Other than its stomach-churning fatalities, what really stands out here is its Kameo system, which lets players call in a second character to perform some extra attacks. I’d get to do that at Play Days with a limited build of Mortal Kombat 1, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. ~ Tomas Franzese Mortal Kombat 1Īfter falling in love with Street Fighter 6 this month, I was excited to give another fighting game a chance. Armored Core VI’s August 25 release can’t come soon enough. Its frenetic gameplay and intense enemy encounters look like they will constantly keep players on their toes, while deep customization options will allow players to adapt their mech to their favorite play style or what’s best for a given encounter. It’s unlike anything we’ve gotten from the developer over the past decade, but that’s a bad thing. ~ Giovanni Colantonio Armored Core VI: Flames of Rubicon Bandai Namco EntertainmentĪ brief 20-minute hands-off theater presentation for Armored Core VI: Flames of Rubicon did enough to rocket boost FromSoftware’s upcoming mecha game onto this list.

That makes it an easy pick for our game of the show, beating out some impressive Titans on this list. It was the one game on my peers’ tongues all weekend, as both press and content creators couldn’t stop praising it despite not being able to describe why. It’s an experience that stuck with me long after I put the controller down, and I wasn’t the only one. Part of that is due to the astonishingly tight game design that had me traversing its visually striking environments and naturally solving puzzles with no explanation necessary. The atmospheric, insect-themed adventure game transported me to another world entirely during my demo session, letting me get fully lost in its sci-fi ambiance. It’s incredibly difficult to describe what makes Cocoonso special it’s truly one of those games you need to actually play to understand. Game of the Show: Cocoon Annapurna Interactive In no particular order- with the exception of our Game of the Show – here are our 10 favorite games we played last week as part of Summer Game Fest.

Still, we talked and narrowed things down to our ten favorites so you could have a succinct list of some of the best-looking video games that are on the horizon.

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