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May is on its way and with it a lot of great games are coming out so let's talk about the best stuff that's coming out on Xbox one and ps4 kicking things off let's talk ps4 with Detroit become human the newest game to come out from Quantic Dream and David cage now if those names aren't familiar to you these are the same people behind the games beyond two souls and heavy rain which this kind of brings up some debates for some people about whether or not they really count as games they're kind of like interactive movies where you make decisions in deal with QuickTime events and see how the story takes shape based on the decisions you've made now agency games all cover very different kinds of storylines and in Detroit become humans case it's a story about androids that are beginning to gain sentience and start bringing up that whole debate once again in cyberpunk of what actually constitutes being human and you go through the trials and tribulations of these characters now like heavy rain this one is going to feature multiple playable characters each with their different point of view and stories that are going on and are going to be intersecting and one of the really interesting aspects about this like in heavy rain is the fact that characters can die before the end of the story comes so depending on what you do and how well you play the game it's possible that some characters won't reach the end and the struggle change based on that now I've always had a bit of a love-hate relationship with the Quantic Dream games because while I've enjoyed each of them by the end of the game they definitely have their flaws and problems but I've always viewed each game as being sort of this stepping stone into making a bigger and better game that embraces this idea of multiple choices in seeing the story branch in so many ways there's no promise that Detroit become human is going to be that title that actually achieves this goal but I have the hope that's still going to do better than the ones before it and we're gonna see more and more interesting control over the narrative next let's start talking about games that are coming out on both systems starting with the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection coming out on May 29th now growing up I was a huge Street Fighter fan that was a big franchise for me and really shaped my current love for the genre and if you grew up with it too you'll know that there are a ton of street fair games that were made don't be fooled by the most recent men being called five there are so many different versions all the different games this collection includes 12 of them and as the original Street Fighter five different versions of Street Fighter 2 three versions of three and three versions of alpha at some point we have to put what's really cool about this collection too is that not only is it giving you the ability to play through all these different iterations and play your favorite ones but four of them are also getting online multiplayer support so if you're a big fan of some of the final versions of Street Fighter Alpha Street Fighter 2 Street Fighter 3 you can now play those on a modern system online with other players and some of these games did get this treatment before in standalone releases but for some of them this is the first time that's really become an official like actual option that Capcom is giving you like for Street Fighter Alpha like I said earlier is the 30th anniversary collection will be making its way to the Xbox one ps4 and also Nintendo switch near the end of the month on the 29th check it out next we've got another game that is another port situation but it's an HD remake not a collection so totally everything entirely and that's Dark Souls remastered now Dark Souls is not actually the first game in the soul series that's Demon Souls technically but it is the game that really caused the franchise to blow up in popularity there's a good reason for that it's a really really good game and if you guys have been curious about the series before and just never got a chance to try any of them this is a great time to get an introduction to the series because while there have been more games since that that have made tweaks and improvements to some of the gameplay and just certainly have their strengths over the original Dark Souls there are certain aspects about that game that haven't really been recaptured since that makes it really still one of the strongest titles in the series the level design is genius the overall structure of the world and the way everything just kind of interconnects will just blow your mind the first time you play through it and while it certainly doesn't do the best job of teaching you all the mechanics early on upfront it does do a great job of slowly instilling different practices and different just methods of ways to play the game that makes it easier and easier upon every play now if you haven't played Dark Souls and you do have this whole kind of image your head of it being this super hard incredibly tough game that's not entirely fair a lot of people give it that rap but a large part is because a core part of the game is the fact that you're going to die a lot by design the game is just going to be straight-up unfair to you and a lot of situations but it causes you to learn and more about the gameplay through repetition and it's honestly there's a really rewarding experience once you're able to tackle and defeat some of its toughest bosses seriously guys if you haven't tried the franchise yet jump in on this one now because it is excellent blood-borne aside which is kind of its own side thing I consider the original Dark Souls to be the best one in the franchise don't miss out next let's talk an Xbox one exclusive with state of decay - coming out on May 22nd now back when there were way too many zombie games coming out one of the ones that really separated themselves from the rest of the fold was the original state of decay and it wasn't the most polished game out there didn't have the best visuals it definitely had its share of bugs and clipping and weird things happening visually but it was the gameplay that really made this game shine and blow up it was this combination of genre traditional third-person action shooter survival stuff but then added in simulation aspects where you're building bases light RPG mechanics rave character skills and open-world exploration I did all this so well that ended about shining a lot of other games they're asking for twice as much money to purchase and while it balanced all these different honors and mechanics really well it was kind of countered a little bit by how unpolished it was and so hopefully with this next one having more time and more funding thrown into it we're gonna get a better experience which based on recent trailers and gameplay examples we've seen looks to be the case and thankfully it's also coming out of time that we don't have nearly as many zombie games crowding the market now I'm gonna cheat a little bit on this next one because it is coming to Xbox one and ps4 eventually but may is the month that comes out on PC but there was no way I wasn't atop of this game because I'm so excited for it and that's pillars of eternity - the first pillars game was a result of that time when a lot of smaller studios started kick-starting games and looking for fan support and it's honestly one of the best games to come out of that movement it's this love letter to old-school infinity Engine style RPGs like Baldur's Gate and it recaptures not only that feeling but also adopts new mechanics that honestly just work way better as a video game than trying to just copy something that was done in D&D and doesn't always translate super well now I loved this first game and it had plenty of content before any kind of expansions but pillars to is already shaping up to be a much larger experience not to mention way better looking there putting a lot more effort into cleaning this one up adding tons more content what's really cool about it too is that whereas the first one was kind of this traditional medieval fantasy kind of vibe to it pillars to is still using that same setting but it's shifting it somewhere that has a little more of a pirate vibe going on you have your own ship you customize it you hire a different crew and you of course have your companions you build relationships with over time and tackle the game's huge story now a little bit of a warning here if this is starting to sound like something you want to check out and you haven't played the original one yet pick it up and play through it now because it does have choices that might affect stuff going on the second one and the story is a continuation so grab that one right now and get ready for pillars - on May