Horizon Forbidden West – one of the PlayStation’s best (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
With the 30th anniversary of PlayStation fast approaching a reader lists his favourite games and, surprisingly, most are from this decade.
Things aren’t going so great for Sony at the moment, but I didn’t want to be so down for their 30th anniversary. Instead, I wanted to share some of my favourite games and consoles/peripherals over this time.
For this list I haven’t chosen any third party games. So, for instance, games like Elden Ring, the Batman: Arkham games, Grand Theft Auto, and Red Dead Redemption 2 aren’t included.
Instead, I’ve included only Sony exclusives, which aren’t available anywhere else except, in some cases, on PC.
10. Horizon Forbidden West
The Horizon series hasn’t grabbed me as much as other third person Sony games. It doesn’t help that I’m not particularly skilled at stealth. The combat though is decent. I’d pick this game over the original because I found the platforming, although basic, to be a step up over its predecessor; the environments more engaging and also because, frankly, it’s absolutely gorgeous.
9. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
A lot was made of the ability to open portals to open ‘rifts’ between different areas, but in reality this didn’t add much to the gameplay. That being said, I still enjoyed the game. I can’t really remember much about it, if I’m honest, other than getting around the map was pretty fun, I seem to recall a flying dragon and some rocket boots. Also, the variety of weird weapons – such as one that fired a disco ball so enemies were distracted by being made to dance, which I believe was one particular highlight. A game I want to revisit at some point in the near future.
8. Sackboy: A Big Adventure
I feel both Sony and Microsoft are miles behind Nintendo when it comes to both platformers and family friendly games in general. This isn’t the best example of the genre but even so, I still had a good time with the game. The game looks great, with interesting levels that are bright and colourful. The game makes uses of licensed music to great effect and the challenge levels add a new degree of difficulty to the main game.
7. The Last Guardian
Although most probably prefer Shadow Of The Colossus I’ve never been a big fan. Personally, I much prefer The Last Guardian. I can understand why, Trico the giant dog you command doesn’t always respond to button prompts, much like a real dog, but to me it kinds of adds to the charm. I also enjoy the platforming and puzzles. For me though, where the game really shines is when you are scaling great heights. I really feel like they have nailed the sense of how it must feel knowing you could plummet back down to your death at any point.
6. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
The last third of the game loses pace a little but otherwise this game skips from …read more
Source:: Metro
