SOMA is a sci-fi survival horror that makes you rethink the description of death. There's also no more loading screens, and the characters move between locations seamlessly.Ĭategories in common with Resident Evil 2: The remake uses an over the shoulder camera, and the movements are relative to its angle. In the original game, the controls were relative to the position of the player's character rather than the camera. Changes from the originalīesides the updated graphics, the remake features a new camera and controls. Both protagonists use firearms as their main weapon however, ammo is scarce. The game combines puzzle solving with zombie fights. The player can complete the scenario playing one of the protagonists, and then replay it from the other character's POV, with all his previous actions taken into account. The two protagonists' storylines are intertwined. The player controls either Leon or Claire from the third person view in a 3D environment. The characters eventually uncover the dark secrets of the Umbrella Corporation, which created the virus as a biological weapon, and fight its monsters, such as the Tyrant. Companions, such as Ada Wong and Sherry, occasionally follow the protagonists. They both search for the ways to escape the infested city. There are two protagonists: Claire Redfield, a high school student, and Leon Kennedy, a policeman. The story follows the survivors of a zombie virus outbreak in the fictional Raccoon City. The plot of the remake is identical to that of the original game. Resident Evil 2 is the remake of the 1998 game of the same name.
Like in Arkham City player can freely explore an open world, but this time it is not just Arkham Asylum, but the whole of Gotham City.Ĭategories in common with Batman: Arkham Origins: It mostly consists of beat-em-up sequences, stealth sequences, and investigations. The gameplay of Origins is very similar to the previous two installments. The story covers some events important for the other installments in the series, like Batman’s first encounter with Joker and incidents that lead to the reopening of Arkham Asylum. The notorious crime lord Black Mask places $50 million bounties on Batman and hires eight of the world’s deadliest assassins including Bane, Deathstroke, Killer Croc and others. It takes place in Gotham City on Christmas Eve. Concerning story, Origins is the prequel to the first game in the franchise, Batman: Arkham Asylum. Two more episodes were published for the first game, called “The Signal” and “The Writer”, directly continuing the story of the main game, and completing the first season.īatman Arkham Origins is an action-adventure game, the third main entry in Warner Brothers’ Batman: Arkham series. When the enemies are getting too close, Alan can perform a slow-motion dodge. Only after dispelling the darkness with a source of light players are able to affect the enemies. The main enemy, encountered by the players will be Taken – possessed by darkness creatures and humans that cannot be attacked outright, because they are shrouded in black smoke, blocking the attacks. Action-adventure with horror elements, Alan Wake is paced like a thriller show, cinematic and slow, which is in alignment with the visual style of the rural region of Washington and linear storytelling. Titular best-selling psychological thriller author was going through a writer’s block, but when he tries to take a small vacation, it seems that he is attacked and has to fight off the “darkness” that possess people and animals alike.