Come on. We don\u2019t have to tell you why this is good. And you know you want to play it again before the sequel next year…<\/p>\n If you are one of the few people who hasn\u2019t played Red Dead Redemption <\/em>yet, imagine Grand Theft Auto <\/em>but set in the Wild West and starring outlaws and corrupt lawmen instead of gangsters. That description still doesn\u2019t do justice to the sheer scope of RDR, <\/em>though. Do yourself a favour and play it.<\/p>\n Buy\u00a0Red Dead Redemption\u00a0<\/em>on the musicMagpie Store<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Platformers are usually about cutesy characters running around, squishing baddies and collecting some form of currency (coins, rings, etc), rather than conspiracies and the philosophy of Nietzsche.<\/p>\n Beyond Good & Evil <\/em>follows photojournalist Jade and her pig uncle (he is literally a pig) as they uncover a vast conspiracy on a distant mining planet through the medium of solving puzzles, doing karate and driving a hovercraft. It\u2019s a bit like a grown up Mario 64<\/em>, and every bit as brilliant as that sounds.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, almost nobody bothered with Beyond Good & Evil <\/em>when it came out. Its reputation has grown a lot since then though, to the extent that Ubisoft are now working on a sequel.<\/p>\n Anyone who complains that games are too easy these days clearly hasn\u2019t played Dark Souls<\/em>.<\/p>\n This game is tougher than Conor McGregor eating a brutally well-done steak, throwing you into a world where literally anything can kill you in a couple of hits and giving you no clues where to go or what to do.<\/p>\n Instead, you wander around getting your behind kicked by a series of ridiculously tough enemies until the words You Died <\/strong>are burned into your retinas.<\/p>\n But then, slowly but surely, you get better. You kill a few enemies and, eventually, after like a million tries, kill a boss too. You feel an overwhelming sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.<\/p>\n Then you get killed again.<\/p>\n If getting murdered endlessly isn\u2019t your thing, Fable II <\/em>may be more up your alley. This hilarious RPG is much more light-hearted than Dark Souls <\/em>but just as fun, with a huge world to explore and the freedom to make your character a paragon of virtue or the very embodiment of evil (complete with horns and stink lines).<\/p>\n Fable II <\/em>is wonderfully easy to play too, with rewarding combat and a character upgrade system that doesn\u2019t require a degree in Dungeons and Dragons <\/em>studies to understand.<\/p>\n Buy\u00a0Fable II\u00a0<\/em>on the musicMagpie Store<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Fallout 4 <\/em>wasn\u2019t everyone\u2019s cup of radiation-coloured tea, with some criticising its lack of hardcore RPG elements.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re one of them, you\u2019ll be pleased to know that you can still play the hugely in-depth and (whisper it) slightly better New Vegas <\/em>on the Xbox One.<\/p>\n Set in a post-apocalyptic Nevada, New Vegas <\/em>tasks you with finding out who tried to kill you while taking part in a multi-faction war and blasting the living daylights out of radscorpions and Super Mutants.<\/p>\n Post-apocalyptic RPGs don\u2019t get much better than this.<\/p>\n Like the Bourne <\/em>movie that Matt Damon isn\u2019t in, Reach <\/em>is the black sheep of the Halo <\/em>family mainly because it\u2019s missing the series\u2019 main star.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a shame, because Reach <\/em>has arguably the best campaign of the series. It follows a group of Spartans protecting the planet Reach from a Covenant attack, with thrilling, sad and touching consequences.<\/p>\n Gameplay-wise, it\u2019s easily on par with the best games in the series too. If you haven\u2019t played it yet, you\u2019re missing out.<\/p>\n Buy Halo: Reach on the musicMagpie Store<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The premise of Left 4 Dead\u00a0<\/em>is simple but effective: you\u2019re a survivor in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, and you need to get somewhere that happens to be blocked off by a raging horde of brain eaters.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s about it. But this is more than just a mindless zombie killing fest. The stages in Left 4 Dead\u00a0<\/em>are so well-designed that a simple \u201d\u02dcrun here and shoot stuff along the way\u2019 mission becomes a tense, epic struggle, while Horde mode is capable of creating the kind of tales you\u2019ll talk about with your friends for years.<\/p>\n Buy\u00a0Left 4 Dead\u00a0<\/em>on the musicMagpie Store<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n With most games set in space, you\u2019re either a) too busy shooting aliens to really care about the universe around you or b) confined to a couple of planets.<\/p>\n Mass Effect<\/em>, by comparison, takes place in a universe with a history as rich as Star Wars <\/em>and a story as compelling as anything Star Trek <\/em>has offered over the years.<\/p>\n You also get the freedom to play the game as you see fit, with different decisions affecting the overall plot, with a healthy dollop of Gears of War <\/em>style gunplay added for good measure.<\/p>\n Buy\u00a0Mass Effect\u00a0<\/em>on the musicMagpie Store<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Ever dreamed of busting out sick tricks on a skateboard without the risk of falling over and giving yourself an owie?<\/p>\n Skate 3<\/em>\u2019s got you covered. With its innovative analog stick control system, it\u2019s the closest you\u2019ll get to becoming a pro skateboarder without spending hours practising and breaking a few bones.<\/p>\n Alternatively, you can use Skate 3<\/em>\u2019s insane ragdoll physics to create your own episode of Jackass<\/em>. Up to you.<\/p>\n The Stick of Truth <\/em>is basically an interactive episode of South Park<\/em>, with all the crude humour and satire you\u2019d expect.<\/p>\n It\u2019s also surprisingly deep, with a combat system that\u2019s easy to learn but difficult to master and RPG-style equipment upgrades.<\/p>\n Think Final Fantasy <\/em>but with farts instead of magic and you aren\u2019t far off…<\/p>\n![\"Red](\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/red-dead-redemption.jpg\")
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