Video games are obsessed with lore, but lots of world building doesn’t equal great storytelling, argues Rick Lane.
When I reviewed Gears of War 4 last month, I looked up the game’s online Wiki to do a spot of fact checking about the story’s central faction. I figured it would be straightforward, since Gears of War 4’s story is about as complicated as an episode of Timmy Time. I was wrong. It took me half an hour to find what I was seeking, because the Wiki entry for the COG (Coalition of Ordered Governments) is12,000 words long.Twelve thousand words! That’s longer than my under graduate dissertation. And that’s just for the COG. There’s probably enough information on Marcus Fenix to fill a trilogy of novels.
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Games Of 2017
Rick Lane forecasts the next 12months’ big hitters
Vive & Learn
Joe martin describes the pains and pleasures of using the htc vive’s room-scale virtual reality system at home
Readers' Drives Spec-Edge
Inspired by Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, Johan Nyman gave his components a splash of red and white paint, and assembled this gorgeous themed build
Asus ROG Strix Z270i Gaming/£184 incVAT
Costing £184 inc VAT, the Asus ROG Strix Z270i Gaming is the priciest Z270 mini-ITX board available.
Edifier R2000DB/£180 incVAT
Edifier makes a whole range of premium stereo PC speakers, with the R2000DB sitting roughly in the middle when it comes to price.
The 4k Multi-GPU Challenge
Ben hard widge teams uptwo xfx rade on rx4808gb cards to see if they can give you 4k gaming on a budget
The Fall And Rise Of White Wolf
Rick Lane looks at how one of the most eminent pen and paper RPG publishers is being reborn for a new, virtual generation.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
If you spent over a grand on a Titan X card a few months ago then you might want to flip through the next couple of pages and pretend you haven’t seen them.
Cobra
Rick Lane speaks to David Braben about the changes to Frontier’s tech since the launch of Elite Dangerous.
Ryzen Is A Strong Comeback For AMD
But the CPU isn’t a critical component any more, argues James Gorbold.
