STAR WARS JEDI:
FALLEN ORDER
Respawn is taking a break from
making Titanfall games to
tackle the Star Wars universe.
Set shortly after the events of
Revenge of the Sith, you play as
a Padawan Jedi who managed
to survive Palpatine’s purge.WATTAM
More of a toybox stuffed with
surprises than a traditional
experience, Wattam lets you
possess a cast of odd folk and
make them interact in weird, fun
ways. This includes stacking
giggling poops, and using an
exploding hat.AGE OF WONDERS:
PLANETFALL
The 4X series heads to space.
Lead your people out of a dark
age as you compete against
other sci-fi civilizations in a race
to build a utopia—be it through
diplomacy, conquest, or just
building destructive weapons.
SABLE
Its Moebius-esque art style
marked Sable out as one of the
most beautiful games of E3- Being able to explore that
gorgeous desert landscape and
its handcrafted landmarks on
hoverbikes feels like the icing on
a very good-looking cake.
SUNLESS SKIES
SUNLESS
SKIES WILL
FEEL
FA MILIA R IN
TERMS OF
TONE AND
INTERFACE
T
he strange gothic horror
of Failbetter Games’
storytelling ascends to the
heavens in Sunless Skies;
a sequel to the superbly
eerie Sunless Sea. Instead of navigating
dangerous waters, you must traverse the
High Wilderness—an industrial empire in
space—exploring odd ports and trying to
manage the terror levels of your crew.
We tinkered with the Early Access release
early in 2018 and found a quest line
involving costumes for geese, visited an
Art Deco port, and cured terror with
games of cricket. Rather than a linear
narrative, Sunless Skies is a game about
pursuing an ambition. You explore, gather
crew, amass resources, and drink in
thousands of snippets of evocative prose.
If you’re familiar with Sunless Sea, it’s
also useful to know that, although Sunless
Skies will feel familiar in terms of tone and
interface, there have been many
improvements to the core loops.
Particularly important is that it cuts down
on repetition of journeys and does a better
job with storage via a bank system.In space, nobody
can hear Space Big
Ben go ‘bong’.2019