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IMAGE(https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/files/pictures/pictures/picture-13445.jpg)   Felix “Purple Haze” Threepaper

Welcome folks, and happy “18th Anniversary of The Scream being stolen” week!

Edvard Munch’s The Scream is one of the most famous images in art. In 2004, two men wearing balaclavas walked into the Oslo museum at 11am. They held up the unarmed museum guards and took The Scream and another Munch painting. The thieves were caught two years later, and the paintings were recovered relatively unharmed. The biggest unsolved mystery is why they did it: art heists may be super sexy, but famous paintings, though immeasurably valuable, are very hard to resell. You may all celebrate by playing a game that doesn’t explain itself to you.

Saints Row is the big dog this week. It’s been nearly 10 years and 2 console generations since Saints Row 4. This latest entry resets the Saints franchise with a new story and group of characters, but still wants to feel like the earlier, “classic” entries in the series. A bit like The Force Awakens.

Map-wise, you’re in a Saints version of Las Vegas and Reno. Story and theme-wise, it’s chewing on that raggedy concept of “Millennials”. There’s a lot of chatter about authentic selves and best lives, but you are still a criminal gang. Your crew members have college debts and will debate the emissions output of a car before stealing it. Brunch is mentioned—a few thousand times.

Gameplay-wise, it’s Saints Row 2.5: setpiece story missions and a bunch of criminal side activities. The wacky zaniness, which was a feature from The Third onwards, has been dialled back. So while there’s plenty of explosions and Fast & Furious style stunts involving multiple vehicles, you won’t get OP superpowers or outlandish weapons. Sorry, dildo bat fans. Saints Row still has the most versatile character customisation going around, though.

Path of Exile: Lake of Kalandra is a juicy expansion, packed with enough goodies to keep players from even looking at any other games until the next expansion comes out.

Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory and Fallen Legion Revenants are action-JRPGs from 2018 that got solid 6-7/10s on their original PC release and are now coming to consoles. Probably for fans of the genre only.

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is a life-sim RPG set on a colony on a new planet. There’s school to attend, relationships to maintain, and exploration to be had. Your experience manifests as cards: your reaction to a situation will yield a card, which goes in your deck as an option to play in future situations.

Saints Row gets the GOTW this week. Saints Row and GTA have a DC/Marvel thing going on, and the latest Saints game looks like it is speaking most to GTA V. For me, the humour in Saints Row emerges when explosions meet ragdoll physics, rather than from any scripted banter. Saints Row gives lashings of both.

Here's the list, now in release-date AND alphabetical order!

PC

  • 08-22

  • A Clumsy Flight
  • A Hero's Quest pt1
  • Bull3000VRTS
  • Cannon Canines
  • COVID Simulation
  • Crazy Chicken Xtreme
  • Deadwater Saloon
  • Deathrun Guys
  • Dream Tower Defense
  • Fantasy Climber. Fun Adventure
  • Griddy
  • KaBoom! (Merlinus Productions)
  • Long Live the King!
  • OLD Future: Post-Apocalyptic Times
  • Pocket City
  • Prime of Flames
  • Sam Stoat: Safebreaker
  • The Edge Of The World Z (Will Shock You)
  • Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2
  • War Tanks
  • 08-23

  • Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
  • CAPTROON
  • Fallen Legion: Revenants
  • Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory
  • Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory / Fallen Legion Revenants
  • Flying Umbrella
  • Gensokyo Recollection
  • Hidden Dream
  • Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack
  • Leyou Three Kingdoms
  • Madville+
  • MergeCrafter
  • Midnight Fight Express
  • NinjaThea
  • PIP 2
  • Poly Puzzle: Predators
  • Roxy Raccoon's Bowling Bash
  • Saints Row
  • SUN SHOT
  • The Absolute Destroyer
  • Time Keeper
  • Yars: Recharged
  • 08-24

  • Berserker: A Viking Board Game
  • Bounce your Bullets!
  • Decorporation
  • Golden Rails: World's Fair
  • Hex Picross
  • Islets
  • Krimzon hoard
  • Magic Kingdom
  • Mythic
  • Pipes Puzzles
  • Projekt Everblood
  • Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor
  • The Lost Abyss
  • The Savage Hypnotist's Puppets
  • Unreal Vendetta
  • Warriors of the Nile 2
  • Wega: Lost in the Outer Reaches
  • Witch girl got killed.
  • 08-25

  • A.V.A
  • Armored Lab Force VULVEHICLES
  • Cats in Heat
  • Deadly Night
  • F1 Manager 2022
  • Farmer Against Potatoes Idle
  • First Time in Rome
  • Fishing Game
  • Fly to hope
  • Force Reboot
  • Heaven and Earth Return to the Void
  • House of Specters
  • I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
  • Jade Order
  • Kolhii ChampionsAU
  • Like No Other
  • Lucky Tlhalerwa - IMS Death Squad
  • Mandeshire
  • Monster Outbreak
  • Mount Wingsuit 2
  • Noblesse Oblige
  • PARKET Evolution
  • Pocket Tank
  • PUTIN IN JAIL
  • Retro Invasion
  • Scorphius
  • SD Gundam Battle Alliance
  • SiNKR 3
  • Star Trust - 3D Shooter Game
  • Starless
  • steal
  • TAMAKAGURA: Tales of Turmoil
  • The Bridge Curse:Road to Salvation
  • UnHappy Place
  • Unsleepable
  • WalkBot
  • WatanOS
  • 08-26

