The result is a very familiar formula - create a character/go on quests/shoot, talk or sneak your way through - but it's so well put together that sense of deja vu only serves to play in its favour. Developer Obsidian has gone on to create some amazing additions to the RPG genre, but it's hit a new stride with The Outer Worlds, producing something that takes all the things we loved about F:NV and applies the spit and polish of triple-A release. Which is quite something considering just how buggy it was.
If you're looking for something to fill that Sniper Elite void, this is the series for you.īethesda's modern take on the Fallout games have always split opinion, but spin-off of sorts Fallout: New Vegas has held a special place in the hearts of fans. It's still not a perfect experience, but it's sniper simulation is top-notch with bullet physics that are affected by everything from wind to bullet drop. You better you do, the more cash you earn, the better upgrades and gear you can take into the field.
Much like the oft-forgotten Killzone: Mercenaries, you play as a contract assassin collecting bounties by killing targets, completing stealth missions and various side-ops. For Sniper Ghost Warrior: Contracts, the latest instalment in the series, we've now got a series of sandbox-style maps that finally deliver on that promise of open-ended landscapes and multiple targets. But the reality was a very buggy, mostly barren experience that proved going big was a little too much for a studio of CI's size. It's not the most ambitious action-RPG out there, but it's authentically DBZ so franchise aficionados are bound to get a lot out of it.īack in 2017, developer CI Games attempted to take its long-running first-person stealth shooter franchise into the big time with a new, activity-filled open world that promised freedom and true sniper tactics. While it's very much re-tread of classic storylines, the game does add some much-needed extra content and dialogue that fleshes out certain areas that were previously an afterthought. When you're not leaping into a mind-boggling anime showdown, you can explore the world of DBZ and complete side-quests and activities (including fishing, naturally) and delve deeper into the storylines of Goku and co.
A semi open-world game of sorts, Kakarot offers the chance to meet and battle your favourite (and not so favourite) characters in multi-stage melee brawls reminiscent of Dragon Ball FighterZ. So it's fitting that Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - the latest game in the franchise from Bandai Namco - should take that concept and push it even further. Without further delay, though, here are the best Xbox One games you can play right now.ĭragon Ball Z games are always a bit crazy, but that's to be expected when its source material is so consistently over-the-top. That is because we are now in the quietest time of the year for new game releases, the first quarter of the year, and that means that retailers and publishers are slashing prices on their existing game stock to maintain sales. We would say, too, that it's worth remembering that right now actually is a very good time to build up a collection of the very best Xbox One games.
If you're buying an Xbox One for the first time, or you're simply looking for your next virtual adventure, you're in for a treat.