Video games in 2019
Are you one of those who expects every launch of the video game industry with the same expectation that other people expect the next season of a television series? Here’s a look at the Top 10 most relevant video games this year. We include titles that are already available on the market, but also several 2019 high caliber video games that are about to land on consoles and PCs.
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God of War
The most iconic PlayStation action franchise returned this year with a title that automatically became one of the most important 2018 games. ‘ God of War ‘ was reinvented. To begin with, Kratos is not alone on this occasion: his son Atreus accompanies him throughout the adventure. Moreover, Greek mythology has fallen behind, and now the Demigod must defeat several deities of Norse mythology.
The gameplay has also been remade from scratch, and the fighting is now deeper and more strategic, so the classic camera was changed with Zenithal perspective by one located behind Kratos ‘ backs.
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Spider-Man
It is another of the great video games of the 2019 exclusive of PS4. The famous Spider-Man returns to the load, this time with a title of action and Adventure in an open world, in which one must confront villains as well known as Electro, the Vulture, Rhino and the Scorpion… And also the main antagonist, Mr. Negative, who leads the gang of the Inner demons, who has taken control of the territories previously dominated by the criminal Kingpin.
The game was developed by Insomniac Games, the father of franchises such as ‘ Ratchet & Clank ‘ and ‘ resistance.’ Marvel herself oversaw the entire production process of this title, which has an unprecedented history, which will become canonical within the official universe of the character.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
In order to compete in the crowded market of multiplayer shooter games, Activision decided that the fourth installment of ‘ Call of Duty Black Ops ‘ dispense the ‘ story for a player ‘ mode in order to focus exclusively on competitive modalities, especially online.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops III ‘(Yes, No’ IV ‘or’ 4’) will include a mode called Blackout, which will work under the logic of the battle royale, where the last surviving player wins, and which is very popular in games like ‘Fortnite’ and ‘Player Unknown Battleground’s’.
It will also include more traditional forms of confrontation, in which it will be possible to use up to 10 types of soldiers with unique specialties; this, in addition to the already classic ‘zombie’ mode, to fight hordes of living dead in cooperative video games. Several maps and characters from previous Black Ops subseries will return, and it will be possible to face each other using vehicles and weapons of all kinds.
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Battlefield V
The shooting game in first person most relevant of Electronic Arts is back, this time serving as a direct sequel to ‘Battlefield 1’, and proceeding to the Second World War. One of the main attractions of this game will be the possibility to customize a specific set of soldiers, vehicles and planes, which can be used in the different modalities of the game.
‘Battlefield V’ will offer modalities such as Tides of War, with various continuing challenges, some for a limited time, making it a constantly evolving campaign. There will also be Grand Operation, with specific challenges to play in Co-operative, and Royale, where everyone will face each other in a shrinking scenario where supplies need to be collected, as is the case in titles such as’Fortnite’.
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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Assassin’s Creed’ moves from ancient Egypt to ancient Greece, leading the player to the year 431 before Christ, in the period of the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens. For the first time in the franchise, it will be possible to choose between a male or female protagonist (Alexios and Kassandra), who will be able to travel a map of 130 square kilometers, composed of Greece, all its islands and the Mediterranean Sea.
The Ubisoft firm ensures that the video game will be totally roll, with more interaction options with the other characters, to the point that it will be possible to initiate romantic relationships. There will also be a greater emphasis on naval fighting and even mythological creatures will appear to confront.
6 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’
‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be an improved version of the Super Smash Bros.’from Wii U, and promises to take this franchise to another level, thanks to the power and portability of the Switch console. In addition to including all the characters that have appeared in previous installments, new characters such as Daisy and Waluigi will debut from the Super Mario universe; King K. Rool from Donkey Kong Country; Ridley and Dark Samus from the Metroid series; and even guests from other companies such as the Ritcher brothers and Simon Belmont from Castlevania.
There will also be new special moves, and many scenarios from previous deliveries. To this is added higher response speed in the controls. Finally, Nintendo will release new Amiibo figures compatible with this title and, on the Wii U delivery line, an adapter will be launched to connect GameCube controls to Switch, in order to enjoy this game in the style of the Legendary ‘Super Smash Bros. Melee’, 2001.
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Dragon Ball FighterZ
Release: released in January for PC, PS4 and Xbox One; and arrives in September for Switch. The top title of ‘Dragon Ball ‘ is another of the protagonists of the 2019 Games. ‘Dragon Ball FighterZ’ offers a two-dimensional game system, in which teams of three characters are combated in a frenzied manner and spectacular special moves and combinations of high-speed blows predominate.
All this is complemented by a very intuitive control, which is easy to handle, but deep to fully master. Additionally, thanks to the power of the Unreal Engine 4 engine, ‘Dragon Ball FighterZ’ offers characters that look exactly the same as seen in the animation series, but guarantee 60 stable frames per second in all systems where it is present. On PC it is so well optimized that it can work on equipment without a dedicated graphics card from a couple of years ago, with only a few technical sacrifices.
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Far Cry 5
‘Far Cry’ returned to cargo during 2019 with its fifth installment. This time changing the locations of the third world to a rural area of the state of Montana, in the United States. The main enemy in ‘Far Cry 5 ‘is a fundamentalist religious sect, known as’ the gate of Eden’, which has control over Hope’s fictional county and its inhabitants.
As in other ‘Far Cry ‘ deliveries, it is possible to recruit other characters, domesticate wild animals, use vehicles and tackle the fighting with different strategies.‘Far Cry 5’ has received three expansions through downloadable content. ‘Hours of Darkness’, set in the Vietnam war; ‘Lost on Mars’, where you have to face aliens on the red planet; and ‘Dead Living Zombies’, with different scenarios rife with creatures departures of horror movies.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Rockstar, creator of the famous ‘Grand Theft Auto’, will launch in October what will perhaps be his most important game in this generation of consoles: ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’. It is the sequel to one of the most prized open world action games of the previous generation and, like its predecessor, will be inspired by the old American West.
Red Dead Redemption 2 will control outlaw Arthur Morgan, and delve into the origins of the Dutch van der Linde gang, one of the most dangerous in the universe of this franchise. Rockstar’s signature Take Two Interactive ensures that this new ‘Red Dead Redemption’ will redefine the industry and include an online multiplayer mode that will revolutionize the action game genre.
10 Monster Hunter
“Monster Hunter: World” returns to the consoles with a history of discovery. The destiny of the New World rests in the hands of our hunters and, as they say, it returns adding important novelties like new species and objects to collect, the possibility that the monsters can fight each other and a map totally connected between the different parts that keeps the identity between zones or the possibility of forming a team with up to three hunters with a new online multiplayer system.
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