Metal Gear Solid, Batman, Bloodborne, and Halo 5 and more; the year keeps getting better and better!
Every year, we see some great games and renewals in annual franchises, but 2015 is very special. This year alone, we have seen several top triple-A titles, including exclusives on both Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One, making 2015 the year for video games. We at Bidness Etc look back at the year that has been so amazing hitherto, and look forward to what's in store for the next few months.
We started the year off with one PS4 exclusive called ‘The Order 1886’ which received lukewarm reviews and did commercially better in the UK+. Although it was not a serious flop, it wasn’t such a huge hit for Sony either, but the best was yet to come. Bloodborne was unleashed a little later that showed that the PS4 could also boast heavy hitters as exclusive titles. Bloodborne was a huge success helping the PS4 continue its dominance in the console market. The game was developed by From Software, famous for Dark Souls and Demon’s Souls series.
Up next, we look at the multiplatform role-playing hit ‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’ which became perhaps the biggest game of the year in terms of sheer size and the things one could do. It boasted an open-world with tons of activities to sink your teeth into. Developers CD Projekt Red have even decided to give 16 downloadable content packs for free. This game promises a lot of fun and no matter how much time you put in, it won’t be enough considering the amount of content.
Perhaps the first major multiplatform action title this year was Rocksteady Studios’ Batman: Arkham Knight. This was also the first entry of the franchise on PS4 and Xbox One. Despite the botched PC launch, current-gen console owners loved the game and it was more of a hit on the PS4 than on the Xbox One. Batman’s final outing in the beloved Arkham series puts him up against the evil Scarecrow and the mysterious Arkham Knight who has links to our hero’s past. The introduction of the Batmobile was welcomed as a serious sidekick of the Dark Knight. However, some of the insanely difficult tank missions were criticized for being ‘too much Batmobile’.
There was another hero waiting in the wings after Batman hung up his cape and cowl. That was none other than Snake aka Big Boss in Konami’s (ADR) (OTCMKTS:KNMCY) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The just-released mega action hit once again gives you a huge open-world sandbox to play in and director Hideo Kojima allows you to play the game you want to play it. This way, every player’s experience is unique. This game has already received top-10 ratings from IGN and Gamespot and is a blockbuster hit of September. One may say it’s even bigger than Batman: Arkham Knight.
The future is very bright. We have a few solid Xbox One exclusives on the way which include Halo 5: Guardians, Fable Legends, Rise of the Tomb Raider (timed-exclusive) and Forza Motorsport 6. Multiplatform titles such as Activision Blizzard’s (NASDAQ:ATVI) Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, FIFA 16 and Need for Speed all look promising.
2015 is a huge year for gaming and the hits just keep coming. Which was your favorite of the year so far? Let us know in the comments below.
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