Shovel Knight
Shovel Knight is a Retro style 2D Side-scrolling Action and Platform video game by Yacht Club Games. The game offers an 8-Bit retro game inspired gameplay in which it allows the players to be the great Shovel Knight who goes on an adventure to rescue his friend, Shield Knight. Shield Knight gets clutched by the dastardly foes, and the only person who can liberate Shield Knight is the Shovel Knight. The players are tasked to get into the role of Shovel Knight, traverse through a 2D retro world, encounter the foes and kill them to keep on moving towards the goal. As describes the name, Shovel Knight lets the players have a Shovel as their primary weapon and use it against the enemies while jumping, running and through the platforms. With a side-scrolling view, Shovel Knight lets the players enjoy an amazingly addictive gameplay, beautiful 2D graphics and amazing encounters with the enemies at the same time. With an entirely satisfying gameplay and all the well-crafted platform fun, Shovel Knight offers an experience similar to the biggest names in retro gaming such as DuckTales, Mega Man and provides an NES-style environment and much more to discover. For an amazing 2D Retro Platforming experience, do play this game and enjoy the ultimate fun.
#1 Resistance: Retribution
Resistance: Retribution is an Adventure, Shooter, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Throughout the game, the player controls Tom, the main protagonist, who has to destroy the main antagonist, Chimera’s central bases. It is not an easy task as the enemy has appointed all of his best assassins to stop the player.
While inspecting the world, the player views the environment from the third-person perspective. The game has five playable modes, such as Team Deathmatch, Containment, Deathmatch, and Capture the Flag. In Containment mode, two teams of eight players fight to keep coolant nodes under their control. The team that holds the most nodes for a long time wins.
In Assimilation mode, all the players take different roles, such as one player plays as a Cloven, and the other seven are Maquis. The Cloven player’s goal is to kill the Maquis, where the Maquis player’s objective is to survive anyway. New weapons offered by the game are R2, 0.44 Magnum, etc. The player has regenerative health instead of searching for health packs.
#2 Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters is an Adventure, Platform, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The story follows the main hero, Clanks, who interrupts his vacation to search for a kidnapped girl and encounters a rare race on this adventure named Technomites. The game has arena battles where the player can ride a variety of vehicles.
The player can control a crew of Gadgebots, robots that can perform specific tasks for him through the game. The game contains many weapons where the player can upgrade them over time to enhance the performance. For example, the Lacerator can become Dual Lacerators. Some weapons are there from previous releases, such as the Hypershot, Bolt Grabber and R.Y.N.O.
The primary way to beat enemies is firepower, and the player must collect bolts virtual currency. The game has introduced a new system for acquiring armor. Instead of buying armor, the player needs to collect the parts of armor through levels and combine them to make different suits with unique advantages and protection.
#3 Metal Gear Acid
Metal Gear Acid is a mix of Tactical Role-playing, Stealth, Collectible Card, and Turn-based Tactics elements developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami. The game comes with both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and serves as the first title in the series of Metal Gear for the PSP. It mainly focuses on turn-based tactics, using the card-based system and lets the player control the actions and movements of the protagonist. In the start of the game, the player needs to customize his deck, and jump into the battlefield against other players or AI to show off his abilities. The cards in the game represents various elements such as weapons, equipment, and characters. When the game started, the player needs to one of six different cards to attack opponent. In Action mode, the player needs to select the cards and use them to move the character. Most of the cards enable the player to move the character three spaces while certain cards allows the player to move up to six spaces. With superb gameplay, brilliant graphics, and smooth controls, Metal Gear Acid is the best game to play.