PS5 GAMES PREVIEW
The settings really
make the most of
PS5’s incredible
graphics capability.to earn that one new piece of
armour or weapon you need to
give yourself an edge in the battles
to come. It does mean that, unlike
recent soulsborne Sekiro, Godfall
will likely encourage grinding for
higher-level gear.
PICK AND MIX
A game based around the drop-
in-drop-out gameplay of Destiny
and Monster Hunter: World, with
a heaving Dark Souls influence
behind the melee combat, feels
safe. But there are ideas here that
could raise this above what’s come
before: for example, Counterplay
has revealed bosses are designed
with counter moves that work
against multiple attackers – it
means when you’re fighting with
two friends, a boss will be able to
repel attacks even if you all strike
simultaneously.
Take into account PS5’s core
tenets of speed and accessibility
and Godfall could play and feel like
no other game. With a GPU and
CPU powering the ray-traced
lighting, reflections, and high-
fidelity textures, an SSD ensuring
little break in the carnage, and 3D
audio meaning you can hear
enemies approaching from every
angle, this could easily become our
day-one poster child for PS5.
hilewestressSonyhasyetto
announceanygamesforPS5at
thetimeofwriting,wecanpiece
togethersomeideasofwhatwemaybe
playingatlaunch.Evenbeforethe
next-generation console was announced,
Polyphony Digital was demoing a version
of Gran Turismo Sport running in 8K on
secret hardware. And we know the
game’s cars were over-specced when
modelled to run on higher-end hardware,
with the dev keen to future-proof GT
Sport. So it’s easy to infer a version of
this racer could be with us at launch.Racinggamesareperfectfora
consolelaunchbecausethegraphicsdevil
in allofuslovestodrooloverthose
high-poly,high-fidelityvisuals.It is telling
thatSonyusesa versionofGTSport
ported to PS5 dev kits to demo the new
DualShock 5’s haptic feedback. We can
only assume that work could make its way
to PS5 at launch, or within the launch
window, as a demo.
What comes next is the really
interesting idea: a new Gran Turismo
sequel on PS5. It’s unconfirmed, it’s pure
speculation, but we’d love it to be real.GRAN TURISMO SPORT
PuttingPS5in poleposition
PubSonyDevPolyphonyDigitalETATBCora seriessetin ancienthistory,
Assassin’sCreed:Odysseytook
someliberties(evenbyAssassin’s
Creedstandards).But,it wasawesome.
Minotaur?Slayedit, mate.Cyclops?Felled
byourhands.Gorgon?Everysnake
exterminated.Whatif thatsamedevteam
wereletofftheleashtoreallygofull
mythologywithitsveryownIP?
That’swhereGods& Monsterscomes
in,a cartoonysplashontheopenworld
actiongamethatreallyembracesits
Greekmythologyinspirations.The
legendaryTyphonhastoppledthe
pantheonofgods,andit’suptoyou,a
classicGreekhero,torestorethem.TohelpyouonyourquesttheGods
havebestowedspecialpowersonyou.
Thesehaveyouexploringthelarge,lush
openworldlikeneverbefore– eventaking
theair.Andyou’llneedtousethemallto
takeonthemythologicalcreaturesthat
nowterrorisetheland,fromhydrato
harpies,andmuchmorebesides.
It’salwaysgreattoseea brand-new
series,especiallyonefroma teamwith
sucha pedigree.Asthey’vebeenableto
createtheirownstorybookadventure
withanalmostpainterlycartoonartstyle,
it’soneofthemostuniqueopenworld
gameswe’veseen,andonethatanyone
willbeabletogetlostin.GODS & MONSTERS
A Homer-runonPS5?
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Dream machines?
Let’s hope our
fantasy of GT Sport
on PS5 comes true.PS5: some
adventures will be
truly legendary.049