2019-03-01_Xbox_The_Official_Magazine

ABOVEWe love

the slightly

mutated wildlife

roaming around.

This is exactly

what we want

fromFar Cry!

layers ofThe Division 2’s

closed Alpha on PC in

December signed strict

NDAs before they were

allowed to play. Of

course, within hours there were

detailed accounts online revealing

every inch of the game. Honestly, it’s

like they forgot the internet existed.

It’s worth remembering that this is

an alpha, so things will undoubtedly

change before the final release as

Massive tweaks systems and balances

things out. Still, it gives us a slightly

better picture of howThe Division 2will

work at a gameplay level. For a start,

players reported that enemies feel

less like bullet-sponges, and many

guns feel more powerful. If that means

random grunts die without us having

to put a dozen sniper shots directly

into their faces, that’s fine by us.

It’s all coming together nicely, and if

the development team have listened

to the fans then this could bethe

shooter of the summer.Q

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NOW THIS IS THE KIND OF MATHS WE CAN GET BEHIND

The Division 2

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MAYBE NUCLEAR WAR ISN’T SO BAD AFTER ALL

Far Cry

P

f you’ve been looking

forward to stepping

back into a slightly

radioactive Hope

County, you don’t have

long to wait. This spin-off/sequel, set

17 years afterFar Cry 5, is doing

something similar toFar Cry Primal,

using the same map as a main

release but changing up

the game with new

weapons, gameplay

and characters.

There are some big

changes here, too. The

map will be familiar, but

different, with chunks of it

completely destroyed by a

nuclear blast, and other

areas open to explore. As

I

you might expect after such an event,

everything is very much makeshift,

from the buildings to the weapons and

items. You’ll experience bizarre

locations and even weirder weapons,

like the saw launcher – which

launches saws. Obviously.

Companions make a return, too.

There’s Nick Rye’s kick-ass daughter,

Carmina, Nana the narcoleptic

pensioner with a penchant for sniping,

and Timber the timber wolf. D’aww!

Far Cry 5 was good fun, but we’re

hoping this spin-off turns the dial

all the way round to ‘ridiculous’.

There’s plenty of

scope for

weirdness here,

and we are

so ready. Q

LEFT If we don’t

get to ascend the

Washington

Monument or

wander through

the White House,

we’re going to

kick off.

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2019 PREVIEW