Here is a new guide from the editors, in which we will tell what to play from new products in April 2023. This included new interesting games for the computer and all consoles: Ps4, Nintendo switch and Xbox one. Also, be sure to read the reviews of new games that can be found in the reviews section, and, of course, in the previous issues of our monthly guide at the links: The best games of January 2023, the best games of February 2023, the best games of March 2023.
Resident evil 3 remake
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Release Date: April 3, 2023
Genre: Action / Adventure / Survival Horror
A year after the chic remake of the second part, Capcom completes the arch with the history of Raccoon City in Resident Evil 3 Remake. This means that we again take control of Jill Valentine, who is trying to get out of the city, which is not long. Luxurious graphics, powerful atmosphere, Nemesis, huge bugs and other creatures included. Well, the online game Resident Evil: Resistance is included.
Doubts: None. Read our review here.
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
Developer: Granzella
Publisher: NIS America
Platforms: PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC
Release Date: April 7, 2023
Genre: Action / Adventure
Another apocalypse project tells the story of a Japanese city in which a powerful earthquake occurred. To survive, you must explore the ruined metropolis for help. The unfortunate comrades you meet and the important decisions you make will influence the course of the story and ultimately determine how your journey will end. Unlike Fallout, the authors emphasize realism …
Doubts: … except for the 20 bonus DLCs in the kit, like a Santa Claus costume, a ninja and superheroes in tight tights. Well, of course, the game was very outdated graphically – initially the project was supposed to be released on PS3 in 2011, but after a real earthquake and the ensuing tsunami in Japan in 2011, the developers started having problems.
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
Platforms: PS4, but then will be released on other systems
Release Date: April 10, 2023 (PS4), 2023 (other platforms)
Genre: jRPG
The classics of the genre and a real cult in the world of role-playing games will finally be back with a full remake on the Unreal Engine 4. Judging by the demo version and numerous interviews, we are waiting for not just a very beautiful game, but a complete rethinking of Final Fantasy VII, including a new very spectacular combat system and updated history, which was divided into several parts. Chic music by Nobuo Ueyematsu in the arrangement of Masashi Hamaudzu attached.
Doubts: It may well turn out that Final Fantasy VII-2 will have to wait another five years …
Fallout 76: Wastelanders
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios Austin
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Release Date: April 14, 2023
Genre: FPS / RPG / Online
Bethesda has finally done what fans expected from the company from the start — the NPC and storyline in Fallout 76 — thanks to the massive free Wastelanders add-on. The story starts immediately after the entry – the exit of your hero to the surface. Unplayable characters appear in the game world with whom you can communicate. In total, two warring factions are waiting for you, and you must earn a reputation by completing tasks and taking part in dialogues. The main intrigue is the secret that is hidden in the Appalachian mountains. Changes also affected the base game and a set of enemies that have been updated and expanded.
Doubts: Given the remote work of employees of a company that has not always adequately polished its releases, numerous bugs and errors may await us.
Hellpoint
Developer: Cradle Games
Publisher: tinyBuild
Platforms: PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC
Release Date: April 16, 2023
Genre: Action / Adventure / RPG
The dark sci-fi clone Dark Souls, which takes place after a massive quantum cataclysm, caused living organisms to lose their minds, as their memories and bodies merged with alternative versions of themselves from parallel universes. This accident also attracted creatures of tremendous power from the depths of other dimensions. The game was made by a small team from Canada, which has 7 members, and everything looks very atmospheric.
Doubts: Graphics is 10 years out of date, but it’s not so bad if it will be interesting to play Hellpoint.
MotoGP 20
Developer: Milestone S.r.l.
Publisher: Milestone S.r.l.
Platforms: PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC, Google Stadia
Release Date: April 23, 2023
Genre: Racing
The next year is another race from the MotoGP series. The developers offer to experience the thrill of an updated and expanded career mode, where you can join as a team in the 2023 season and participate in races along with official racers, or become part of a completely new team. In addition, in MotoGP 20 you will find improved physics and graphics, new 3D models of racers and scanned faces of official MotoGP team managers with more realistic animations. As well as managing the consumption of gasoline and tires, customizing the vehicle and the appearance of the hero, new sponsors, liveries, materials, historical content, modes, own events and dedicated servers.