  • A.I.T.W
  • Ambulance Chauffeur Simulator
  • Angel's Awakening
  • Angry Cat
  • Asteroid
  • BROK the InvestiGator
  • Car Wash Simulator
  • Castle of Full Moon
  • Chronicles of Refugia
  • Cube Adventure
  • DodgeKing
  • Double Damnation
  • Draft Day Sports: College Football 2023
  • Evelyn's Adventure
  • Hellway To Hell
  • Heroes of the Three Kingdoms Deluxe Edition
  • I Was Wrong
  • Joint War
  • Limited Energy
  • Marine Survivors
  • Morph King
  • NHRA Championship Drag Racing: Speed For All
  • Overloop
  • Pac-Man World: Re-PAC
  • PARADISE CLEANING - pregnant ogre -
  • POP SURVIVOR
  • Puzzle: Nature 2
  • Race me now
  • Red Fury
  • Saber Ship
  • Scar in the Void
  • Sefirot Shards
  • Soul Hackers 2
  • Spy Robot: Gateways To Humanity
  • Stunning Policewoman
  • Takoyaki Party Survival
  • Tribe Explorer
  • TurboMania Fog Racers
  • Without End
  • 08-27

  • Beach Island Deluxe
  • Lucky Stamina
  • Task Force
  • 08-28

  • Dark Egg

Xbox Series X

  • 08-23

  • Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
  • Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory / Fallen Legion Revenants
  • Saints Row
  • Yars: Recharged
  • 08-24

  • Islets
  • 08-25

  • F1 Manager 2022
  • Opus: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
  • Richman 10
  • SD Gundam Battle Alliance
  • 08-26

  • Aquadine
  • NHRA Championship Drag Racing: Speed For All
  • Pac-Man World: Re-PAC
  • Soul Hackers 2
  • The Company Man

Xbox One

  • 08-23

  • Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
  • Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory / Fallen Legion Revenants
  • Midnight Fight Express
  • Saints Row
  • Yars: Recharged
  • 08-24

  • Flat Heroes
  • Islets
  • Path of Exile: Lake of Kalandra
  • 08-25

  • F1 Manager 2022
  • Opus: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
  • Richman 10
  • SD Gundam Battle Alliance
  • 08-26

  • Aquadine
  • NHRA Championship Drag Racing: Speed For All
  • Pac-Man World: Re-PAC
  • Soul Hackers 2
  • The Company Man

PlayStation 5

  • 08-23

  • Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
  • Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory / Fallen Legion Revenants
  • Saints Row
  • Yars: Recharged
  • 08-24

  • Soul Hackers 2
  • 08-25

  • F1 Manager 2022
  • I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
  • SD Gundam Battle Alliance
  • 08-26

  • Aquadine
  • NHRA Championship Drag Racing: Speed For All
  • Pac-Man World: Re-PAC
  • The Company Man

PlayStation 4

  • 08-23

  • Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
  • Midnight Fight Express
  • Saints Row
  • Yars: Recharged
  • 08-24

  • Path of Exile: Lake of Kalandra
  • 08-25

  • F1 Manager 2022
  • I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
  • Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Sakuretsu!! Chorogon Breath
  • SD Gundam Battle Alliance
  • Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation - The Endless Seven-Day Journey
  • 08-26

  • Aquadine
  • Nexomon + Nexomon: Extinction: Complete Collection
  • NHRA Championship Drag Racing: Speed For All
  • Pac-Man World: Re-PAC
  • Soul Hackers 2
  • The Company Man

Switch

  • 08-23

  • Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
  • Midnight Fight Express
  • RITE
  • Yars: Recharged
  • 08-24

  • Blob Quest
  • Islets
  • Kid Ball Adventure
  • 08-25

  • Forest Camp Story
  • HAAK
  • hexceed: Effugium
  • I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
  • Idol Manager
  • Kofi Quest
  • Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Sakuretsu!! Chorogon Breath
  • Mixolumia
  • Monster Outbreak
  • SD Gundam Battle Alliance
  • The Bonfire: Forsaken Lands
  • WorldWide FlightSimulator
  • 08-26

  • Aquadine
  • Back Again
  • Mahjong Minimal
  • Nexomon + Nexomon: Extinction: Complete Collection
  • NHRA Championship Drag Racing: Speed For All
  • Overloop
  • Pac-Man World: Re-PAC
  • Tee Time Golf

Comments

Yars Recharged looks like it might be fun.

I'm very curious about I Was a Teenage Exocolonist.

We also have that Splatoon 3 preview this weekend.

Soul Hackers 2. Might just wait and get it on Steam.

F1 Manager 2022 actually looks pretty interesting if you're into the strategy side of racing.

Bummed at the poor reviews Saints Row is getting, this is one of my favorite game series and I was really looking forward to it.

ruhk wrote:

Bummed at the poor reviews Saints Row is getting, this is one of my favorite game series and I was really looking forward to it.

The latest review I saw said it was buggy and dated, but very fun.

MaxShrek wrote:
ruhk wrote:

Bummed at the poor reviews Saints Row is getting, this is one of my favorite game series and I was really looking forward to it.

The latest review I saw said it was buggy and dated, but very fun.

Yeah I’ve since put a couple hours into it and it’s alright. My only serious issues with it so far are that the graphics look pretty dated in places, especially the character models during cutscenes, and that the writing pretty often dips into the Steve Buscemi HELLO FELLOW KIDS meme territory. The opening party sequence in particular is extremely cringe.

Well I was not sure how saints would turn out but soul hackers looks like it is a good pick.

Here is my Saint's Row review: Did you like Saint's Row 3? Then you will probably like this. Wait for a sale.

I'm quite enjoying SR2022. It's a lot closer to 3 than 4, but that's a good thing.

Only scratched the surface of the game so far, but having fun.