What Games To Consider (April 1st – April 5th)

PC

April 2nd:
–     Defiance (PS3/Xbox 360/PC)
–      Borderlands 2: Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack DLC (PS3/Xbox 360/PC)
–      Cities in Motion 2 (PC Exclusive)
April 4th:
–      Evoland (PC Available via Steam)

For all the details regarding games on other platforms, head over to the PS3 section. In this segment, though, we’ll be breaking down the upcoming titles for PC.

Cities in Motion 2
Genre – Simulation
Developer – Colossal Order
Price – $20/£14.95

Did you withstand the turbulent release of SimCity last month? Hey, me too. It was, quite frankly, a very preventable disaster; however, if simulation is your genre then this week has your answer. Cities in Motion 2 is the upcoming sequel to 2011’s mass transit simulator and will provide gamers with a wealth of features to assist in their creation of a public transport system. Of course, Colossal Order’s game is a specialist title aimed at a particular audience, but with the addition of day/night systems and an entire multiplayer section – itself boasting both co-operative and competitive play variations – the game isn’t short on content. It may channel creative inspiration from the Tycoon series in terms of design, yet Cities in Motion 2 has built upon the foundations of its popular predecessor in an attempt to offer players the best transport simulator money can buy. The game will be available through retail, but beat all those unnecessary traffic jams by nabbing Cities in Motion 2 from Steam on Tuesday!

Evoland
Genre – RPG/Adventure
Developer – Shira Games
Price – *No price released at this time*

It’s rather appropriate that Evoland is hitting Steam sooner than expected. As a product of the accelerated gaming event Ludum Dare, the game was made in less than 48 hours by a talented team of developers – though let that be no indicator of the finished product. Evoland is perhaps the most intriguing game being released this week. It was originally built as a documentary about the progression of the action game genre until the team behind it decided to flesh out the concept into a fully-fledged game, and thank heavens they did. You know how RPG’s impose a traditional unlocking system that rewards your efforts? Well, in Evoland the loot you unlock doesn’t resemble dirty coins, rusty weapons and Goblin clothes, no, instead you are granted with new ways of playing the game. From the nostalgic top-down Monochrome perspective all the way up to the current 3D era, Evoland lets you play within an entire generation of video games as you progress through the story. Now how often can you say that about a game?

For pure innovation alone, Evoland is my recommendation of the week. Seriously, one look at this trailer and I guarantee you’ll be interested…