The current year suffers greatly in terms of new games titles, whether in terms of number or quality, and the situation was that way even before the beginning of October, when a large number of expected titles were announced and also varied in terms of classification.
Now the month of October is over, and during this period I have tried all the prominent games that have been published, and it remains only to know whether 2020 is still suffering from a decrease in the number and quality of games, or things have started to improve even a little.
In fact, in order to know the answer to this question, we must first review the most prominent games that were released during October with a quick review of their evaluation.
Star wars squadrons
As they say, the beginning was caught with Star wars squadrons, as the game presented the beloved series in a completely new way that we have never seen before.
The game offers a fighting experience using spacecraft and is not really cool with a simulation system that makes you feel that these vehicles are in the real world.
It is very clear that the developer relied on the real flight rules and transferred them in a very real way to the game. During the game, you perform several different and varied maneuvers depending on the circumstances, whether maneuvers of engagement or escape and tracking maneuvers.
Also, an energy system was introduced that controls the capabilities of the vehicle, and this system was combined with the experience of engagement so that the player was forced to use it, and this matter made the player feel that he was actually fighting and that he was a real pilot and not just playing a normal arcade game.
Also, the game’s graphics were impressive in reality and make you feel that you are in outer space in a very real way, in addition to the unique design of spacecraft, which makes each vehicle its role during the engagement and a special style of play.
As for the group play phase, it was the other fun as it was characterized by simplicity and diversity at the same time, you have two systems for the first group play phase where two teams clash each team consisting of five vehicles and the team with the most number of kills is the winner, and the second mode offers you a big battle with warships Gigantic and every team trying to destroy the last team's fleet.
The most important thing of all is that the game does not contain any purchases inside it although its idea allows adding all the purchases you can imagine.
Unfortunately, this experience was not perfect because of the weak story mode, which was poorly presented with almost no cinematic scenes, and at the same time the game is not considered collective in the first place, which made the game stand in the middle as it does not provide a story experience nor a collective experience as well and generally the game focused only The system of engagement and battles only made it a fun, but not legendary game.
It was necessary to pay attention to one aspect of the game and focus on it, especially since the game comes at only $ 40, which is a little strange for me, as I felt that the development team did not have full confidence in its abilities, so it was worth providing a more in-depth story development with raising the value of the game to 50 dollars Or even $ 60 because in this case we would have been in front of the AAA game that does not differentiate anything from all the big and huge titles that we have been waiting for during the current year, but in any case the game is still fun and worth every dollar you spend on it.
Baldur’s Gate III game
If you are a person who loves role-playing games, then certainly this game will be on your list of priorities for more than one reason. Perhaps the most prominent of them is that this game belongs to one of the oldest role-playing series in the history of the entire industry to the extent that we say that this series is considered the godfather of this type of games.
The second reason lies in the development team itself, which is Larian Studios, which is considered one of the best teams that offer us this type of games at the present time, especially after the release of Divinity Original Sin 2, which provided one of the best role-playing games of this generation.
Unfortunately, the team released the game as an Early Access version that contains only the first chapter of a story that spans three full chapters, and by the way, this first chapter needs approximately 30 hours of game time.
When I tried the game, I found that it offers a revolutionary dialogue system in every sense of the word because your choices within the game affect events very quickly and momentarily at the same time.
For example, at one of the points in the game, you went to the camp of the team, and there the main character was attacked by a member of the same team who discovered that he was a vampire and needed prey.
Here, I entered into a conversation with the vampire and personally tested 4 different scenarios, and each scenario resulted in a completely different course of events, one of which was shocking, and all of these outcomes occur at the same time and not at long intervals within the game.
Also, the game system was fun and complex and the environment plays a very important role in it, in addition to a wonderful and completely open mission presentation system that gives the player complete freedom to move and interact with the game.
Unfortunately, the game suffered greatly due to being an early release version, especially in terms of graphics and lip movement in particular.
The experience is really fun and deserves, but the defects in the version made it a very limited experience, especially at the same time, so you will not enjoy this game unless you are a fan of this quality only. In general, I recommend waiting a little at least until the second chapter comes out so that the game has become more stable.
FIFA 2021
A duplicate of 2020 does not offer anything new, on the contrary, there are big problems in the style of play, but it will achieve very large sales and widespread because it is FIFA and I will not say more about it.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
We all love this series and the character that we grew up with, and when the new part of it was released, it was already in line with the player's expectations, as it offers the classic experience that we have always loved, but with many new additions that distinguish it.
Perhaps the most prominent of these additions was the idea of time and its manipulation and use to cross many obstacles and challenges, which made the puzzles more complex and intertwined.
The game also presented a very difficult challenge level and it is not an easy platform game as it appears from its shape, and of course I advise you to buy this game and it is worth every dollar you pay for it.
Watch dogs legion
The conclusion was with Watch dogs legion, and as we know, this series was suffering greatly because it always did not meet the great size of expectations, when the first part of the game was announced, many expected that we will be facing a new game that competes with the GTA series with ease, but when the game was released we found ourselves Facebook is a very normal game and we can say medium at the most.
The same thing continued with the second part of the game, which was medium, until the announcement of the new part, Watch Dogs Legion, which was actually released during October 2020.
The game introduced a completely new idea to open world games where you can recruit and play any of the characters in the city, and the design of the city itself was very rich in elements and feels like a real city.
But at the same time the game was not able to reach perfection, especially as you lose passion in some stages of the game because of complete freedom to use the characters and because of the general character building that does not make you associated with one of them significantly.
Watch Dogs Legion managed to provide a very good experience that overcomes all the problems of the previous parts, but the game still struggles to reach the level of excellence, as it is a very good game, but it is not legendary.
Conclusion
October was a very happy month for every player and it is the month that saved 2020 in a very big way. Without it, the year would have been completely empty, but so far there is no legendary title that makes the players impressed, all of them are good titles but not revolutionary or distinctive.
And do not forget that November is waiting for Assassin's Creed Valhalla and December for Cyberpunk 2077, and one of these titles must provide a revolutionary experience in order to say that the year 2020 was good, but until this moment, 2020 was a very poor year and after October it became an acceptable year, but certainly not One of the best years in the gaming industry.