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One of the most anticipated games of the year, Red Dead Redemption 2 manages to redefine the open-world genre and keep your hand on the controller, despite the rather slow pace.

I admit, I was skeptical given how much hype there was around this game, but I'm glad I was wrong. The campaign lasts more than 60 hours, but you will have enough activities even after the epilogue ends.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a prequel to its predecessor, the action taking place more than 10 years before. After a failed mission led by Dutch, the gang moves east, where they fight for freedom and are constantly fighting with members of the O’Driscoll clan.

They live in the wild, where they create their own camp that you can improve through various upgrades throughout the game. Each member of the gang has to contribute money or food for the camp to survive - so I spent a lot of time hunting deer or bears to have something to bring home.

Despite the fact that the game is an open-world RPG, the world does not open to you from the beginning of the game. You will spend the first few hours trying to learn the mechanics of the game and test different actions and missions that Arthur can do in the Red Dead universe.

The first chapter serves as a kind of prologue in which you do not have so much freedom and tries to introduce you to the story. We also meet old friends from the first Red Dead Redemption: John Marston and his wife Abigail, even the leader of the gang, Dutch van der Linde, who are much younger, but we all know how their story will end.

You can go shopping in the city and literally walk among the shelves and buy your coffee or canned food to drink later. They will also recharge your life or stamina and you can carry them in your bag or store them on horseback.

Speaking of animals, your horse is the most reliable partner. The more time you spend together, the more trustworthy you become and the easier it will be to handle. Moreover, you have to take care of your horse, if you want to keep it alive. There are a lot of animals in the wild that you can hunt with either a bow or a rifle and I can't describe how fluid and natural their animation is.

The days in the Red Dead pass slowly, as it probably did at that time. I spent a whole day going fishing, or doing various household activities in the camp, such as cutting wood or taking a bath after a day of work. There are a lot of activities you can do in the Red Dead, from riding in the wild, to going for a drink in the city bar that ends in an epic fight with all the locals.

But let's move on to more serious things: side-missions. You can take part in robberies with other van der Linde members or go alone to get some money back or look for other criminals for the sheriff in town. My advice is to loot whatever comes your way: you will find various items from drinks, money or other things that will be useful to you later.

The Dead Eye system that became this series also returns in the second part. Dead Eye for the uninitiated, slows down the world around you so you can hit enemies more easily, but the ability is consumed quite quickly and does not charge automatically. You will have to consume various items in order to reload it, but to be honest, Arthur is doing very well without this ability.

Also worth mentioning are some things that I don't like very much: the interface is quite different from many other games of this kind, where you don't have all the inventory or progress in one place. It will take you some time to get used to the system and know where to look if you need certain information.

The action of the game is very cumbersome, but I don't see it as a disadvantage. You have to arm yourself with a lot of patience, and my advice is to enjoy the world around you. The landscape is diverse and never ceases to amaze me how realistic it is. Many times I thought I was watching a movie and I can only consider Red Dead an unparalleled competitor for Game of the Year.

Rockstar Games manages to deliver a game that sets new standards for the open-world genre. I can't wait for the launch of Red Dead Online, where I will be able to make my own gang of villains and cross the wild west. Until then, I continue my adventures in the wild west with my horse, because the adventure in Red Dead has just begun.

There would be quite a few more points to reach, but I hope I piqued your interest to explore on your own. I'm curious why you did other nice things in the new Red Dead, because I'm sure I haven't seen anything that this game has to offer.

Come to the farm and let's grow good times!
Developer and publisher GIANTS Software releases the most extensive farming simulator to date, with a multitude of new features such as production chains and multiplayer crossplay. The launch trailer tells the heartwarming story of a budding farmer.

Farms are getting bigger – and so is the game series

Farming Simulator 22 improves the farming experience on every level. The seasonal cycle comes with new obstacles to overcome, production chains add more depth, new ways to work in the fields bring more variety to farming, and new sounds amplify the sense of immersion.
The possibility to modify the character, as well as the new way of placing buildings, promotes freedom and creativity on the three distinct maps, inspired by the regions of the south of France, the United States or the area of the Alps mountains. All farmers will find the perfect relief for their taste and will be able to enjoy farming and forestry activities as well as animal husbandry. It will be their choice if they want to focus on the crops present in the game or raise cows, sheep, chickens, pigs, horses or even bees. Thanks to cross-platform multiplayer, it's now even easier to cooperate.

With over 400 authentically digitized vehicles and machinery from companies such as Case IH, CLAAS, Fendt, John Deere, Massey Ferguson, New Holland, Valtra and many others, the farm machinery fleet is growing this time around as well. New categories of agricultural machinery will allow farmers to take care of olive groves or vines. Grapes, olives and sorghum are the three new crop types present in the game.