Doubts: Another very niche project.
Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack
Developer: Inti Creates
Publisher: Inti Creates
Platforms: PS4
Release Date: April 23, 2023
Genre: Action / Platformer
Two good action platform games from Inti Creates in the Mega Man style, previously released on Nintendo 3DS and Switch, are released on the PS4 as part of a special pack.
Doubts: No innovation should be expected, but fans of the genre should like it.
Cloudpunk
Developer: ION LANDS
Publisher: ION LANDS / Maple Whispering Limited
Platforms: PC, but then will be released on consoles
Release Date: April 23, 2023 (PC), 2023 (PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One)
Genre: Adventure
An interactive cyberpunk adventure that takes place in the dark city of the future Nivalis. You, as a delivery driver of a large corporation, will meet and talk with a variety of charismatic characters. People, AI, androids – each of them will tell his own story.
Doubts: It is not yet clear how Cloudpunk will be an interesting game – the developers showed only flying by car, running around the city and talking with characters.
Code: Realize ~ Guardian of Rebirth ~
Developer: Idea Factory
Publisher: Aksys Games
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Release Date: April 23, 2023
Genre: Adventure
Code: Realize ~ Guardian of Rebirth ~ tells the story of Cardia, a lonely girl isolated in a mansion on the outskirts of a steampunk version of 19th-century London. She suffers from a mysterious affliction that makes her blood poisonous, and touching her is fatal. Over time, the Royal Guard begins to hunt her, but the heroine is saved by gentleman-thief Arsen Lupine. Together with her newfound friends and fans, Kardia decides to go out into the world to unravel the mystery surrounding her very existence.
Doubts: The game is only for girls who should like pretty boys, including Sherlock Holmes and Van Helsing, and the little picture.
Trials of mana
Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
Platforms: PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC
Release Date: April 24, 2023
Genre: Action / Adventure / jRPG
A beautiful remake of the 1995 real-time role-playing game Seiken Densetsu 3. In a fictional world where Mana is an ethereal energy source, the goddess of the universe forged a powerful sword in order to defeat eight destruction monsters. She then sealed them in eight mana stones before turning into a tree and falling asleep. The game takes place at a time when Mana begins to disappear, and the world is destroyed. Several people are plotting to free monsters from stones in order to gain absolute power. The game stood out for action battles, and the remake continues to develop the ideas of the series. You can play for different heroes (six in total) as part of a game of three, which will differ not only in character techniques, including special attacks, but also in history. In addition, the developers expanded the pumping, allowing you to choose four classes at once, and improved the music. In total, there are about 60 tracks in the remake, and you can switch between the classic soundtrack and new arrangements.
Doubts: Nothing yet. Well, except for the corridor locations from last year’s demo for IgroMir.
Predator: Hunting Grounds
Developer: IllFonic
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Platforms: PS4, PC (Epic Games Store)
Release Date: April 24, 2023
Genre: Third Person Action / FPS / Online
Asymmetric 4×1 multiplayer action from IllFonic and Sony Interactive Entertainment for PC and PS4 offers two sides to choose from. You can play as a third-person predator (there are several classes and various weapons, as well as a female version of the character), or as a detachment of people who use a firearm and look at the world from the eyes. Everything looks pretty good overall. Acrobatics with jumping on tree branches and tough finishing moves are included. And this is the first franchise game in the last 15 years since Predator: Concrete Jungle with PS2 / Xbox.
Doubts: Previously, IllFonic released the raw Friday the 13th: The Game, which was then dubbed with patches for a long time. So here, obviously, it will not do without numerous updates.
