Developer Team Ninja
Publisher Square Enix
Format PC, PS4, PS5 (tested), Xbox One, Xbox Series
Release Out now
For better and worse, the early stages of feel a little like an elaborate joke – the biggest challenge is working out whether or not its makers are fully aware of it. There are moments, such as the already infamous sequence when protagonist Jack responds to an impassioned speech with a curt “bullshit” and a burst of nu-metal from his phone, that seem to have been made with social-media memes in mind. Another scene, in which allies Jed and Ash meet up with Jack – their vibrating