Cultivated, fertilized and now published
Christian Ammann, CEO of GIANTS Software said, “This is an amazing achievement that marks an important moment in the company's work on several levels. Farming Simulator 22 is the first title we've published, it's our most ambitious title yet, and it's the result of our immense desire to bring the series' potential to fruition in the future. And it is not only an important moment, but also a milestone.

GIANTS Software has also improved the foundation behind the game. On the technical side, the new GIANTS Engine 9 comes bundled with DirectX 12, NVIDIA DLSS, texture streaming and more novelties that optimize graphics and performance on all platforms. Official modding support on PC and consoles is also guaranteed. As with previous releases, the developers will test creator-made content and publish it to be accessed directly from the ModHub section of the game.

Farming Simulator 22 is now available in Romania through retail partners Netzah Game with recommended prices starting from 199.90 RON for the PC version and 249.90 RON for consoles. Also, all versions sold in Romania through official distribution channels also include localization in Romanian on the product box and in the game.

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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺: 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘤, 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘐. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘹 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰, 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴. 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨, "𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯… 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘯!" 𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦.

𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘐𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘺 𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯-𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘤𝘶𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭: 𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘺, 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦-𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳; 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘺 – 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵-𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵.

𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩'𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢-𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. <3

Grand Theft Auto V is not only a preposterously enjoyable video game, but also an intelligent and sharp-tongued satire of contemporary America. It represents a refinement of everything that GTA IV brought to the table five years ago. It’s technically more accomplished in every conceivable way, but it’s also tremendously ambitious in its own right. No other world in video games comes close to this in size or scope, and there is sharp intelligence behind its sense of humour and gift for mayhem. It tells a compelling, unpredictable, and provocative story without ever letting it get in the way of your own self-directed adventures through San Andreas. It is one of the very best video games ever made. Note: This review exclusively covers the single-player portion of Grand Theft Auto V, since it launched without any multiplayer mode.

For me, Grand Theft Auto V’s extraordinary scope is summed up in two favourite moments. One is from a mid-game mission in which I flew a plane into another plane, fought the crew, hijacked the thing, and then parachuted out and watched it crash into the sea to escape death at the hands of incoming military fighter jets. Another time, whilst driving around in an off-road buggy, I got distracted by something that looked like a path up one of the San Andreas mountains. Turns out it was a path, and I spent 15 minutes following to the summit, where I nearly ran over a group of hikers. “Typical!” one of them yelled at me, as if he nearly gets run over by a rogue ATV on top of a mountain every time he goes on a hike.

I could go on like this for ages. GTA V has an abundance of such moments, big and small, that make San Andreas – the city of Los Santos and its surrounding areas – feel like a living world where anything can happen. It both gives you tremendous freedom to explore an astonishingly well-realised world and tells a story that’s gripping, thrilling, and darkly comic. It is a leap forward in narrative sophistication for the series, and there’s no mechanical element of the gameplay that hasn’t been improved over Grand Theft Auto IV. It’s immediately noticeable that the cover system is more reliable and the auto-aim less touchy. The cars handle less like their tires are made of butter and stick better to the road, though their exaggerated handling still leaves plenty of room for spectacular wipeouts. And at long last, Rockstar has finally slain one of its most persistent demons, mission checkpointing, ensuring that you never have to do a long, tedious drive six times when you repeatedly fail a mission ever again.

Grand Theft Auto V’s plot happily operates at the boundaries of plausibility, sending you out to ride dirt bikes along the top of trains, hijack military aircraft, and engage in absurd shootouts with scores of policemen, but its three main characters are what keep it relatable even at its most extreme. The well-written and acted interplay between them provides the biggest laughs and most affecting moments, and the way that their relationships with one another developed and my opinion of them changed throughout the story gave the narrative its power. They feel like people – albeit extraordinarily f***ed-up people.

The missions flit between their individual stories and an overarching plotline that involves all three, and it’s a credit to GTA V’s versatility and universal quality that each character has his share of standout missions. As their arcs developed I felt very differently about each of them at different times – they’re not entirely the archetypes that they seem to be.

The actual act of switching between them also provides a window into their individual lives and habits, fleshing out their personalities in a way that feels natural and novel. Pick a character and the camera zooms out over the San Andreas map, closing back in on wherever they happen to be. Michael might be at home watching TV when you drop in on him, or speeding along the motorway blasting ‘80s hits, or having a cigarette at the golf club; Franklin might be walking out of a strip club, munching a bag of snacks at home, or arguing with his ex-girlfriend; there’s a good chance that Trevor could be passed out half naked on a beach surrounded by dead bodies or, on one memorable occasion, drunk in a stolen police helicopter.

