FEBRUARY 2020 PCWorld 93Time. I’m confident in Double Fine’s ability to
surprise people, but I do wonder if
Psychonauts 2 will actually appeal to those
who waited on a sequel for so long.
- SKATEBIRD
Release date: To be confirmed
Skateboarding games are in a bit of a
renaissance at the moment, but none have
captured my attention as much as SkateBird.
They’re birds! That skate! It’s not the most
realistic of skateboarding sims (obviously), nor
is it the Tony Hawk successor I really want. But
you know what? Sometimes originality counts
for more than execution, and SkateBird’s
managed to hook me where more serious
games like Session and Skater XL have not.- WATCH DOGS LEGION
Release date: To be confirmed
This console generation opened with an
ambitious Watch Dogs and it will close with
one too. Hopefully Legion lives up to the hype
more than the original.
It sounds incredible in
theory. Set in modern-day
London, there’s no central
protagonist. Instead you can
recruit and play as anyone in
the world. Cab driver? Cop?
Beloved grandma? Those
guards who wear the tall
hats? Any of them could be
the main character in your
version of Watch Dogs
Legion. Or all of them,
because when characters
die they stay dead. I had a
great time shuffling around
as an old lady at E3 (go.
pcworld.com/oldy), and am
disappointed Legion got
delayed later into 2020, if
only because I’m curious to
test the limits of such a
unique system for myself.
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