Welcome to the skilled channel and today we're talking about games that rival hollywood movies.
These cinematic games feature over the top action, top notch acting, and a lot of excitement.
Many of these are returning franchises that have reached a new level of maturity.
With the graphic capability of modern consoles and PCs it's possible to create much more
realistic and immersive games.
So let's take a look at the Top 10 Most Anticipated Cinematic Action games.
Homefront: The Revolution � PC, PS4, XB1 / TBA 2016
Set four years after the original "Homefront," "Homefront: The Revolution" follows protagonist
Ethan Brady as he struggles to reclaim the city of Philadelphia from an alternate, reunified
Korea, which is using the city as its central base after invading the country years ago.
The Greater Korean Republic has lost the western states to the Americans after the Battle of
San Francisco.
However, the GKR has shifted their control to invade and capture many of the eastern
states leading to a huge battle for Philadelphia.
The new Philadelphia is a heavily policed and oppressed environment.
Civilians live in fear as the Korean People's Army patrols multiple districts in the city.
In the city, a second rebellion is starting and the resistance grows stronger led by Dana,
the resistance leader, and youngest member of the resistance, Ethan Brady.
This first-person shooter promises a large, open world and a variety of tasks to discover
and complete.
Homefront The Revolution releases on PC, PS4, and XB1 in 2016.
Mafia III � PC, PS4, XB1 / April 26, 2016 Mafia III is a third-person shooter set in
New Orleans in 1968, after the Vietnam War.
Lincoln Clay, a war veteran, has had it rough growing up as a bi-racial orphan.
In his constant quest to find family, he joined the army.
We see right away how Clay views the world when he says �Family isn't who you're born
with.
It's who you die for.� With his experience in the Vietnam jungles in his unit as a foundation
for what family is, Clay returns to New Orleans and joins the �Black Mob.� This is significant,
because Clay being bi-racial in a very tense racial atmosphere plays a large part in the
story.
Cops and citizens are struggling with the changing society and segregation policies.
The game features an open-world setting, allowing players to head wherever they want in New
Orleans.
You can follow story missions in a linear fashion, or branch out with a large amount
of side missions with multiple steps.
Players will experience a world struggling with racism, the consequences of Vietnam,
assassinations in America, the sexual revolution, and much more filtering through society.
This is expressed in many ways, from interactions with other people to the music from the time
period.
Even the clothes reflect what you'd expect in the depths of New Orleans, providing an
immersive experience to let you sense what the late 1960s had to offer.
Mafia III releases on PC, PS4, and XB1 on April 26, 2016.
Gears 4 � XB1 / TBA 2016 Gears 4 is the first original game from The
Coalition, the studio that has taken over the Gears Franchise.
And it looks like they are making some big changes in the way the story unfolds and the
characters involved.
We see JD and Kait, two new protagonists.
In the recent demo, they are exploring the ruins surrounding a decrepit mansion.
The hunt is interrupted by a "wind flare" a vast cyclonic storm that spews lightning
and gusts powerful enough to topple stone.
After using an integrated saw blade in his firearm, JD cuts through a metal gate and
the two take refuge.
They pursue a beast into its lair and find an embryonic mass that splatters the JD with
glowing goo.
The preview setting is a dark castle with gothic influences.
The area is very dark and players must use flashlights to illuminate certain obscured
areas.
The planetary setting is a forested world overlooked by a pair of brilliant white moons.
It appears Both protagonists are wearing Coalition of Ordered Governments armor which is interesting
because as of the end of Gears of War 3 the COG no longer exists and niether do the locust
or lambet races.
The protagonists mention that they are changing from hunters to hunted.
This, along with the lonely wilderness locale and ruined setting, implies that the characters
are originally called to hunt down the beast or den of beasts they encounter, a mission
that may be military, civil, or informal.
The game seems to focus more on cinematic elements and relate-able characters compared
to the larger than life tough military guys from the previous Gears games.
The pace of the game has also changed significantly, from a high octane action ride to a more paced
out action game.
Gears 4 is scheduled for release in 2016.
Scalebound � XB1 / TBA 2016 Drew has been thrown into the magical world
of Draconis from our modern world.
He sports headphones, jeans, and a black leather jacket, a realistic look to contrast with
the fantastical setting of Draconis.
Drew looks like your average guy but he has a dragon arm that allows him to connect with
a dragon companion and also perform supernatural attacks.
Drew is bonded to Thuban, a massive dragon who is the last of his kind.
The binding means that the two characters share the same life stream, if one dies, the
other dies as well.
Drew mostly participates in combat from afar, firing explosive arrows at enemies and providing
Thuban with direction.
