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SONY PLAYSTATION GAME
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART
$69.99
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the rare PS5-exclusive game that showcases the
system’s full capabilities while delivering an excellent, highly replayable action-
adventure experience. Don’t let the charming Pixar-like visuals fool you: Rift Apart
is a challenging third-person shooter with engaging combat, clever mini-games,
varied gameplay mechanics, amazing set pieces, and numerous collectibles to
nab as you phase through dimensional rifts and blast baddies to stop Doctor
Nefarious’ schemes. Add to that a new alternate-dimension protagonist who
spices up the story, as well as an endearing cast of characters, and the result is a
must-own PS5 title.
78
MICROSOFT XBOX GAME
PSYCHONAUTS 2
$59.99
Psychonauts fans have waited nearly two decades to return to Double Fine
Productions’ psychic-focused action-adventure game, and fortunately,
Psychonauts 2 lives up to their expectations. You control Raz, a psionic hero, and
dive into people’s conflicted, unique brainscapes to solve puzzles, gather
collectibles, and complete objectives, all while making heavy use of your
psychic abilities to levitate, blast, and punch through the mental vices and
pitfalls that litter the minds you explore. With plenty of secrets to find and a
thoroughly entertaining story to enjoy, Psychonauts 2 is one of the best games on
the Xbox platform.
79
NINTENDO SWITCH GAME
METROID DREAD
$59.99
Almost two decades after the last original 2D Metroid game, Metroid Dread
reminds us why the series’ formula has an entire video game genre named after
it—it’s that amazing. As intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran, you explore an
alien planet and use every tool in your arsenal to survive and escape its dangers,
hiding from creepy robots that perform one-hit kills and blasting towering bosses
with bombs and missiles. Finding the proper path forward through the dark,
maze-like world requires careful exploration, top-tier perception, and
backtracking. Metroid Dread lets you do all of that with aplomb.
80
PC GAME
NIOH 2: COMPLETE EDITION
$49.99
Nioh 2 is not only a superb sequel that greatly expands upon its predecessor’s
impressive foundation—it’s also a tremendous, content-packed action RPG with
brutal action, highly technical combat mechanics, and a wonderful Sengoku-
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