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All of this stuff felt pretty tacked-on and weirdly contrary to the rest of the hardcore GTFO ethos. This is a video game where I might need to hold off a band of mutants with a speed-dampening foam gun while a buddy bangs codewords into a computer. It's a little weird to return to the lobby, where we can all strap on our seven percent increases to our projectile resistance.

A game like this lives and dies on how much content is available, and to its credit there are currently a healthy 10 missions available in GTFO. However, developer 10 Chambers Collective makes the audacious choice to simply throw out all of its hard work with every major update and scrap all of the existing levels, replacing them with new ones. That ephemerality adds to GTFO's sense of mystery.

It's eye-opening to mingle with veterans who can regale you with war stories from past crusades. The world 10 Chambers has created is relentlessly, almost hilariously oppressive. We are defrosted only to accomplish the worst, most suicidal contracts conceivable. So no, GTFO doesn't have an arresting story, and what is there is mostly relayed through the worst video game technique in existence: stray voiceovers emanating from an intercom.

To be clear, some players are passionate about the lore, and the studio has experimented with some ARG-ish methods to showcase its universe. That said, I was impressed by the plot curveballs 10 Chambers managed to deploy in some of its gameplay sequences. Almost all of the action takes place in the complex, but without giving too much away, your party might find themselves spirited away to more colorful arenas if you interact with the right doodad.

It's a welcome change of pace from the chronic concrete bleakness, and proof that the studio is switching up its own formula as GTFO finally exits its early access period after two years. GTFO's 1. For the first time ever, we get some conservative checkpoints; your progress will no longer be fully deleted after a team wipe. But don't let those compromises with accessibility fool you: GTFO remains a game built for a group of human beings in constant communication.

In fact, the main menu contains a link to the official Discord, which is good because the built-in matchmaking system is pretty hit-or-miss. I had no luck with it myself. Naturally, that means GTFO is subject to all of the social annoyances parceled with so many cooperative games. These levels are long — some more than two hours total — and it really sucks when someone drops out halfway through.

Though players can join mid-mission in a pinch. It's even more aggravating when a slight tang of lingering early access jank rears its ugly head; one of my parties actually had to call it a night after a mandatory terminal went on the fritz. GTFO is already a maddening game, but incidents like that, which are in no way your own fault, can make it downright exasperating. Oftentimes, I found myself pining for some sort of save function so my party could cut our losses.

By 2am, it became clear that the boys and I were not going to finish the harsh finale of C1. Would it really violate the GTFO doctrine to allow us a chance to return the next morning and give it another shot without starting from the beginning?

That said, I don't think I've ever encountered a game that so brilliantly put me on a highwire. IGN Entertainment company information, press releases and contact information. At IGN, we're all about having fun, but when it comes to reviews we take things seriously. Reviewing is the most important thing we do, because this is when we help you make a decision about how to spend your money.

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Simply put: this is our highest recommendation. These are classics in the making that we hope and expect will influence game design for years to come, as other developers learn from their shining examples. God of War. The Last of Us. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Grand Theft Auto V. We enthusiastically recommend that you add these games to your to-play list. We expect to look back at it as one of the highlights of its time and genre. Resident Evil 2. Super Smash Bros. Forza Horizon 4. Batman: Arkham Knight. These games leave us with something outstanding to remember them by, usually novel gameplay ideas for single-player or multiplayer, clever characters and writing, noteworthy graphics and sound, or some combination thereof.

If we have major complaints, there are more than enough excellent qualities to cancel them out. The Outer Worlds. The Division 2.