December—a time for snow, Doctor Who Christmas specials, and slow game releases. But slow doesn’t mean we didn’t come across anything worth checking out. And so, below is what we played and liked in December.
Amplitude Mike played the Kickstarted reboot of Harmonix’s rhythm game, and found more of the same stuff he fell in love with back in 2003.
Live Forever in the Universe of 'New World: Aeternum'
You can buy the game for PS4
ARK: Survival Evolved The ever-popular Steam dino survival game had its Xbox One debut last month. It was Mike’s first exposure to ARK , and he had a pretty good time
You can buy the game for PC Xbox One
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate - Jack The Ripper To Stephen’s experience, not only was Jack The Ripper a pretty good piece of AC DLC, but it also explored a historical topic that video games don’t often do.
You can buy the expansion for PC PS4 Xbox One
Aviary Attorney Phoenix Wright , but with animals. Mike dug the concept, and the execution.
You can buy the game for PC
Badland 2 Badland was a brilliant mobile puzzle-platformer with some problems. The sequel, Mike found, eliminates those problems, for an all-around awesome game.
You can buy the game for iOS
Dreamfall Chapters: Book Four: Revelations It’s the fourth installment in Red Thread Games’ adventure series. If Richard’s impressions are any indication, this isn’t the chapter where you should stop playing.
You can buy the game for PC
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair In this game filled with literal and figurative bugs, you need to focus on the destruction to get your money’s worth. That’s what Mike did, and he had tons of stupid fun.
You can buy the game for PS4
Fast Racing Neo Mike wants you to know that this is not a new F-Zero . It’s like a new F-Zero , though. It scratches that itch.
You can buy the game for Wii U
Force of Elements Mike found his perfect competitive online game in Force of Elements , a match-3 puzzler that looks like a MOBA.
You can buy the game for PC
Pokémon Picross Catching Pokémon by drawing pixel puzzles. This makes for a great game but, as Stephen notes, you might be annoyed by the free-to-play energy mechanic.
You can get the game for 3DS
Progress to 100 This mobile puzzle game can get pretty obtuse with its solutions. But that didn’t stop Evan from finishing it.
You can buy the game for iOS
RWBY: Grimm Eclipse Mike had a blast with this fan-game-turned-official-game—a co-op brawler—based on the Rooster Teeth webseries.
You can buy the game for PC
Squad A more realistic Battlefield with large, daunting skirmishes. Nathan thought it made for a fascinating experience.
You can buy the game for PC
Total War: Attila - Age of Charlemagne The well-focused final downloadable campaign for Total War: Attila and—much to Luke’s joy—a bright end to the Rome II saga.
You can buy the DLC for PC
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Night Dive Studios did a great job updating this shooter for modern systems. Mike’s had a lot of fun shooting dinosaurs.
You can buy the game for PC
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