March has been another great month for Sony's current-gen console, a machine which seems to be keen on completely stripping us of our free time. Back at the end of February, we were forced to point out that PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn would be, if anything, featured in this month's article - but did it make the cut? You'll have to read on to find out.
Bronze Trophy: Danganronpa 1&2 Reload
Two fantastic Vita titles wrapped up in a single package, Danganronpa 1&2 Reload is stuffed with great storytelling, memorable characters, and grisly death. Reviewer John Cal McCormick awarded the collection an 8/10: "One part Persona, one part Ace Attorney, and one part Battle Royale, Trigger Happy Havoc and Goodbye Despair are two of the very best murder mystery titles available for PS4 right now, together in one pack." John praised its "frequently surprising story, full of engaging characters, anarchic humour, and jaw-dropping twists".
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Silver Trophy: Toukiden 2
Successfully building upon its already great predecessor, Toukiden 2 is one of PlayStation's very best monster hunting titles. Reviewer Jenny Jones praised the sequel's combat and atmospheric world, writing that it "has some truly addictive gameplay and tonnes of content to chew through". "Nothing quite compares to the power trip of ripping off the body parts of a giant demon," Jenny concluded, opting for a score of 8/10.
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Gold Trophy: NieR: Automata
Although we're still trying to work out how to properly pronounce 'automata', we can't deny that this crazy action role-playing release is one heck of a ride. Editor Sammy Barker was on review duty for this one, scoring it 8/10. "An oddity that grows in stature the more time that you spend with it, NieR: Automata is so much more than you think it is – and it's all the better for it," Sammy concluded.
Click here for our review of NieR: Automata
Platinum Trophy: Horizon: Zero Dawn
Bet you didn't see this one coming, did you? Horizon: Zero Dawn missed out on February's Game of the Month award mainly because most of our staff hadn't had a chance to actually play it, and a European release date of the 1st March gave us the perfect excuse to push it into this month's list of nominees instead.
Long story short, Horizon is a fantastic open world action RPG. Clearly snagging all of the good games for himself, Sammy covered Guerrilla's latest, ending his review with a big old 9/10. "Debuts don't get much stronger than Horizon: Zero Dawn," he wrote. "The tactical action stands leagues ahead of what we've come to expect from the genre, and the presentation is quite simply unmatched." A worthy Game of the Month winner.
Click here to read our review of Horizon: Zero Dawn
What have you been playing this month? Vote in our poll for your favourite game of March 2017, and then tell us all about your adventures in the comments section below.
What was your Game of the Month for March 2017? (86 votes)
- Danganronpa 1&2 Reload
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- NieR: Automata
- Toukiden 2
- Other
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I'd have to give it to Nier over Horizon as I still havn't finished Horizon.. not that it's bad at all, it's extremely good, I just prefer my games to be a bit.. weirder. And as "robots take over the world" stories go, Nier's is much more interesting and thoughtful, in my mind. Still, I'm right at the end of Horizon and will polish it off soon.
Horizon:ZD - easy decision!!
Surprised ME:A wasn't on the list not that its 'competition' for Horizon!
Horizon isn't just the best game in March but a Game of the Year contender and maybe the best new exclusive IP on PS4 - just depends on what comes next but its easily the best so far...
Great month!
Of these I only have Horizon as I plan to get Nier later on.
But Horizon will stay wrapped until I beat BotW.
Nier!
Zelda for me but Horizon is a very close and I mean very close second.
I haven't played Nier yet but I reckon I'd have chosen Horizon anyway. The game looked stunning, played stunning and the story had me gripped.
Horizon first and nier very close second. I plan to finish nier first though.
DEFINITELY Horizon. Im 78hrs in and close to ingthe story and OH BOY what a story!
Very deserving for HZD, imo itll be game of the year. I think you guys were a bit harsh with ME though, it could have gotten at least a bronze. I know it wasn't what it was suppose to be but i think it was a bit due to hype as well. Everybody expected to be as good as the trilogy, obviously it's not but its a least a descent enough game
Probably an unpopular opinion but as far as I'm concerned nothing on this list comes close to Mass Effect Andromeda. Very buggy and kinda flawed but its such an incredible game imo. Horizon would be second, though i don't think its as great as everyone else seems to. Then there's Nier, which I've tried and tried but just cannot get into. Feels dull and pretty lifeless to me.
Just finished Horizon and posted on the thread but really is a fab game and so much better than I expected. Ps4 GOTY contender
What a month... what a year! This is the first time in a long time I had a hard time choosing my first and second pick because of how great they were.
I really enjoyed Horizon and I have no doubt it'll be a serious contender for GotY.
But my Game of the Month this month goes to Nier: Automata. I know I haven't beaten every route yet, but man is the game good.
Horizon's story and characters were really good, but I love Nier's story and the characters more.
Horizon is hands down the best game released this month and I've bought a certain Nintendo title too. My only regret is not buying Nier and with Persona 5 coming very soon I don't know when I'll get the chance to play it
My game of the month was Zelda. I know it's not a PS title.
Horizon is great and amazingly polished but my vote goes to Nier. It is fun, original and stylish, a great great game that that tributes all gaming in itself.
Horizon is awesome. Would easily be my early frontrunner for Game of the Year if it wasn't for Zelda.
@Gamer83 Sorry to bother you but I have a dilemma. Bought an XboxOne (1TB on clearance for $175 bundled w/ Rare Replay, GoW and Ori in case you are wondering) but I have no idea what website to use since PureXbox is defunct. I already asked sammy but he was just a wisenhiemer as usual. I try to avoid IGN. I know I can just google probably a dozen or so but I don't feel like digging through them all if I don't have to. Any suggestions? thanks.
@rjejr
Honestly, I can't think of too many. For as big a following as Xbox has in the U.S. it's surprising but there aren't as many good Xbox-specific websites as there are for PlayStation and Nintendo. I do go to xboxachievements.com from time to time. That's the best one I can think of.
@Gamer83 Thanks, I'll check that one out.
Yeah, that will do. Man, those Xbox folk are in deep w/ that achievement stuff huh? That's fine, I'm just looking for a website that tells me what games are monthly in Gold and things I should know like yesterday's 1GB OS patch that I had to download and install. Oh, and demos, I'm a big fan of demos, got to play the Oceanhorn demo the other day. I'm not even going to bother making an account, I just need the news.
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