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THE wait is almost Metal Gear Survive lover...the sequel to State of Decay has been Xbox One, PS4 and PC £29.99 given a release date. quickly became a cult classic Bayonetta with everything from the endless grunts to the METAL Gear Survive is well We will be able to get when it was released in 2010. Now Switch screen-filling beasts having bags of detail and a named because it faces a our hands on the zombie owners can find out what the fuss was about. Switch £24.99 (Free code with ) real polish. real battle just to make the survival RPG follow-up on Platinum Games have a hack-and-slash It is all backed up by a soundtrack that keeps sales chart. May 22. off combos with a mix of punching, kicking and The political fallout pedigree, with titles like Madworld and Vanquish weapon-wielding. up the tempo in the heat of battle. The voice act- Developers Undead in the stable, but Bayonetta has a class all of its ing is brilliant, with Bayonetta voiced by Hellena between Konami and series Labs have made quite a own. You play as a witch called Bayonetta. The star is the torture attacks which feed off Taylor. She steals the show with some of the mastermind Hideo Kojima few gory changes for She has lost her memory, but you get it back your magic. They can annihilate about 90 per best one-liners we have ever heard in gaming. has cast a deep shadow different editions. gradually as you work through the game. cent of enemies in the game and they often see There are only minor gripes — some of the over the game and many The standard £24.99 The actual story is a bit off the wall and com- you summoning monsters or a huge stiletto areas are a bit dull, especially when you see how fans were outraged at the edition includes just the plex, but it won’t stop your gaming experience. though portals. special some of the others are, and some will treatment Kojima received. base game. That’s because you want to fight. And the It’s all down to a magic suit which is made out find Bayonetta just a little too challenging. However, if gamers can However, the uItimate fighting is top-notch. of your hair. Wacky enough for you? Don’t It has certainly made the …err…switch to get beyond that then there is £39.99 edition will spice It is over-the-top, fast and hits all the marks as overthink it, just enjoy. Switch in style. It may be eight years old but it is an interesting game to play. things up with the you take on an army of angels, which is a neat The fight scenes work so well because the as good as it ever was. It is safe to say that this independence and twist on the standard fighting demons theme. graphics are an amazing mix of urban and HHHHH game has departed the daybreak pack. The Switch gives it all an epic feel as you pull gothic styles. The enemies look outstanding, STUART CULLEN series route. Solid Snake You will also be able to and his pals have gone and get the game four days the story style is completely before the official release. different. Happy days. The game is set after Metal Gear Solid V as you and bits of the Mother Base are sucked though a wormhole to a hostile and desolate place called Dite. 1 FIFA 18 You have to save your troops and rebuild your 2 Grand Theft Auto V force…blah, blah, blah. 3 Call Of Duty: WWII Standard if not spectacular 4 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe plot. You know the score. It 5 Monster Hunter: works OK and tries to add to World the MGSV tale across the 25-30-hour running time. PROG rockers Yes will to putting together a show for that. We’ve got a couple of fan conventions Micro-management is the perform their 50th by RACHEL THE wait for Far Cry key to success. There is a lot as well, so it’s going to be a big 5 is almost over and anniversary tour — but MACPHERSON celebration of 50 years of Yes music. l of planning because every- But with the release of new album to whet the appetite a thing drains you it’s only going ahead movie prequel has been — from moving fresh. He said: “It’s been very important Fly From Here — The Return at the end because founding of March, the musician also reveals that released by Ubisoft. around to being for the band and it’s one of the reasons The half-hour flick member Chris Squire it has managed to sustain itself for so looking back has been “bittersweet”. in danger areas. many years. He said: “The setlist falls into place follows three vloggers as You need to gave it his blessing just “Although the band has retained its itself, but it’s such a vast catalogue, they research the Eden think and make before he died. sound over the years, I think that around 21 or 22 studio albums, that’s an Gate cult for a the most of the having different people come in and enormous volume of work to look at it. documentary. risk-reward style The bassist, bottom left, passed We try to mix it up and do things that With the game just away aged 67 in 2015 from acute adding different eras has added of pushing on but maybe different sides to Yes.” He added: “If are a little bit more obscure, but we’re three weeks away we are running out of food, water or erythroid leukaemia but he was you look at us today, we’ve got a really conscious that there are some tracks we introduced to ruthless air. However, the reward determined the band should carry great line-up of musicians and I still have to include. leader ‘the Father’ rarely outweighs the risk. on after his death. admire and learn from them every day.” “The Topographic Drama record was Joseph Seed as well as Combat is a bit more And keyboard player Geoff Downes, Geoff will be joined by Steve Howe, going to be next in our album the rest of the twisted sequence, but sadly Chris passed away interesting, but the enemies bottom right, said: “It was a big blow Alan White, Billy Sherwood and Jon Seed family. are not the most exciting when Chris departed because he was Davidson when the band hits the road before we could do that. Far Cry 5: Inside Eden’s the mainstay and had been through for the 50th anniversary this month. He “It was all really about paying hom- ever designed and there is age to Chris to do that album, it is a Gate is available to watch only a handful of battle every generation of the band. said: “It’s a very nice thing for the fans. on Amazon Prime. “We spoke to Chris when he knew he “They’ve been part of the band for 50 really bittersweet thing to take that on scenarios. wouldn’t be able to make the tour, and years and we’re really looking forward the road.” You will also have to build he said the band should carry on But with five decades under their JOHN a base then upgrade it. regardless. It was in some ways belt, Geoff also admits he’s looking Robertson That is quite cool — the only way we could carry on forward to looking back over the good brings his brilliant Witch pickingsespecially as you add new — with Chris’s blessing. times. He says: “We’ve got some interactive live-action features — but it’s menu “We all miss his larger-than- great following in Scotland. The Dark THE launch of the Switch has Bayonetta 2 Switch so far. There is a wide mix of heavy and doesn’t explain life personality, but he always “It will be a real trip down Room to The Stand areas and styles but none of the muddy, anything very well. you memory lane for a lot of the paved the way for some hidden Switch £42.99 dull areas from the first game. This said that Yes music should There is an online horde fans because when you think of Comedy Club in continue on much longer than Glasgow on gems to get the limelight. of work yet. It takes everything that was really suits the handheld console format mode where you team up any of us, so we’ve carried on a band like Yes, who have been Thousands of gamers love great about the first game and because the docked mode occasionally going for 50 years, the fans and Wednesday. See the- shows up a few small texture issues. with friends and can bag that legacy.” johnrobert- Bayonetta, see above, but few got to ramps it up to 11. It runs like melted much-needed materials. The band was originally formed the band are now getting on a butter even in the heat of the most The soundtrack is great. It carries bit. It will be great to see son.com experience the delights of the sequel the same vibes as the first game and The look is carried over in London in 1968 — but has had epic battles. There is almost no from MGSV and it uses the periods of turmoil over the years. everyone come together to share as it was an exclusive title on frame rate dip this time. Hellena Taylor is back as Bayonetta But Geoff — who joined the band stories and share music.” ’s U in 2014. It follows the same off-the-wall and does an even a better job this same engine. It is quite neat first in 1980 and rejoined in 2011 — l Yes will play the SEC Armadillo in It is fair to say that the game did not story format. Bayonetta is Christmas time round. if a little grey and muddy and reckons change has kept the group Glasgow on March 16. save the ailing console, but that says shopping with fellow witch Jeanne. There is also an online-like co-op the soundtrack and voice more about the than the Platinum They are attacked by a fighter jet mode to attack with a friend and you acting is solid if a tad dull. Games title. controlled by the angels… and cue can use a range of Amiibos to unlock The simple fact is that if However, the demise of the console combat chaos as you fight to save new outfits. If you have a Switch then you love survival games can meant the game gathered dust on the Jeanne’s soul from the underworld. It’s you have to try Bayonetta 2. If you don’t then you can take some- shelf… until it got a transfer to the over the top but it sets up a stunning have a Switch then this game is good thing from this, but Metal Switch. Like the original, the sequel battle as you fight on the jet as it blasts enough to make you buy one. Gear fans will pass. It just sticks to what Platinum Games know HHHHH Park Stadium, runs Friday to Sunday showcasing around a city. This has to be