What are the best action-RPG of the year?

Cyberpunk 2077 and Assassin's Creed Valhalla are the best action-RPG games of the year. The forth semester come with some of the most exciting action role-playing video games we've ever seen. And once the new PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles come out, we had the chance to see the ARGs playing on the new gadgets. These are the best action-RPG PS5 games and Xbox Series X/S of the year.

Cyberpunk 2077

From this very first hands-on with Cyberpunk 2077, which saw me play through the opening four or so hours of this console game, it's clear that CD Projekt Red is not shying away from building a living world once again, but this time it's doing it on a larger scale than ever before with Night City. This is a bustling metropolis oozing with neon and risk that has its own rhythms and life out of what you're doing as V. I spent a bit too long watching civilians meander down the road (with a refreshing array of realistic body types, I might add) and staring at strangers with conversations that I could interrupt if I so chose, or simply wandering around watching a variety of side-missions, bounties, and other activities pop up like some sort of urban acne breakout.

Cyberpunk 2077 features three different life paths, which determine your starting place and your relationship with the world. I'm given the option to play as a street kid, a corporate agent, or a wandering nomad. I choose the latter and find myself at a dingy garage in one of these remote Badlands towns, staring into a filthy mirror. I tear a patch out of my leather jacket, the emblem of the Nomad gang I used to run with--a lifestyle change I'll learn more about later in the game. I'm a lone wolf now. Well, I'd be if my car would start. It worth to buy cheap PS5 games like this one. Set across a vast, futuristic city consisting of several different districts, Cyberpunk 2077 will adhere to the player as they embark on an epic journey to discover the secrets of immortality. This adventure will be fraught with dangers -- if you are duking it out with corrupt criminal syndicates, ingenious hackers or powers far beyond your imagination.

Developer: CD Projekt Red
Publisher: CD Projekt
Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia
Release date: 10 December 2020

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is an epic journey through the identity of this saga. Ubisoft Montreal achieved to unite the old urban assassin gameplay with the new RPG system thanks to a dense, vivid and handcrafted open world. It might be slightly clunky when it comes to optimization and visuals and not very original in its mechanics, but the experience is overall very solid, entertaining and astonishing concerning scope. Though it deviates little from the template of the game titles which come before it, Valhalla is stunning in scope and ambition and looks fantastic on next-gen hardware, albeit marred by technical glitches and a lack of last-minute polish that could have turned this terrific game in an unmissable one. Nonetheless, if you're looking for an open-world epic to sink your teeth into during the long winter months ahead, consider yourself sorted.

I love the direction Assassin's Creed is taking especially with these last two game titles. (Odysey was my favorite) sometimes the story can find a little dull in Vahalla but not enough to keep me not interested. You definitely get your moneys worth there is so many places to explore and loot to find. The settlement was also a wonderful touch. I get excited when I update it just to see what other buildings I can build and I love what they did with the loot system in Valhalla. Good assortment of weapons and love the fact you can upgrade them as you advance if you find a weapon or peice of armor you really like. I also like how many abilities you can get along with your able to reset your skills whenever you want to modify your combat style up. I'm a huge fan of the raids as well but I wish there was a way I could use my clan just not when I'm raiding a camp. It'd be nice if there was a way to utilize them whenever I need a extra hand like we can in brother hood.

Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia, Luna
Release: 10 November 2020

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