It’s the heists – multi-stage, huge-scale events that serve as the story’s climactic peaks – that show Grand Theft Auto V at its most ambitious and accomplished. Usually there’s a choice between a more involved, stealthier option that will (hopefully) attract less heat, and an all-out option that will be less tense but more explosively chaotic – and what crew to take along with you on the job. All of GTA V’s missions are replayable at any time, letting you relive favourite moments or try out another approach. They also have optional objectives in the vein of Assassin’s Creed’s synchronisation challenges, but crucially, these are invisible the first time you play a mission.

One of the most anticipated games of the year, Red Dead Redemption 2 manages to redefine the open-world genre and keep your hand on the controller, despite the rather slow pace.

I admit, I was skeptical given how much hype there was around this game, but I'm glad I was wrong. The campaign lasts more than 60 hours, but you will have enough activities even after the epilogue ends.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a prequel to its predecessor, the action taking place more than 10 years before. After a failed mission led by Dutch, the gang moves east, where they fight for freedom and are constantly fighting with members of the O’Driscoll clan.

They live in the wild, where they create their own camp that you can improve through various upgrades throughout the game. Each member of the gang has to contribute money or food for the camp to survive - so I spent a lot of time hunting deer or bears to have something to bring home.

Despite the fact that the game is an open-world RPG, the world does not open to you from the beginning of the game. You will spend the first few hours trying to learn the mechanics of the game and test different actions and missions that Arthur can do in the Red Dead universe.

The first chapter serves as a kind of prologue in which you do not have so much freedom and tries to introduce you to the story. We also meet old friends from the first Red Dead Redemption: John Marston and his wife Abigail, even the leader of the gang, Dutch van der Linde, who are much younger, but we all know how their story will end.

You can go shopping in the city and literally walk among the shelves and buy your coffee or canned food to drink later. They will also recharge your life or stamina and you can carry them in your bag or store them on horseback.

Speaking of animals, your horse is the most reliable partner. The more time you spend together, the more trustworthy you become and the easier it will be to handle. Moreover, you have to take care of your horse, if you want to keep it alive. There are a lot of animals in the wild that you can hunt with either a bow or a rifle and I can't describe how fluid and natural their animation is.

The days in the Red Dead pass slowly, as it probably did at that time. I spent a whole day going fishing, or doing various household activities in the camp, such as cutting wood or taking a bath after a day of work. There are a lot of activities you can do in the Red Dead, from riding in the wild, to going for a drink in the city bar that ends in an epic fight with all the locals.

But let's move on to more serious things: side-missions. You can take part in robberies with other van der Linde members or go alone to get some money back or look for other criminals for the sheriff in town. My advice is to loot whatever comes your way: you will find various items from drinks, money or other things that will be useful to you later.

The Dead Eye system that became this series also returns in the second part. Dead Eye for the uninitiated, slows down the world around you so you can hit enemies more easily, but the ability is consumed quite quickly and does not charge automatically. You will have to consume various items in order to reload it, but to be honest, Arthur is doing very well without this ability.

Also worth mentioning are some things that I don't like very much: the interface is quite different from many other games of this kind, where you don't have all the inventory or progress in one place. It will take you some time to get used to the system and know where to look if you need certain information.

The action of the game is very cumbersome, but I don't see it as a disadvantage. You have to arm yourself with a lot of patience, and my advice is to enjoy the world around you. The landscape is diverse and never ceases to amaze me how realistic it is. Many times I thought I was watching a movie and I can only consider Red Dead an unparalleled competitor for Game of the Year.

Rockstar Games manages to deliver a game that sets new standards for the open-world genre. I can't wait for the launch of Red Dead Online, where I will be able to make my own gang of villains and cross the wild west. Until then, I continue my adventures in the wild west with my horse, because the adventure in Red Dead has just begun.

There would be quite a few more points to reach, but I hope I piqued your interest to explore on your own. I'm curious why you did other nice things in the new Red Dead, because I'm sure I haven't seen anything that this game has to offer.

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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has taken the military-sim gameplay popularized by games like ARMA and DayZ, boiled it down to its most exciting parts, and streamlined it into quick and accessible rounds of pure, hassle-free, survival-based action. Even though each game starts the same way, its remarkable ability to feel like a new, tense adventure each and every round has kept me coming back for hours on end.

The tension mounts during the descent as you get a good look at the swarm of players in your vicinity, but things really pick up the moment you hit the ground, as everybody (no matter where you land) scrambles for weapons and gear, and the killing kicks off right from the get-go. Item distribution is partially randomized, and learning the spots on the maps that are likely to spawn military-grade weapons and attachments is a good, early strategy to work out on your own, with a team of up to four, or using the many fan-made resources that already exist thanks to PUBG’s hearty run in Early Access. You can’t count on finding a good gun early to keep you safe, but unlike similar games like DayZ, where you could potentially go long, tedious stretches without finding a weapon, there’s bound to be something worth picking up no matter where you drop. Backpacks for holding more items, a handful of protective gear like helmets and police vests, medical supplies, melee weapons, and a good mix of firearms are in good supply.

