After steamrolling through the first few months of 2017 with one of the most impressive streaks
of quality game releases in recent memory, the onslaught of games for the PS4 has finally slowed down.
The Xbox One has been out in the wild since November 2013, which means there's been just over four years
of quality game releases to keep fans happy.
It's a golden opportunity to continue years
of quality game releases.
It was a very big year for VR, and we saw a lot
of quality games released across all three major headsets.
Not exact matches
Seri's energy, technical
quality and ability to offer something in both facets
of the
game make him a great candidate to finally try to address the problem, and with a # 35m
release clause, that's an affordable price - tag for most top clubs and represents decent value for money in today's market.
Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5
of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all season, as for Man C they were very frail at the back last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added
games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for Everton yes they have
released a lot
of players and also brought in a lot too to give better
quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most
of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the race.
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition
of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the
release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state
of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid
of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy
of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid
of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid
of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction
of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return
of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort
of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative
of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition
of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle
of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any
of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind
of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack
of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result
of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest
of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands
of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none
of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club
of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid
of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field
of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version
of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history
of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true
quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet
of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival
of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone
of Henry's
quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players
of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that
of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part
of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the
game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet
of those who were well aware all along
of the potential pitfalls
of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...
For the seventh straight year, we have sifted through 12 months
of data to determine the best and worst
game publishers
of the year, based solely on the
quality of their 2016
releases.
The British
game company improved the
quality of its
releases quite a bit in the past year, thanks to well - reviewed titles like Overcooked.
For the eighth consecutive year, we have sifted through 12 months
of data to determine the best and worst
game publishers
of the year, based solely on the
quality of their 2017
releases.
Zelnick explained that the company has always prided itself on the
quality of their
games, and that the excellence they strive for is more important than the speed with which they
release their titles, or financial concerns for that matter.
«Our association with Ganbarion Co. Ltd has been successful for years, yet we prove it again with the
release of a high
quality ONE PIECE
game on 4 different platforms!
According to the translation posted on Operation Rainfall: «Whilst originally it was said that the delay
of MH4 was due to wanting to make a better
quality game and graphics, the real reason appears to be that it may be
released on the PS Vita to increase sales.»
Sega Europe understood the objections raised about the
quality of the
game in relation to the trailers, but explained that they weren't aware
of these issues when the trailers were produced, in some cases several months before
release.
Rockstar Games has graced us with a selection
of new, high -
quality stills from the recently
released Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer, alongside new screenshots from the
game.
With its detailed graphics, fluid animation and high -
quality music, Donkey Kong Country rivaled the aesthetic
quality of games that were being
released on newer 32 - bit CD - based consoles.
In an industry full
of bloated, gigantic
games, it was great to get
quality time with something as pure as When Vikings Attack, and we're looking forward to playing it more when it
releases later this year for the Vita and PS3.
This time around, it seems that SNK PLAYMORE wants to do integrate the PlayStation community for something that PSN users haven't seen yet; «In aiming for some
of the highest - level
quality NEOGEO emulation seen on PSN yet, coupled with a set
of online features for PlayStation
gamers, we look forward to
releasing the most highly revered title in the Metal Slug series together with PlayStation in the coming months.»
«The extra time will be used to polish the
quality of the
game even further, to the high standards it deserves and
release the product in the best possible timeframe,» Deep Silver said.
It surely hasn't been helped by the
release of Dragon Ball FighterZ, another excellent
quality tag fighter that's muscled in on MVC's territory, though it's still a shocker and surely a blow for Capcom — even the much derided Street Fighter X Tekken got two years as an EVO tournament
game.
Originally scheduled for a 2016 launch, publishers Microsoft have moved the
game release date back until February 2017 in order ensure the product is ready and
of the highest
quality possible.
the point
of the new one is its probably 20 years away from what nintendo is capable
of but they may
release it in 2030 and the nintenbots will love it then and get to brag about playing old
games while the majority
of gamers play modern cutting edge
quality games that don't favor short cut gimmicks like nintendo and their cardboard crap.
At this point in time anyone pre-ordering will be doing so based solely on the one cinematic trailer
release so far and also the high
quality of past Rockstar
releases — there's pretty much no concrete information about the
game just yet.
Looking at the sheer
quality of games that Nintendo has
released on the day speaks to Nov. 21 as more than just convenient, though.
