2019-05-01+Official+PlayStation+Magazine+-+UK+Edition

A worldfirsthands-onwithBorderlands:

ThePre-Sequelandanearlylookat

PSVR–OPM#96embracedthenew

MAKING ONE OF

GAMING’S MOST

COMPLEX ACTION

RPGS ACCESSIBLE [...]

YOUR NEW CO-OP

OBSESSION.

1

Guessthefourgames,

and their scores, from

these review quotes

Name

that game

OPM TIME MACHINE

5 YEARS AGO

Above In our world-exclusive hands-on with

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel we discovered what

Borderlands 2’s Handsome Jack was up to before his

rise to villainous power. And, er, we gave him a hand

on his dastardly way. (Wait – are we the baddies?)

Far left Just

in case you’re

feeling nostalgic,

Spider-Man games

were rubbish five

years ago. Thank

goodness that

changed, eh?

Left Towerfall got

a gold 9/10, and

we haven’t stopped

playing it since

(even Ian puts

down PES for a

game occasionally).

AN MMO

SHOOTER THAT

RISES ABOVE STORY

PROBLEMS BY

LETTING YOU CREATE

YOUR OWN EPIC

NARRATIVE WITH

FRIENDS EVERY

SECOND OF PLAY.

3

EXAMINING THE

FINAL DAYS OF A

HANDUL OF NORMAL

PEOPLE WITH

NO CYNICISM,

DETACHMENT OR

JUDGEMENT.

2

AN EXQUISITE

ENVIRONMENT,

MOVEMENT THAT’S

RARELY LESS THAN

EXHILARATING AND

PLENTY MORE OF THE

SAME STEALTHY,

STABBY THRILLS.

4

Below left Known as Project Morpheus, what would

become PS VR blew our minds – without Astro Bot.

Below right We looked at promising games from tiny

studios, including outstanding puzzler The Witness.

ANSWERS

1. Monster hunter: World, issue #146,

9/10.

2. Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture,

issue #114, 8/10.

3. Destiny, issue #102, 9/10.


4. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate,

issue #117, 7/10.

108

TIME MACHINE