The Best PC Game of All Time

Hello, and welcome back to Patch Notes! As always I grab a few bits of news from the past week and discuss them. This week we’ve got Borderlands 3, a mini-meltdown from Randy Pitchford and Valve’s brand new VR unit that will not just break your bank, but also leave it crying in a small heap. Borderlands 3 Is Real! Borderlands 3 officially exists! The gameplay event reveal happened this week and so we got our first official look at third game in one of my favourite franchises. To be honest, not much as actually changed but I feel like that’s a good thing. Its keeping true to its roots by focusing on the glorious, juicy loot! Normally I’d want a little more change and innovation, but quite frankly I’m happy with a visual upgrade, new classes and loads more guns. Still, there are some tweaks to the formula. Alternate fire modes for weapons, for example, opens up a bunch of fun possibilities. And now in co-op everyone will get their own loot, finally stopping arguments over who gets th...

Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4 Reviewed On: Xbox One Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes Although it seems to have been forgotten about Metal Gear: Survive is not actually the first Metal Gear game without the legendary Kojima at the helm. It is, however, the very first Metal Gear game produced since Kojima and Konami parted ways in less than ideal circumstances. The pressure was on Konami to show the world they could handle the beloved franchise, so what was the first thing they did? An open-world survival spin-off. With zombies. *facepalm* The first hour is rife with cutscenes, almost like the developers were intent on saying, “look, everything is okay! Look at all these cutscenes! Just like Kojima would do!” but in a game that’s already a massive slog sitting through these frankly dull cutscenes that attempt to justify all the madness actually winds up delivering entirely the wrong message; you’ve let yourself in for a lot of boredom to get t...

Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4 Reviewed On: PC Developed by: DICE Published by: EA Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes There is a well-known line in the Star Wars movies that applies perfectly here. “You were the Chosen One! You were supposed to destroy the Sith, not join them. You were supposed to bring balance to the force, not leave it in darkness.” Of course, it’s the scene in Revenge of the Sith where Obi-Wan Kenobi faces down his former Padawan and friend Anakin Skywalker, or as he now calls himself, Darth Vader. Still, it’s apt here. While last years Battlefront left a lot of people feeling let-down I still quite enjoyed it despite its issues. I had high hopes for a sequel, and yet EA managed to fall deeper into the Dark Side, taking the beloved Star Wars name with it. Reviewing this game has proven to be a hell of a challenge. Due to the massive and completely deserved backlash, EA decided to temporarily remove their microtransactions from Battlefront 2 at the last second,...

  Platforms: PC. Xbox One, PS4 Reviewed On: Xbox One Developer: Monolith Publisher: Warner Bros. Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Kind of Review code supplied free of charge by the publisher. God damn, Warner Bros., you couldn’t just release a game without finding a way to stuff microtransactions into it, could you? Before Shadow of War even hit stores shelves it was revealed that there would be purchasable loot crates, and understandably the Internet was not happy, especially since Warner Bros. had already announced different tiers of the game for you to buy on launch. Having played through the game I can at least confirm that they are optional, but at the same time they’ve clearly influenced the design as the end-game is a brutal slog in order to get a second ending that feels as though it was made with the sole intention of pushing players toward spending real cash. It’s a shame because these microtransactions cash a shadow (see what I did there, eh? EH!?) across what is othe...