There also throwable mines that can attach to enemies and detonate when hit with a flaming
arrow or Thuban's fire breath.
On a smaller note, Drew's headphones provide a cool added feature to the game by playing
fast-paced dance music during combat.
In addition to normal attacks, Drew sports a dragon arm that allows him to heal Thuban,
attack with pulse energy, and scan enemies.
Drew also collects energy from defeating enemies that culminates in an overdrive-like attack,
transforming him into a powerful half-dragon for a short time.
The intense strength of the dragon form rewards players for defeating enemies by allowing
them to mow down even more enemies with ease.
When an enemy that contains Pulse energy is killed, it drops red Pulse gems that Drew
can use to upgrade his equipment and Thuban himself.
At its core, Scalebound is still an RPG, so customization is a big feature.
Players can customize their own Thuban by selecting different body parts or colors.
These modifications will have an effect on how Thuban fights.
If Thuban is made lighter with a bladed tail, he will be more useful as an offensive weapon.
If the player wants to do more of the fighting with his or her own sword, a larger Thuban
that can be used as a diversion and a damage-sponge might be useful.
Scalebound releases some time in 2016 only on Xbox One.
Rise Of The Tomb Raider � XB1 Nov 10, 2015 | PS4, PC � TBA 2016
Set after the events of Tomb Raider 2013, Lara Croft's experience of the supernatural
has been covered up by the organization Trinity.
Rise of the Tomb Raider follows Lara Croft and Jonah as they search Siberia for the ancient
city built by the Grand Prince of Vladimir in the 13th century, which Lara believes holds
some truth behind immortality.
In a race against Trinity, a well funded organization interested in the supernatural, Lara must
survive against humans, animals, and the environment in order to find the truth behind the myths
and become who she was destined to be.
The newest trailer shows what traversal features will be like in the new game.
Lara is shown using dual Icepicks to ascend cliff walls, and jumping or leaping to catch
adjoining walls.
There are also returning elements of rapidly maneuvering through dangerous terrain, and
having to platform between crumbling ledges and around explosions or debris.
When out of danger, Lara will still be able to scavenge and craft, as seen by her making
a crude bow, and killing an elk for supplies.
Lara has to fend off assailants, and use her stealth takedowns from behind, and a new underwater
takedown to defeat enemies standing near water.
Combat has been redesigned with more options for stealth and sneak attacks.
Lara can confuse enemies using the environment, hide behind bushes or in trees, or avoid combat
altogether by climbing trees or traveling across roof tops.
The bow and arrow return from�Tomb Raider.
Options for multiple bows can be fashioned from specific animals and materials that Lara
can hunt and salvage.
Other weapons such as her pistol and climbing axe make a return, plus an added hunting knife
for melee or sneak attacks.
Rise Of The Tomb Raider releases on Xbox One on Nov 10 and the PS4 and PC versions will
release later in 2016.
Deus Ex Mankind Divided � PC, PS4, XB1 / Feb 23, 2016
Set two years after Dues Ex: Human Revolution, things have gotten even worse for main character
Adam Jensen.
In the previous title, millions of augmented humans mindlessly attacked those without any
modification.
Now, the world at large is even more against augmentation.
Those with mods are facing persecution and resorting to terrorist attacks to demand equality.
Enter Jensen, who has to balance his own augmented skills with society's demands while trying
to protect both.
But even as he works to stop those who are like him, he must face the secrets moving
his own government organization forward.
With plenty of weapon combinations, customizations, and new augmentations to show off, players
should have a wide range of ways to blast their way through conflicting story interests
in a world steeped in revolution.
Similar to previous titles, Dues Ex: Mankind Divided boasts role playing, first-person
shooter, and stealth elements through each single-player mission.
The game is slated for release on February 23rd 2016 for Xbox One, Playstation 4, and
PC.
Quantum Break � XB1 / April 5, 2016 Quantum Break is being called a cinematic,
third-person action game, but it�s far more than that.
It is a revolutionary breakthrough in how we play games.
It's a hybrid of different media formats.
Remedy Entertainment is filming a TV show alongside their game.
The actions you take in-game affect how the next episode of the show plays out, and key
information from the show will help you make the best choices in the game.
Both the characters in-game and the actors in the live-action segments are one and the
same.
A star-studded cast and a high production budget will mean that the voice acting will
be superb, and the show�s production value will be equal to that of HBO or Netflix Originals.
In Quantum Break, a time experiment has gone wrong, leaving several in-game characters
with super powers all based around concepts of manipulating time.
