to really engage a player.
The story of this and the funny lines, and the characters are certainly entertaining, but if you want an exciting FPS this may not be for you.
