The phrase
"gaming gems" refers to rare and valuable video games that are considered to be highly enjoyable, unique, or outstanding in some way.
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Simply put, this is a
unique gaming gem that comes around only once in every 10 years.
There's no shame in admitting your pile of 2017
gaming gems just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
It's a complete reformat of my original book that was published in 2012 and will offer hidden
gaming gems for each generation all the way up to the Nintendo Switch!
There are even a few courses inspired by other games,
with gaming gems such as the likes of Shadow of the Colossus and Limbo receiving this very special treatment.
Translation: significant FINANCIAL risk, because never once has a Schafer - helmed title — which includes such adventure
gaming gems as Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle and the artistically - lauded but commercially - doomed Grim Fandango — wanted for critical or creative praise.
It might just be us, but Asphalt 5 isn't that exciting and we get the feeling that the
real gaming gems will come through Marketplace - Angry Birds brings an obvious example.
For every mediocre game released by a big budget studio, there are dozens of
independent gaming gems that languish in obscurity, all for want of a bigger advertising budget.
To many, the PS3 may not be host to a huge amount of
exclusive gaming gems, although with the likes of Metal Gear Solid 4, Resistance: Fall of Man, Heavenly Sword, Everybody's Golf World Tour, Buzz Quiz TV, Valkyria Chronicles and LittleBigPlanet (not forgetting the likes of Super Stardust, Pixel Junk Monsters, and WipEout HD on the PSN), it still boasts a decent amount of shiny gems.
For the most part, the section helps iOS users bypass the App Store's overwhelming amount of choice to
find gaming gems they may not have heard of before.
Stay tuned to PCWorld all week long for more E3 coverage (and more daily wrap - ups), and be sure to check out our coverage of the 40 must - see
PC gaming gems from E3 2017's opening weekend.
We got a SNES Classic Edition to replace it with, but this
little gaming gem clearly had a bit more life in it.
You can buy games from Steam's massive selection of triple - A releases, classic titles and
indie gaming gems, and download directly into your machine, complete with automatic updating and built - in screenshot tools.
These hidden
gaming gems do have powerful hardware, great displays, and solid battery life, but also the kind of thin and light design that won't embarrass you at a coffee shop.
Senua's Sacrifice is a brand new adventure from a small team of talented devs over at Ninja Theory and if that name rings a bell (and it definitely should), it's because their repertoire is lined
with gaming gems: Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and the 2013 Devil May Cry reboot, to name a few.
Whether that be highlighting
Hidden Gaming Gems (which I wrote about many many years ago), covering an entire year of gaming to put things in perspective, or covering an entire console's library including games in other regions that would interest an English speaker and even brand new homebrew games.
Shadow of the Colossus is
a gaming gem.
The PlayStation 2's enormous library spawned major hits and cult classics, and the chance to play
those gaming gems again will have many gamers excited.
There is no word when or if these games will make their way into other regions such as North America, but if you live in Europe then you can access
these gaming gems for $ 14.99 on the Playstation Store.
Considering the lack of coverage on
these gaming gems, I've decided to give them a place in the blogosphere sun.
Then we have Hidden
Gaming Gems: Generation by Generation which will be the next book that I'm taking to Kickstarter and releasing here in 2018.
Nearly thirteen years after its initial release, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that
this gaming gem was being remade for the PlayStation 4 last year.
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that
this gaming gem was being remade for the PlayStation 4 last year