what we’re
playing nowMULTIPLAYER MODES PUT
THROUGH THEIR PACES
online tests BY OUR TEAM OF EXPERTSABSOLVER
Jess Kinghorn is
donning the mask
For a game about getting
into bust-ups with anyone
breathing the same air as
you, Absolver’s multiplayer
community is surprisingly
helpful – save for that one
weirdo who tried to lock
me into an endless cycle
of resurrection and
knocking me upside the head. Bosses
become a breeze with two sets of
fists. It’s just a shame that certain
important adversaries demand you
fight them in a strange single-player
netherverse where summoning a tag
team is expressly forbidden. I’ll exact
my revenge on those last three bosses
one day, just you wait...STAR WARS
BATTLEFRONT II
It’s a trap! And Oscar
Taylor-Kent fell for it
I’m hooked on Ewok Hunt
mode, playing one of a
Stormtrooper platoon on
Endor after losing the
battle, awaiting evacuation
while terrifying tiny bears
hunt me down in the night,
using devastating traps. The critters
don’t seem quite as cuddly when they’re
launching themselves from trees,
ready to slaughter you. As the evac
ship lands we break formation and run
for our lives. But with a flashbang I’m
stunned, and my friend runs off as the
Ewoks drag me into the darkness.EFOOTBALL
PES 2020
Match Day makes
Ian Dean’s, erm, day
Welcome to my 200th
article about how much
I’m playing PES 2020. If
you’re a regular reader
you’ll have become
accustomed to my very
average ability at this
game, as well as the ambivalence of
my cat to me throwing a fit as I lose,
again, to a last-minute defensive
mistake. Changing tack, I’ve been
spending more time just playing Match
Day mode. The teamwork approach
feels less pressured, and I earn
Scouts simply for playing – win, lose or
draw. The down side? I now have a
squad filled with Arsenal reserve
players. That won’t help my win rate.100
review
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ffline Rebellion’s horde
shooter is a lonesome but
fun experience. Its crackling
gunplay and relentlessly retro
zombie arenas always raise a
smile, even if getting to those moments
can feel like tramping down well-
trodden roads. Online everything
changes for the better.
It helps that Zombie Army 4’s
four-player co-op matches connect
without a hitch. The speedy matchup will
have you shooting holes in the undead in
under a minute. Once you’re in, the
game runs like clockwork. There’s no
buffering, slowdown, or dropout,
ensuring every match runs smoothly.
What you actually do isn’t any
different online or off, but as we all
know, everything is better with friends.While you can play the
entire story campaign
online with pals or
randoms, earning XP,
levelling weapons, perks,
and special attacks, it’s
Horde mode that will
keep you coming back.
The objective is simple:
survive 15 rounds of
zombie attacks. Each
time the enemy gets a
littletougher,a bitfaster,and then flamethrower-
and buzzsaw-carrying
heavy units add to
the challenge.
The more you play, the
more ad hoc tactics
emerge – use a map’s
tunnels to funnel the
throng, and teamwork is
needed to takedown the
bigger bads that head
your way. As the game’s
basedonSniperElite4,A (head) shotof old-fashioned fun
IT’S RARE FOR A HORDE
MATCH TO END WITHOUT THE
SATISFYING ZIP-PANG OF A
LEVEL-UP NOISE.INFO
FORMAT PS4
PUB REBELLION
DEV REBELLION
REVIEW #172, 7/10Zombie Army 4:
Dead War