All the way back in 2010, Alan Wake - a game about a pulp writer who ends up trapped in one of his own horror stories - ended on an enigmatic cliffhanger that practically begged for a sequel. Alan Wake II (Buy on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Windows) But the remake makes it all feel fresh again with stunning new graphics, totally reworked gunplay, and a series of clever deviations and traps designed specifically to mess with people who played the original.ġ. At heart, this is the same propulsive third-person shooter, telling a Michael Bay-esque fun/dumb story about a special agent attempting to rescue the president’s daughter from a cult infected by mind-controlling parasites. But any doubts about playing yet another version of what is, by many accounts, one of the best video games ever made will be swept away by playing just a few minutes of the Resident Evil 4 remake. It was also available on pretty much every platform you can think of, including an acclaimed VR version that dropped just a few years ago. Unlike Resident Evil 2 and 3 - which were remade, in part, because the original games featured tank controls that were unforgivingly clunky by modern standards - Resident Evil 4 had aged just fine. There were plenty of reasons to be skeptical about a Resident Evil 4 remake.

Resident Evil 4 ( PlayStation 5 and 4, Xbox Series X/S, Windows)

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