one of the does not have the Kojima RANZAS WE’VE all had a best, but this is probably their best piece best-looking games to make it on to the STUART CULLEN factor. WHERE: Ayr over 30 Scottish acts from Scotland plus Finnish moan when our train NEW punk outfit Verripuli-45. The line-up includes l HHú WHO: Lyle Kennedy (vocals), Connor Adam (gui- has been late. STUART CULLEN tar), Murray Brough (bass), Julie Dunabie (drums) Indigo Velvet, Weekend Debt, Pyro, Declan Welsh Now we can see if we FOR FANS OF: The Libertines, Oasis, The View MUSIC And The Decadent West, Luna The Professor, Loki can do a better job with JIM SAYS: I only managed to catch the dying and The Banter Thiefs. Train Sim World on the chords of Ranzas’ final song supporting The Sher- It’s just £11 for a weekend wristband! Organiser, XBox One by Stirling- and Banter Thiefs guitarist, Derek Watson told me based Dovetail Games. locks at O2 ABC Glasgow in September. Teach Singer Lyle told me: “We started off just settling he had no hesitation in booking Ranzas again this me for not getting along early enough. with the first thing that we made. We weren’t push- The game is a first year: “They went down a treat last year. There is a person train simulator I’ve seen plenty of big names as support acts, ing ourselves or changing the songs to make real swagger about the music. The festival aims to including The Killers and Coldplay — never could them better. We’ve now taken a different promote the best local talent as well as some of and is the closest you’ll see the point in sacrificing a full night’s entertain- approach. Taking our time with the songwriting Scotland’s hottest up and coming acts. Ranzas get to driving a choo ment for another drink in the bar beforehand. process and challenging ourselves, properly are right up there!” Lyle added: “When we got choo from your couch. You don’t know what future stars you might thinking about the way a song should flow and the asked again this year we jumped at the opportu- It uses real-world data unearth. So I wasn’t going to miss the opportunity structure. Stamping our own sound on it.” nity. Last year Motherwell showed the live band and brings to life the to catch more of Ranzas when they played with It seems to have paid off. The debut EP Save Me scene is still alive and kicking. performance, sounds and THINK Pokémon Go but with will discover dinoasaurs by locating DOUGIE is an Aberdeen-based games. He says: “This is my hobby The Blinders at King Tut’s last month. I was treated Now is brimming full of potential, while recent “The Scottish music scene is on fire just now. power of real trains. And ldinosaurs and you’re sure to them on a map and deploying an streamer and has been a gamer though, which I love a lot. One of the to quality performance from a band that really demo tracks continue to impress. Up next for Ran- We hope everyone gets behind and supports their with a strict timetabe to have a roaring hit. in-game drone to collect their DNA. since the days of the ZX Spectrum. best things about streaming is that it know how to engage with an audience. zas is a return to play the Motherwell Makes Music local bands to keep the dream alive.” Ranzas stick to it will test your skill Well, that’s the hope for aug- You’ll also be able to level up your He was inspired by Ian Higton, a has brought me out of my shell a lot. Ranzas started life as The Shires around 2013. festival next weekend. The event, held at JD’s Bar appear at JD’s on Saturday. They are also at the and patience. mented reality game Jurassic World dinos, snap a photo with your fellow streamer as well as games I’ve made so many new friends it Not surprisingly with the country duo of the same and The Davie Cooper Suite at Motherwell FC’s Fir Seaside Bash Festival at Ayr Town Hall on May 26, Train Sim World: Alive which is due out for both favourite one and battle them with journalist to start streaming a few enhances the game experience too.” name coming through, they became Ranzas the headlined by Tom Clarke, formally of The Enemy. Founders Edition is now Android and IOS this spring — and it other players. Register at years ago. He focuses on FPS and You can find his stream over at following year. They took the name from Loch- MORE: www.facebook.com/ranzasmusic available on the Xbox Live does sound cool. JurassicWorldAlive.com and you’ll large open world games from AAA twitch.tv/the_reverse_pro_gamer and ranza on the Isle of Arran, though none of them Watch a video of the band playing l Jim presents a weekly showcase of New Store of £24.99. Instead of cuddly critters players be alerted to all the latest news. and indie developers as well as VR follow @ReverseProDoug. have any ties to the village. They just fancied it at: www.thescottishsun.co.uk Music on Amazing Radio Sundays 2-4pm. See after spotting it in a Visit Arran tourist guide. www.amazingradio.com, www.jimgellatly.com Read The Scottish Sun gaming column plus all the latest news, reviews and previews over at codecmoments.com