There have been a number
of Superman
games released over the years, many
of which are considered poor
quality.
I grew up playing quite simple
games as
released for the Atari 2600 and see in Juju a high
quality entertainment
game that leads to a feeling
of great classic platform
games released for consoles.
It should be interesting to see if 2017 can be topped by 2018 in term
of the
quality of the
game releases.
Out
of all the
games released involving the franchise, The Escapists: The Walking Dead, and Telltale's take on the franchise were the only success stories (in terms
of quality).
It wasn't until the
release of Dragonball Z: Budokai that I started to take notice only because the PlayStation 2 offered a significant jump in
quality through cell shading and various other effects to create a visual experience closer to the fidelity show (at the time) than any
game before it.
After
releasing a selection
of high -
quality screenshots, including both stills from the trailer and images from the
game that did not appear in that footage, they've revealed yet another batch.
There's a reason they
release NSMBU at launch and not 3D World; 3D World is a much more ambitious
game and
of much higher
quality all around.
Megadimension Neptunia VIIR is basically a remastered
release for the original
game that features many
quality -
of - life improvements and a partial support for the VR headset.
I know the
quality of this part
of the
game is never going to be up there with larger budget
releases but it is nice to see an improvement here and there.
It's been 14 years since the last official 2D Metroid
game, and despite the
release of several high -
quality fan
games and hacks, fans have been begging Nintendo to send Samus on another platforming adventure.
It shouldn't come as much
of a surprise that Warner's Blu - ray
release of the seventh «Harry Potter» film is jam - packed with bonus material, but it's certainly commendable that the studio is still cranking out
quality extras this far along in the
game.
Though seriously, it kind
of sucks because Project Cars fills a hole that the U is sorely lacking, but it's all a part
of business... It could be a smart thing to wait until after the holiday season where the Wii U I feel is packed with
quality games this fall going into the holiday season add the winter
release of Smash, maybe the hope is to drive up the install base, so more people can pick it up in 2015 during a Wii U dry patch.
Originally
released on the Wii U back in 2014, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze continues Retro Studios» streak
of high
quality games following their initial stint with the Metroid Prime series.
As I've mentioned in previous reviews, the Nintendo Switch's portability does offer this
game somewhat
of a new lease
of life but I'd still find it hard to recommend - especially with the sheer volume
of quality releases currently sitting on the eShop.
A note on PC
release dates: Because Steam is now infested with tons
of low -
quality titles, many
of which post false
release dates or are outright scams, we've stopped including every PC - exclusive
game in this list by default.
Given the quantity
of quality titles Nintendo has been able to bring to the 3DS and how easy the Switch is to develop for, it means although next year's true Fire Emblem
game on Switch, it could easily be merely the first
of more to come as a second
release could also happen and that is fantastic news.
Ever since the launch
of Anomaly: Warzone Earth [$ 1.99] back in 2012 which completely reversed the tired Tower Defence genre on its head with beautiful graphics to boot - and even won an Apple Design Award for their efforts - 11 Bit Studios have strived in
releasing games that are ever increasing in
quality.
While the word is still out on the
game itself, we have seen many occurrences
of games not
releasing to
quality standards and we will not shy away from pointing them out.
But after a 2.5 month drought
of games, and suddenly 3
quality games are
released, that's gonna be an incentive to go out and make a purchase.
Disney Interactive, though, has been on somewhat
of a roll with its
releases of high -
quality games based on Toy Story 3 and Cars 2.
There have been countless sequels and spin - offs since the original's
release, all
of varying success and
quality, but with Pac - Man Championship Edition 2 Plus,
gamers can enjoy one
of the strongest entries in the storied franchise in years.
The promise
of a solid race - themed
game has been known to motivate the purchase
of entire console gaming systems — so the
release of a
quality title for mobile should be heard as very good news by fans
of the genre.
Over the course
of the last week a bunch
of new apps and
games have been
released and we are finally seeing some higher
quality content.
Hopefully once the Native Development Kit gets
released we should see the
quality of apps and
games improve.
This problem is compounded with Aliens Colonial Marines because it is a project that has eschewed budgetary and
release date concerns in order for the developers to focus on the «vision» and «
quality»
of the
game.
You click, and then click again an hour later to collect a bunch
of junk,» says Spudnugget leader Kim Lumbard in a press
release, «That's why we're building the
game «Line Pirates: to bring higher
quality gaming to Facebook.»