It’s July, the summer holidays have become a fact, and that means the cucumber season in gaming is coming. But is it really? Looking at the newest issue of CD-Action one can get the impression that it is not like that. Yes, we will find less really loud titles here and some average players, but the number of items is not more modest than a month ago. However, the first thing that will probably catch the eye of the readers are cosmetic changes in the magazine’s appearance. This is mainly seen in the ratings at the end of the reviews, which have become more minimalistic and more modern. Visually following the spirit of the times is highly recommended, but sometimes the list of pros and cons of a given production is placed against a background that is not well-chosen, making it extremely illegible. As a curiosity, I will tell you that the famous discobolus, who retired some time ago, hid on one of the pages. I won’t tell you where, look for yourself.
The list of games tested in Early Access is extremely short this time. Frozenheim, a city builder with an admixture of RTS, an ambitious and risky reset of the history of one of the most famous detectives in the form of Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One , a beautiful and mediocre sequel to Getsu Fuma Den: Undying Moon and OlliOlli World, which draws handfuls from previous installments of the series after thirty-four years. they are the only representatives of unfinished productions assessed by the editors. Quite modestly, but the void was effectively filled with the announcements of thirty games presented at this year’s E3.
The situation is different with the reviews, because there are definitely many of them. Their list is opened by Ratchet & Clank: RiftApart , which looked very attractive on many trailers. Even while watching them, I regretted that I did not have a console in my possessions (a TV set in total, but that’s a detail), and reading the assessment made by Eugeniusz Siekiera only deepened this state of affairs. It is also worth reading about The Longest Road On Earth , which is hard to think about and has great esports potential , is a hardcore dodger, an addition to the famous brand Assassins Creed Valhalla: Druid’s Wrath , or refreshed versions of DaysGone and Metro Exodus. I highly recommend the Subnautica Below Zero review , which was written in the form of a captain’s journal, which tickled my pleasure center for an artistic approach to writing. And do you know that the last, Nordic God of War has its card game?
But what would CD-Action be without interesting journalism? Here it can be said that it is quite historical, because we can trace the fate of the keyboard, from the first typewriters to modern warehouses for germs and crumbs, find out how the once famous Teletext was created, developed and lost to the Internet, and we can read about the evolution of the rocket launcher (and properly a manual anti-tank grenade launcher): from a long hose to a rocketjump tool. It is also worth reaching for the prepared list of mobile applications that may be useful to us on a daily basis. Not only because of the helpful hints, because the two-page introduction gives a little food for thought.
Despite the beginning of a drought in the video game industry, the editors squeezed a lot of interesting content out of it. Since we have a vacation and a bit more spare time, it is worth spending it on reading CD-Action, because it will not be wasted moments.
