In the field of games, the summer hole is now probably a self-fulfilling prophecy. Because gaming companies assume that hardly anyone wants to gamble in the summer, hardly any big games appear. And because no big games appear, relatively few people buy video games in the summer.
This year, however, you truly can not complain as a player. Especially in the summer months, some very interesting titles have come onto the market. We would like to introduce you to ten highlights based on our test impressions.
"Sea of Solitude" (Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Electronic Arts
To reenact the fears and loneliness of a young woman? That does not sound like fun and is only partly limited. "Sea of Solitude" is more of a special gaming experience. The player deals with the protagonist's past problems that have become monsters. He solves little puzzles and finds his way through the labyrinth of a lost city. He also piece by piece the pieces together, which as a whole seem insurmountable mental problems.
"Sea of Solitude" is an extraordinary game whose theme will hopefully find a place in games even more often.
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Sea of Solitude - Standard | PC Download - Origin Code
Publishing company:
Electronic Arts
Price:
EUR 19.99
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"Gears 5" (Xbox One, PC)
Xbox Game Studios
The "Gears of War" series delivers reliable action-packed cover shooters, in which monster after monsters over the pile is shot. Muscled guys are out and about with gigantic creaks. The new "Gears 5", however, takes a different approach. The story focuses this time on a protagonist: Kait Diaz.
Even the areas of the game are more expansive, can be explored extensively. It is no longer mere hose levels, in which it is always clear where the path leads to next. But the shooter gameplay remains the same - and good. Bloody fighting with cracking weapons, that is still what "Gears" especially offers. The fact that the story goes down a bit, is in the end almost no matter.
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Gears 5 - Ultimate Edition - Pre-load | Xbox One / Windows 10 Download Code
Manufacturer:
Microsoft
Price:
EUR 79.99
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"Fire Emblem: Three Houses" (Nintendo Switch)
Nintendo
Do you have a good 80 hours? That's how long it takes to play through "Fire Emblem: Three Houses". The strategy role-playing game lets the player enter one of three houses of an academy, each belonging to another dominion of the continent Fódlan. Much of the game takes place in this academy, where intrigues and power-fills take place.
But the actual happening takes place on the battlefield. Here, the player must prove strategic skill, move characters on the field, select their attacks, and play the strengths. Although "Fire Emblem: Three Houses" requires a lot of time from the player, it also provides an intense and rewarding gaming experience.
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Fire Emblem: Three Houses - [Nintendo Switch]
Manufacturer:
Nintendo
Price:
EUR 49,99
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"Control" (Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC)
505 games
An agency for paranormal, a lost brother and a protagonist who has to save the world. This could be "File X" and certainly does not tell anything new, but brings these ingredients together for a good game: "Control".
Behind it is an action adventure in which the player controls Jesse Faden, the director of the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC). But there is no official everyday life here, but much supernatural. The player fights his way through the authorities, using weapons as well as their powers, with which they spin around opponents or take control of them directly.
"Control" is especially fun where level design and game idea meet and create crazy environments. If you like games like "Quantum Brake" or "Alan Wake", you will enjoy this adventure as well.
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Control - [PlayStation 4]
Manufacturer:
505 games
Price:
EUR 53,99
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"A Plague Tale: Innocence" (Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Focus Home Interactive
Dark was the Middle Ages - at least, as far as his portrayal in video games is concerned. "A Plague Tale: Innocence" joins in, a game that uses themes like the Inquisition and a plague of rats to construct the era.
At the center, however, is a sibling couple who wants to survive in this world full of suffering - the 14-year-old Amica, who has to take care of her sick brother. The player strives in large parts of the game not to be found - by the rats and by the Inquisition.
"A Plague Tale: Innocence" is a very emotional game that builds a terrific game world, along with characters whose stories you like to follow.
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A Plague Tale Innocence [Xbox One]
Manufacturer:
Focus Home Interactive
Price:
EUR 41.47
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"Wolfenstein: Youngblood" (Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC)
Bethesda Softworks
Shoot at virtual Nazis? This is more fun for two than alone. At least that's what Machine Games thought, the studio behind "Wolfenstein: Youngblood". The daughters of the previous protagonist BJ Blazkowicz set out in search of their father in the shooter.
In the finest 80's aesthetics, they shoot through levels best explored by two players. Because "Wolfenstein: Youngblood" is based entirely on this co-op experience.
The game is basically playable on its own - but then it's only half as much fun. Because "Youngblood" places little value on history, but rather focuses on drastic firefights and environments designed entirely for team play.
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Wolfenstein Youngblood Deluxe Edition (PS4) - 100% uncut + WW2 symbolism
Manufacturer:
Beth_Export
Price:
EUR 46,50
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"Outer Wilds" (Xbox One, PC)
Annapurna Interactive
22 minutes, again this 22 minutes. That describes "Outer Wilds" pretty much - and again not at all.
The premise of the game is simple: the player has 22 minutes to explore a planetary system, then the sun explodes and extinguishes everything. But the exciting thing is what the player makes out of these 22 minutes. Because these are repeated again and again. Which areas you explore, when, what you learn, how you can do something different, these are the actual gameplay mechanisms of "Outer Wilds".
And that's exactly what makes this space game special. It offers an experience like no other game before and fascinates far beyond "playing through".
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Outer Wilds - Xbox One - Download Code
Manufacturer:
Annapurna Interactive
Price:
EUR 24.99
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"Telling Lies" (iOS, PC)
Annapurna Interactive
The NSA was stolen a hard drive. On this are stored numerous videos showing four people. But why were these people monitored? And what does the protagonist, who now watches these videos, actually have to do with the whole? That's what the player has to figure out.
But he looks at these videos, searches with the help of keywords for clues, combines them and comes closer to a solution. However, there is not much time left. If the player does not advance fast enough, the game starts from the beginning.
"Telling Lies" does not rely on computer-generated graphics, but on actors. What worked well for "Her Story" is continued here: an exciting and mysterious gaming experience.
"The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan" (Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Bandai Namco Entertainment
"The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan" should not be played, says the developer. And yes: Couple in front of the TV to decide what terrible fate the characters should go back, actually fun, our test showed. Not for nothing the predecessor "Until Dawn" was a big hit on YouTube, watching makes games as fun as playing itself.
"Man of Medan" works simple: The player steers characters through a ghost ship and has to decide in certain places, what the character should do. Run away? Fight? Confront other characters? Depending on the decision, the characters survive - or not.
In the end, "Man of Medan" is a horror game that pays off more than once. A game that on a gray evening is also a good alternative to any horror movie.
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The Dark Pictures - Man of Medan [Playstation 4]
Publishing company:
Bandai Namco Entertainment Germany
Price:
EUR 29.99
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"Super Mario Maker 2" (Nintendo Switch)
Nintendo
When you've ripped through all the games, it's time to build your own game. For this, "Super Mario Maker 2" offers, in which an extensive kit is available, with which imaginative or even perverse heavy levels in the "Super Mario" universe can be designed.
In contrast to the first part of the kit has grown again, he now offers about different level goals, changing water levels or the possibility that two players work on a level. In addition to the building fun, there is a story mode with 100 levels that want to be mastered. A successful overall package with almost infinite content: Over the net, so can the levels of other players to be tried.
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Super Mario Maker 2 - Standard Edition [Nintendo Switch]
Manufacturer:
Nintendo
Price:
EUR 59.90
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