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ISSUE 155 DECEMBER 2018 gamesradar.com/opm £5.99 EXCLUSIVE ACCESS Theweatherisyourweapon–weplahe weather is your weapon p y the most destructive open world shoo teereverr ev HOT TAKE SPYRO REIGNITED TRILOGY Better than Crash Bandicoot, Spyro’s got us fired up! HE PS The PlayStation Classic revealed: why you need Sony’s mini-console! ISSUE 155 / DEC 2018 Future PLC Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA Welcome Editorial Editor Ian Dean @IanDean4 [email protected] pen world games are commonplace 01225 442244 now, but few do justice to the idea of Art Editor Milford Coppock @milfcoppock Operations Editor Miriam McDonald @crinolinerobot ‘go anywhere, do anything’ quite like Games Editor Oscar Taylor-Kent @MrOscarTK O Staff Writer Jessica Kinghorn @KoeniginKatze the Just Cause series. And number four is Brand Director Tony Mott Senior Art Editor Warren Brown shaping up to be the best yet. 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Details on page 58. 010 088 072 THE Games index 048 428: SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE 038 ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN 072 ASSASSIN’S CREED ODYSSEY 079 ASTRO BOT RESCUE MISSION 032 BATTLEFIELD V 082 BLACK CLOVER: QUARTET KNIGHTS 050 090 BLIND 083 CATASTRONAUTS 060 CONTROL 080 CREED: RISE TO GLORY 012 DAYS GONE 011 DEATH STRANDING 048 DÉRACINÉ 097 DESTINY 2 – FORSAKEN 016 012 006 DEVIL MAY CRY 5 010 DIRT RALLY 2.0 036 FALLOUT 76 048 FARMING SIMULATOR 19 084 FIFA 19 019 FINAL FANTASY XV POCKET EDITION 005 082 FISHING SIM WORLD 014 091 FIST OF THE NORTH STAR: LOST PARADISE 048 GRIP 048 HELL WARDERS 018 HITMAN 2 092 HOLLOW KNIGHT: VOIDHEART EDITION 050 JUST CAUSE 4 039 LEFT ALIVE 042 006 084 088 LIFE IS STRANGE 2 094 MEGA MAN 11 095 NBA 2K19 016 PROJECT JUDGE 090 SLIME RANCHER 078 SNK HEROINES: TAG TEAM FRENZY 042 SPYRO REIGNITED TRILOGY 032 100 STRANGE BRIGADE 048 TALES OF VESPERIA: DEFINITIVE EDITION 047 TEAM SONIC RACING 046 TETRIS EFFECT 078 THE GARDENS BETWEEN 040 THE SINKING CITY 078 TORN SECTIONS AT A GLANCE 087 TRANSFERENCE 086 V-RALLY 4 THE BIG 10 PREVIEWS FEATURES REVIEWS NETWORK RETRO 096 VALKYRIA CHRONICLES 4 All the hottest news Latest info, screens To-the-point, In-depth verdicts on Max out your PS4, STATION and biggest games and playtests detailed analysis every big new game online and off 019 WORLD OF FINAL Classics revisited FANTASY MAXIMA 006 031 050071 099 106 090 ZONE OF THE ENDERS: THE 2ND RUNNER – MARS Imagine if Reservoir Dogs had been about demon hunters and, well, you get the idea. 006 WITH HIS PENCHANT FOR SPEAKING IN VERSE, V SEEMS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO NERO AND DANTE. 10 MUD AND THUNDER Dirt 2.0 is the sequel we demanded. 14 OLD SCHOOL PlayStation Classic: a retro delight. 16 PRIVATE DICK TheBig10We play Yakuza dev’s Project Judge. STORIES EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT Getting the DMC party crazy one weapon at a time 007 Our red-coated hero is back with style, taking on a job from the mysterious V We’ve met we’ve come to expect from Nero and Dante and Dante, though we’ll find out more Nero before about him as the game’s January – now meet launch date looms ever closer.