At the time of its November 2013 release, Super Mario 3D World was hailed by Edge as being “the Wii U’s best game to date”. Of course, Bayonetta 2 and Mario kart 8 had still to come out, but what is interesting is that despite the deluge of plaudits that the game received, it was met with very little fanfare at launch – with the critically derided PS4 platformer Knack comfortably outselling it in the UK.| PRANKSTER101 PRODUCTIONS
Even though the Halo games have sometimes been criticised for their lacklustre campaigns, the strength of their multiplayer modes still end up elevating the games to being one of the strongest contenders for taking the first person shooter crown. According to my favourite esteemed journalist, Simon Parkin, Halo 5 continues this fine tradition of offering “a competent campaign, but the multiplayer makes it” worthy of your time. It also helps that the game is below the £20 psychological ba...| PRANKSTER101 PRODUCTIONS
Released to mediocre reviews at the time of release, Resident Evil 6 disappointed a lot of franchise traditionalists for its more action packed campaign that mostly jettisoned the survival horror roots that had made the series so popular with fans in the first place. Despite Capcom stating that the survival horror market was too small for the game to do well at market, a claim later substantiated as being correct when Resident Evil would go on to be the second best selling game in the company...| PRANKSTER101 PRODUCTIONS
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