

NEW WAR THEMED PC GAMES FOR 2017 SERIES
You'll get sucked into its enormously satisfying loop.Įven a longer wait for the PC version and a pesky pre-release crashing bug couldn't thwart Monster Hunter: World from becoming the most successful launch for a Japanese game on PC, and 2020’s Iceborne DLC only added to the games’ monstrous success.ĭragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition Developer: Square Enixĭragon Quest is Japan's national videogame loved by whole generations, but in its three decades the mainline series has never seen a port on PC - until now. The thrill of the hunt is intoxicating, whether you're going toe-to-toe with a fire-breathing T-Rex-a-like or massive inflatable bats - but so is turning their carcasses into better weapons and armour so that you can take on even more powerful monsters. With a bold step into a brave new world, this is not just the most beautiful entry, but many quality-of-life improvements also make World the most accessible Monster Hunter to date, streamlining the busy work so you can get to the good stuff.
NEW WAR THEMED PC GAMES FOR 2017 PORTABLE
The Monster Hunter series has long been an institution in Japan, albeit on portable devices. With the remake of the first game also on the way, it's only a matter of time before PC gamers catch up and become well-versed with Kiryu's life story. Whether you're teaching gangsters life lesson with your fists, playing disco dancing rhythm games, or simply taking in the sights of districts modelled on real-life locations in Tokyo and Osaka, there's no game that taps into Japanese culture better. Yakuza 0 isn't just the best entry point, but the most riotously fun.

But just as the series has finally broken through to acclaim in the West, it also makes its PC debut, starting with the 80s-set prequel. Hyper-masculine, hyper-Japanese, and a perfect distillation of everything Sega, the Yakuza series has long been a PlayStation franchise. Whatever you make of it, it's a vital piece of gaming history, which will also nicely prep you for when the saga finally continues with Shenmue III's release next year. The sequel drops you fresh off the boat to the labyrinthian streets of Hong Kong, where money talks on every corner ('Want to play Lucky Hit?'). But it's all part of its clunky charm, as you step into the shoes of po-faced and recently bereft teenager Ryo Hazuki, wandering around his hometown of Yokosuka on the hunt for sailors and bikers. It's not necessarily aged well, and d3t's port is, well, just a port, leaving all the textures, facial expressions and time to kill just like they were back in 1999.

Shenmue is set in an intimately realistic open world with mundane attention to detail. The saga began on sega's final console, the Dreamcast, with Yu Suzuki's ambitious, ahead-of-its-time tale of revenge.
