Rate The Video Games And We'll Tell You What To Buy Next!
- by Cynthia Levy
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- in The Geek Corner
Are you excited about new video game releases coming this late 2017 and in 2018? Or have you missed out on some new games just this year? We bet you've already started bringing out your prized video game collection and re-playing your favorites! I mean, who can forget Fallout New Vegas? That was a great game in the Fallout franchise that was widely successful in all its releases. Or Silent Hills P.T, which shook everyone to the core for how amazing and bloodcurdling scary it was? Of course, it was a disappointment knowing that the full game won't be released anytime soon, although our fingers are still crossed for news about it in the future.
There are so many more games that have been released the last 5 years that have really caught our attention, captured our hearts, and made our hearts thump with excitement, fear, or both! Talk about first-player shooter games, adventure/fantasy games, or thrilling horror games. We can never forget our favorite games - which is why we’d like you to rate these games that came out in the last year or so. In exchange, we’ll tell you exactly which game you should buy next! And there are so many exciting new releases for the last months of 2017 and also 2018. Sounds fair, right? Start rating!
Rate Grand Theft Auto V
Developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Video Games, Grand Theft Auto V is an action/adventure game released in September 2013. It can be played on platforms like PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox 360. It was awarded VGX Award Game of the Year.
Rate Gran Turismo Sport
A racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital, Gran Turismo Sport was released for Playstation 4 by Sony Interactive Entertainment in October 2017. Garnering positive reviews, the game is described as “the most authentic and visually stunning racing simulator ever made.”
Rate The Last of Us
Known as the third best-selling PS3 video game (by copies sold, which amounts to 7 million), The Last of Us was released in June 2013 by Sony Computer Entertainment. Developed by Naughty Dog, it's an action-adventure survival horror game set in a post-apocalyptic America.
Rate Fallout 4
Fallout 4 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda in 2015. Still set in post-nuclear America, it follows a character called "Sole Survivor," who witnessed the murder of his spouse and the kidnapping of their son and ventures out into the open to search for him.
Rate Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Developed by the popular Kojima Productions and released by Konami for platforms such as PS3 and PS4, Metal Gear Solid V is an action-adventure game that follows “Venom” Snake as he ventures in Afghanistan, which has been occupied by Soviet forces in order to take revenge on the people who destroyed his forces.
Rate Overwatch
Overwatch is a ‘multi-player online, first-person shooter game’ released by Blizzard Entertainment on May 24, 2016, for Windows, PS4, and Xbox One. The players can select heroes, and they're divided into two teams with 6 characters/players each.
Rate Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Set in the fantastical world of J.R.R Tolkien’s wonderful Lord of the Rings world, this action-adventure game is set just in between the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and follows the story of Talion and Celebrimbor, who seek to avenge their loved ones.
Rate DOOM (2016)
Published by Bethesda Softworks, DOOM, which was released on May 13, 2016 for PS4, Windows, and Xbox One (Nov 2017 for Nintendo Switch), is a reboot of the Doom franchise. It tells of the story of a marine who ‘battles demonic forces from Hell.’
Rate The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an action, role-playing video game released by CD Projekt for Microsoft Windows, PS4, and Xbox One. It's based on the fantasy novels of Andrzej Sapkowski and tells of the story of Geralt of Rivia.
Rate MLB 13: The Show
Published by Sony Computer Entertainment, MLB 13: The Show is a sports video game, particularly a major baseball league game released in March 2013. It can be played on platforms like PS3 and PlayStation Vita. Like in real games, there are also play-by-plays and commentators.
Rate Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront is actually a series of first- or third-person shooter games based on the very popular sci-fi franchise. The Electronic Arts Company released a Star Wars Battlefront game in 2015 that was considered a reboot instead of a sequel.
Rate Soma
Soma is not only sci-fi; it's also a horror survival game that follows Simon Jarrett as he explores an underwater research facility, where the machine equipment begins to take on human characteristics. Released in 2015, it was published by Frictional Games for platforms like PS4 and Linux.
Rate Dragon Age: Inquisition
Published by Electronic Arts and developed by BioWare Edmonton, Dragon Age Inquisition is an action, role-playing video game released in 2014 for PS3, PS4, and Xbox One, among many. It tells the story of Inquisitor, who tries to “settle the unrest in the continent of Thedas.”
Rate The Evil Within
Resident Evil fans may find some similar things with this game and the RE franchise, as they share the same director, Shinji Mikami. But The Evil Within takes on a more focused horror atmosphere, as it follows Sebastian Castellanos, who gets trapped in a nightmarish, distorted world.
Rate Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, PS4, and Xbox One and released in 2014, this is a first-person shooter action game that's set between 2054 and 2061 and tells of the story of Jack Mitchell of the US Marine Corps and his encounter with Atlas, who sells its services to the highest bidder.
Rate Watch Dogs
Developed and published by Ubisoft, Watch Dogs is an action/adventure video game that was released in 2014 for various platforms like PS4 and Microsoft Windows. It follows a protagonist who's a computer hacker seeking revenge for the death of his niece.
Rate Outlast
A survival horror game published by Red Barrels, Outlast was initially released on September 4, 2013 to lots of positive reviews. It follows journalist Miles Upshur, who goes to a dilapidated psychiatric hospital to document the inhumane experiments conducted there.
Rate Life is Strange
Garnering critical acclaim, Life is Strange is an ‘episodic graphic adventure’ video game developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Square Enix. Released periodically throughout 2015, it follows 18-year-old Max Caulfield, who discovers her ability to rewind time and who decides to stop an oncoming storm.
Rate Beyond: Two Souls
One of the few video games premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, Beyond: Two Souls is an interactive drama action/adventure game that follows Jodie (Ellen Page) and Aiden, a soul linked with her since birth, with whom she also shares powers.
Rate NBA 2k17
Developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2k Sports, NBA 2k17 is a basketball simulation video game that allows the players to experience what happens in the NBA. The player can customize his player, handle an entire organization, or play one team against another.
Rate FIFA 15
A soccer (football, to anyone not in America) simulation video game, featuring the popular Lionel Messi on its cover, FIFA 15 was released in September 2014 by Electronic Arts to numerous positive reviews. It can be accessed with different platforms such as Xbox, PS3 and 4, Microsoft Windows, and even iOS and Android.
Rate Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Fans of The Last of Us rejoiced at the release of Uncharted 4, as it was also developed by Naughty Dog and directed by the directors of TLoU. It's an action/adventure game that continues the story of adventurer Nathan Drake, who aims to recover a pirate’s long-lost treasure.
Rate No Man’s Sky
A visually stunning action-adventure video game, No Man’s Sky was actually published by an indie company called Hello Games for PS4 and Microsoft Windows. It allows players to interact with others via the open world setup where players can ‘exchange planet information’ with other players.
Rate Madden NFL 17
Like the NBA 2k games and the FIFA games, Madden NFL 17 is also a sports simulation video game, specifically for American football. It's developed by EA Tiburon and was released just last year for platforms like PS4 and Xbox One. Features like Franchise mode got revamped.
Rate Dying Light
Also an open-world game like No Man’s Sky, players of Dying Light get to roam and explore a quarantine zone in a city called "Harran." Unlike the former game, however, Dying Light deals with zombie creatures that get more aggressive and frightening at nighttime.
