Official PlayStation Magazine - 04.2020

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REVIEW

LAST MONTH

ON PS PLUS

Februaryis a monthoftencentred

oncurlingupwithyourdearestone,

butmaybeyou’dratherbeplaying

a game.Whateveryouenjoy,last

month’sPSPluspresentednotjust

twobutthreeterrifictitlestoscratch

whateveritchailedyou.

It’strickytoknow

wheretostart,what

withbeingsospoilt

forchoice.Howabout

withthepossibleendofcivilisation?

BioShock:TheCollectiontookthe

uninitiatedandthePlasmidpartaker

alikeona tourfromthewaterydepths

ofRapturetothesky-highheightsof

Columbia.Betweentheinclusionofall

threegamesandtheirsingle-player

DLC add-ons, there was plenty here to

makeyougo“Oh,Daddy!”Youjusthadto

watchoutforhisdrill.

Next up, we had

another ‘big daddy’

• gaming juggernaut
  the Sims 4.
  Unfortunately, only the base game was
  included, and we got none of the add-on
  content (of which there is a lot). But the
  base game alone still provided plenty
  of wacky life sim shenanigans, and if
  you didn’t quite have the Valentine’s day
  you’d hoped for, at least here you could
  maybe imagine a better one. Either
  that or burn it all down – hey, we’re not
  your boss, nor are we here to judge.
  Here’s to 20 more years of romance,
  employment, and incendiary accidents
  with The Sims!
  Moving swiftly on, PS VR heads had
  a total blast with last month’s final
  title. Firewall Zero Hour was an
  excellent 4v4 tactical shooter entirely
  playable in virtual reality. With the latest
  season, Operation: Black Dawn, debuting
  alongside a new oil rig map earlier in the
  month, February was the time to take up
  arms if you hadn’t already.
  What a cracking month it was! We’re
  looking forward to whatever old (or
  new) flames decide to show their faces
  throughout the year ahead.

@KoeniginKatze

MEGA MAN ZERO/ZX

LEGACY COLLECTION

Theseblastsfromthepaststillpacka punch

S

trongerthan

Superman,butnot

quiteasstrongas

Ultraman(we

assume),MegaManisn’t

actuallya singlechap.It’s

moreofa title,likeJames

Bond.Therefore,fourof

thegamesinthissix-title

collectionconcernZerofrom

theMegaManX series,while

theothertwointroducea new

protagonist,maleorfemale

accordingtoyourchoice.

OriginallyreleasedonNintendo

handhelds,theartdesignhas

stoodthetestoftimewith

onlya minimumof(optional)

polish.EventhefirstZero

game,despitebeingoldenough

tobuyitsownalcoholnext

month,looksgreatandcrystal-

clear.Andthat’sjustaswell,

becausetheseries’notorious

difficultyis infulleffecthere.

Thiscollectionoffersoptional

helpsuchasregularsavepoints

andin-gametweaksforeach

gametomakethingseasier(if

youneedit),butevenwiththis

modern-dayassistanceyou’ll

needtobeonyourtoes.

TheZerogamesare

traditionalMegaManfare,

whichstandupextremelywell

in2020.Whiletheinabilityto

duckoraimyourBusteratan

anglefeelsslightlyoddtoday,

it somehowsmoothlymelts

intotheretrocharmafforded

bytheart,music,andslightly

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@Jim_Crikey

VERDICT

ULTRAMEGA OK

silly dialogue. Jumping and

movement are every bit as

sharp and responsive as the

levels demand.

LET’S TALK ABOUT ZX

A Nintendo DS touchscreen

is emulated for the ZX games,

which means that there’s no

full-screen display option,

though you soon get used to

this. While ZX’s reliance on

open-world style gameplay

results in confusion and

frustration, killing the pace, the

sequel, ZX Advent, learns from

the mistakes of its predecessor,

and is in fact probably the

best game here. It even has

(hilariously cheesy) voice acting

and anime cutscenes.

One constant across all

six games in the bundle –

and a staple of Mega Man

games in general – is the

boss fight experience. Bosses

are unforgiving, and often

frustrating at first. However,

working out what to do and

how to do it is part of the

Mega Man joy, and each victory

is fist-pump-tastic. It’s great to

see Capcom preserving its back

catalogue, especially when the

games are as good as this.

A great collection of retro

platform shooter action. If

you’re wondering what all the

Mega Man fuss is about, this is a

good place to start. Luke Kemp