Sakura wars
Developer: Sega CS2 R&D
Publisher: Sega
Platforms: PS4
Release Date: April 28, 2023
Genre: Action / jRPG / Dating Sim / Visual Novel
After 15 years, the series Sakura Wars is back. We are waiting for a crazy cocktail of quick action on huge robots, role-playing elements and visual novels, combined with a date simulator. The history of the game develops in an alternative version of Tokyo in the first half of the 20th century after the Great Demon War. The World Opera Federation, with several international units, organized the two-year Combat Revue World Games. Among the main characters – commander of the detachment Sumire Kanzaki, the ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy Seydzyuro Kamiyama and members of the Flower Division: Sakura Amamiya (fencer), Hatsuho Cinonome (servant of the temple), Anastasia Palma (recently translated a Greek actress), Azami Mochizuki (prodigy ninja clan ) and Clarissa Snowflake (Luxembourg noblewoman). The division faces a new demon invasion and participates in the upcoming tournament, trying to keep its home in the Imperial Theater open.
Doubts: It is not yet clear how interesting the gameplay and plot will turn out with so much fan service.
Snowrunner
Developer: Saber Interactive
Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Release Date: April 28, 2023
Genre: Off-Road Driving Simulator
SnowRunner puts you in the position of a driver of powerful and very heavy trucks in your quest to conquer deaf roads and fulfill an important order. The developers have created extreme weather conditions in which you have to visit, crossing difficult locations with mud, swamps, huge ravines, snow and ice. Designers used advanced technology to model the terrain and added complex physics to vehicles and environments. A choice of about 40 cars – from Ford, Chevrolet, Freightliner and other brands. SnowRunner is not a set of races, but a full-fledged sandbox with missions and the impact of your actions on the game world. For example, by delivering certain materials, a bridge will be built over time to make your life easier. A sort of Death Stranding, but without the walking part, a cool plot and an unusual world.
Doubts: Nothing yet.
Daymare: 1998
Developer: Invader Studios
Publisher: Destructive Creations / All In! Games
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One
Release Date: April 28, 2023
Genre: Action / Adventure / Survival Horror
Horror, which began as a fan-made remake of Resident Evil 2, and then developed into a full-fledged release on PC, is finally coming out on consoles. You play as three characters: the bald agent “H.A.D.E.S.” (Hexacore Advanced Division for Extraction and Search) Liva, former NASA pilot Raven and the Red Cross Mountains ranger Samuel, who suffers from a disease known as Deymar’s Syndrome. The developers – an indie studio from Italy – are true fans of the genre and were actively inspired by the classics with PS1.
Doubts: Last year’s version for computers was a morally obsolete clone with a lot of technical problems and looked very poor against the backdrop of the luxurious Resident Evil 2 Remake. The port on the console leaves after Resident Evil 3 Remake. Developers are marketing gurus.
Gears tactics
Developer: The Coalition / Splash Damage
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Platforms: PC, Xbox One
Release Date: April 28, 2023 (PC), 2023 (Xbox One)
Genre: Tactics / RPG
A very beautiful tactical role-playing game is the prequel of the Gears of War series, which was conceived specifically for fans of the genre for the PC, and a little later it will be released on the Xbox One. We wrote about it in our large preview material here.
Doubts: It is not yet clear whether there will be a real epic in the plot, since the developers tell stories of heroes and villains who did not appear in the main games of the series.
Dread nautical
Developer: Zen Studios
Publisher: Zen Studios
Platforms: PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC (Epic Games Store)
Release Date: April 29, 2023
Genre: Tactics / RPG with elements of a bagel
Another tactical game, but this time with bright simple graphics. The heroes of this story are on board a cruise ship called “Hope”, supernatural forces captured the ship and filled it with mysterious monsters. You need to look for other survivors, collect food and resources, and manage a shelter in order to escape from this “vacation” alive. The original release for Apple Arcade was praised for its good history, atmosphere and interesting turn-based battles with a variety of monsters and bosses.
Doubts: The graphics look like the game was created for Nintendo 3DS and PSVITA.
Material prepared by: ACE and Skyerist.
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