‘Sledging’ is cricket’s version of griefing, whereby players try and put each other off by trash talkingonthepitch.Tsk,tsk!REVIEW
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Two of our favourite studios, id and Avalanche,
combined their expertise and talents in shooters
andopen-worldgamesrespectively,to bringus
Rage2 ’s post-apocalyptic‘shooterverse’.Read our
verdictonpage72!Wedon’tmeanto keepswearing
in thepagesof thisfamily-friendlymagazine,but
there’sthelittlematterof a gamecalled Void
Bastards to contendwith!Finallywe’re ableto
reviewthiscomic-bookstyledsci-fishooterandstop
swearingafterpage76!Welovea goodisometric
dungeoncrawler,and Warhammer:Chaosbane (p78)
couldbequiteliterallythebestthing sinceDiablofor
us!It’ssummer,andthesoundof willowthwacking
leathercanmeanonlyonething.Yes, Cricket 19
(p80)has turnedupatOXMPavilion,justin time for
tea.If thatsport’sa littletooslow-pacedforyou,we
alsohave SonicTeam Racing (p82) reviewedthis
issue. TheOuterWilds is anintriguingindietitleona
22-minutetimeloopat theendof theuniverse.Turn
to page84, butmaybedoit quickly!Weescaped
fora fewhoursintotheworld of AmericanFugitive
(p86),a gamethatknowinglyhomagestheoriginal
GrandTheftAuto games.Thistop-downcarsand
crimecaper shouldberightupourstreet.Finallywe
turndownthelightsandtryto scare ourselveswith
investigation-horrorgame LayersOfFear2 (p88).
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How we
score:
Can’t make sense of
our out-of-ten rating
system? Then see
below for your
at-a-glance guide.
10 A gaming
masterpiece
9 An essential slice of
brilliance
8 Give it a whirl and
you won’t regret it
7 Some minor flaws
but still good
6 Solid, but not
setting any
loins aflame
5 Average. Not
good, but not
terrible either
4 Honks just a bit
3 Look away, lest
ye be tainted
2 Angry-makingly bad
1 Just... no...
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can still find out if
they’re worth playing.
EDITOR’S
CHOICEIrrespective of score,
the Editor’s Choice
award is given to
games with the
quality, ambition or
uniqueness to stand
out from the crowd.
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