But no matter what gear you find, PUBG excels at creating a reliable and streamlined space for your adventure to play out while also allowing for a thrilling level of unpredictability. It isn’t out of the ordinary for someone with only a pistol to take down someone with a fully loaded SCAR-L assault rifle, since good gear is only half the battle — the other half is wit.
As players outsmart each other in deadly games of cat and mouse, those still standing are forced into ever-closer proximity within the confines of a deadly, shrinking force-field until just one player or team is left alive. Victory (accompanied by the coveted “Winner, winner, chicken dinner!” screen) is an exhilarating reward, matched only by the suspense that emerges from the battle to achieve it. But even if you die early, jumping into a new game is always quick and easy.

The deadly, moving force-field that contains the arena and occasional airstrikes marked with red on the minimap add a consistent sense of purpose that drives you toward conflict, and with it, an exciting set of options. You might want to prioritize reaching the center of the circle to make the next incremental reduction in size of the survivable area easier to deal with; move slowly along the borders to pick off stragglers as they rush into the open to avoid the oncoming doom; or even hide in a building until you absolutely have to move, letting everyone else kill each other so you don’t have to. Hopping into a vehicle, like the speedy but vulnerable motorbike and buggy, the sturdy closed-top UAZ, or the slow-but-durable van — among others — is a quick, fun, and conspicuous way to cover a lot of ground, and can result in some hilarious and explosive encounters. Either way, you’re encouraged to stay on the move, but still have a set of options that lets you pick your pace. An aggressive approach is just as viable as a cautious defense, and the practicality of both playstyles is refreshingly liberating, bringing new sets of challenges that are just as fun to plan around and tackle as the next.

The incentives to stay on the move no matter your chosen pace forces ever more dangerous encounters with increasingly skilled (or lucky) survivors, condensing the action and ending a match after around 20 minutes, before it can get bogged down by campers or other distractions. Action isn’t hard to find if you’re looking for it, and impossible to avoid for long when you’re not, but PUBG manages to put enough space between encounters to keep those quiet, tense moments of cautious exploration intact.

The two large maps aren't the best-looking environments in gaming, but they do provide much-needed variety on the battlefield. Both the forested island of Erangel and the sunny desert of Miramar boast an assortment of small towns, large, dense cityscapes, and rural industrial zones ripe with loot. There are some parallels between maps so as not to restrict your options when you’re dropped randomly into either one (the server picks for you). For instance, the small military base on an island off the coast of Erangel sees its match in Miramar’s remote military camp, for the high-risk players looking to compete for high-level equipment right off the bat.

You start as a low-skilled, truckless lorry jockey, forced to take work from established haulage companies. Slowly (or rapidly if you go to a bank) you amass the funds to buy your first rig and rent your first yard. Then the fun really begins. Contract perusing, truck pimping, skill upgrading, driver hiring... this is Eddie Stobart: The Game in all but name.

Spending 90 minutes ferrying a tank of propane from Sheffield to Prague could (should?) be tedious. The fact that it isn't is largely down to good-if-not-quite-OMSI-standard physics, and varied road layouts and scenery. Periods of smooth, almost soporific motorway motoring nestle between passages of edgier wheelwork. One minute you're cruising along contemplating the sunset over the central reservation, the next you're on a rain-lashed country road at night, waiting for the right moment to pass a painfully slow pantechnicon. Tiredness can't kill in ETS2, but it can leave you jack-knifed in a ditch, feeling awful with a substantial repair bill to pay.

The only time when the game itself loses concentration is when attempting to evoke certain regions and sounds. The further you get from central Europe the less convincing the landscapes become. No one seems to have told SCS's countryside crafters that rural Britain features long green things called hedges. Cities are often depicted with the shortest of visual shorthand – a few warehouses, the odd landmark if you're lucky. Don't expect to see a favourite local roundabout, slip-road, or speed camera in this highly-recommended HGV-driver RPG.

There's satisfaction in exploring new routes, seeing new golden been-there-done-that squiggles appearing on the in-game map, but it tends to be the promise of cold, hard cash that gets you out of bed in the morning. Like Farming Simulator, ETS2 has a simple yet resonant economic sandbox at its centre.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is that rare thing, a strong sim tethered to a strong game. Where other vehicle-obsessed devs seem to take player motivation for granted, Czech studio SCS understand that a pleasingly modelled steed needs a pleasingly modelled environment to shine.

On this occasion that environment is a swathe of Europe stretching from Plymouth in the west to Wroclaw in the east, from Aberdeen in the north to Milan in the South. The tangle of motorways and major roads is stylised and condensed, but feels massive. After a splendid week of non-stop trucking the stats screen tells me I've still only seen 50% of it.