Paul Serene, founder of the corporation Monarch Solutions, travels through time via a time
machine and comes back seventeen years older and with a psychotic plan in mind.
He kills Jack�s brother and pursues Jack for the rest of the game.
In-game time stutters are events caused by the breaking down of time itself.
The trailer showcased the time stutter game mechanic very well.
Violent, unpredictable, and beautifully glitchy, the time stutter events add platforming and
puzzle elements to the game as well as an unprecedented visual experience not seen even
in movies.
Time may freeze, but Jack Joyce doesn�t.
In the trailer and gameplay footage shown, Jack casually walks through debris and explosions
frozen mid-air.
It�s an incredible sight, especially when a time stutter event glitches out the environment
and loops various acts of destruction repeatedly right in front of your eyes.
To handle the intense amount of physics involved in the time stutters and time manipulation
mechanics of the game, Remedy Entertainment had to make their own game engine called Northlight
Engine.
The game looks incredibly gorgeous, and the time stutter events are delightfully unpredictable
and hostile.
The plot and time mechanics in the game were all checked for approval by a scientist who
worked at CERN in order to make a game that is as compatible as possible with theoretical
physics the way scientists understand it today.
Quantum Break releases on April 5, 2016 only on Xbox One.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 � PS4, XB1, PC, XB360, PS3 / Nov 6, 2015
Black Ops 3 is the twelfth installment in the Call of Duty franchise and the third in
the Black Ops series.
Set 40 years after the events of Black Ops 2, this Treyarch developed shooter is set
in a dystopian 2065 where countries wage war against each other with covert attacks.
Robots are advanced enough to play an active part in the battlefield and implants have
made humans as much machines as flesh and blood.
You will guide your Black Ops soldier through this dangerous new world in an attempt to
thwart a machine takeover.
The game has been overhauled since 2012�s Black Ops 2 and now features a customizable
female or male lead character that can perform a move set beyond that of a normal soldier.
Players can guide their super soldier through new levels that are now more open than they
have ever been in a Call of Duty title.
This non-linear approach means replay-ability is at an all-time high for this franchise,
as gamers can find multiple ways to progress through a map.
Multiplayer has also been revamped with an all new movement system, while the new �Specialist�
class comes with a choice of nine soldiers with different aggression or defense levels.
Call Of Duty Black Ops 3 releases on all major platforms on November 6.
Final Fantasy XV � PS4, XB1 / TBA 2016 Final Fantasy is one of the longest running
RPG series and the fifteenth installment is bringing a lot of new gameplay elements.
The game takes place in a world similar to modern-day Earth.
It has typical RPG gameplay but with third-person action elements.
The characters have the ability to traverse the environment in a free-running style, which
also extends to battle with larger enemies.
The world is a large connected landmass which can be explored on foot or by using a car
or a chocobo.
The new camping system provides players a new way to level up their characters.
Experience points earned in battle during the day are converted into new levels during
evening camping periods.
Final Fantasy XV is taking a huge leap forward and should hopefully reunite fans of the series.
Final Fantasy is coming to PS4 and Xbox One in 2016.
Uncharted 4 � PS4 / March 18, 2016 Uncharted 4 is set several years after his
last adventure, retired fortune hunter Nathan Drake has settled into a quiet life with his
wife Elena.
But after his long lost brother Sam comes back into his life, with a lead on a fabled
pirate treasure, Nate is forced back into the world of thieves.
With the stakes much more personal, Drake embarks on a globe-trotting journey in pursuit
of a historical conspiracy behind a fabled pirate treasure.
His greatest adventure will test his physical limits, his resolve, and ultimately what he�s
willing to sacrifice to save the ones he loves.
Uncharted 4 shows an even more cinematic experience.
Crowds are now more dynamic and react to Nate's actions, Nate's movement will also change,
as he will adjust his body to move through the crowds easier, Nate will even speak to
civilians.
Objects in the environment are now destructible, from gunfire and brute force.
Sandbags appear as cover items, as they are shot, they will leak, and shrink making them
useless as cover.
Sully was shown to be returning as an AI Partner, featuring the usual banter between the pair.
Sully is capable of taking on enemies that are outnumbering Nate in order to make escape
from grapple's easier.
Vehicles make a return, however unlike Drakes' fortune, vehicle segments are much more dynamic,
with multiple paths, and destructible objects.
Uncharted 4 will arrive on PS4 on March 8th 2016.
Outro Cinematic games are probably the most popular
and highest production value games out right now.
We've waited a long time for some of these follow up such as Final Fantasy XV and Uncharted
4.
But now they are right around the corner.
What are your favorite cinematic games?
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