Simulating reality has often been one of the favorite themes of video games. Sports, shooting, strategy games… the idea is always to stick as closely as possible to reality.
The Sims has been a resounding success for more than 20 years serving as a laboratory of life and experiences behind the management of small beings often designed in our image and likeness. But video games also allow you to change jobs or live your passion through different experiences. Gamescom, the video game fair held at the end of August in Cologne (Germany), has seen the flourishing of simulation games in all media, as realistic as sometimes totally unexpected or even crazy.
• Two point campus
it’s back to school two point campus who sets out to become dean of a university in order to build his own establishment. You have to choose your specialties, your professors, prepare your facilities and even your student residences or even the park. The goal is to increase the size and reputation of your university while making students happy through the creation of clubs, associations and parties. Without forgetting also to manage the finances of your university so as not to have it closed. If you prefer the hospital environment, there are also Two point hospital.
The game is now available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch and PC
• Goat Simulator 3
The first game was like a schoolboy joke. There is already a sequel whose protagonist is still a goat loose on the island of San Angora. She explores locations, accepts challenges, collects items, and performs feats with horns, triple jumps, or licks. And in this suite called goat simulator 3 (the number 2 has disappeared in the reflection…), anything goes, since the animal will be able to attack everything and everyone again for no particular reason. You can count on many acolytes to wreak havoc (up to four players online or locally).
The game will be available on November 17, 2022 on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and PC
• Microsoft Flight Simulator
The most famous flight simulator celebrates its 40th anniversary under the Microsoft banner at the end of the year. Thanks to a faithful and realistic reproduction of the planet in photogrammetry, it is possible to fly over Paris, dodge the pyramids of Egypt or shave the Great Wall of China and even touch the Himalayas aboard multiple planes. Tutorials teach the basics of piloting to take control of the controls in an ultra-realistic flight environment.
And to prepare for the 40th anniversary festivities, flight simulator, which was renovated last year thanks to the talent of the French team at Asobo Studios, distills some novelties. The helicopter and the glider are added to the myriad of devices available to fly over the planet. New iconic models from the history of gaming and world aviation are announced (Wright Flyer from 1903, Curtiss JN-4 Jenny from 1915, the magnificent Grumman G-21 A Goose and the famous Spruce Goose) as well as the arrival of the Airbus A310. This also follows the extension Top Gun: Maverick recently proposed.
The game is available on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and in cloud gaming through Xbox Game Pass – the 40th Anniversary expansion arrives on November 11.
• Park beyond
park beyond wants to appeal to everyone’s creativity taking amusement parks as a backdrop. Here it is a question of creating your own attractions, as crazy as possible, of managing your park. It’s quite intuitive and fun in designing the attractions, as well as being based on real physics (your car must have enough speed to reach the end of the course, you have to adjust the ups and downs). Creating the craziest, most oversized rides is good. Managing your park to avoid bankruptcy is better. Because in park beyond, you also have to know how to attract visitors with a well-kept place. Management promises to be as important as fantasy.
The game is announced for PS5, Xbox Series X∣S and PC for 2023.
• News tower
The game offered by Twin Sails Interactive, the new one from Asmodee Editions, will appeal to budding journalists, but not only them. The game takes the player to the 1930’s in the United States to create and grow his media empire. news tower is a management and storytelling game. On the one hand, you need to create your newspaper and make it grow in power. It will then be a question of personnel management, from reporters to printers and maintenance workers, but also in the choice of machines, premises, etc.
On the other hand, you have to complete your Sunday edition by sending your journalists to the field throughout the week to cover different topics (politics, news, sports, entertainment, etc.) before designing your cover, according to your editorial line or to Satisfy your readers at your choice. To do this, it is necessary to bet on the growing notoriety of the title, the networks of its reporters and the editorial choices, in the context of the financial crisis of the time, prohibitionism and the power of the mafia.
The game will be available in early 2023 on PC.
• Brewmaster
To make your own beers, there is also a game. brewmaster offers the whole world of brewing and allows you to brew your beer according to your wishes (choice of hops, spices, doses, etc.) right down to choosing the shape of your bottle and your label. The goal is simple: become the best brewer in the neighborhood.
The game will be available on September 29, 2022 on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
• Farming Simulator 22
It is a great classic whose success is undeniable year after year. Farming Simulator It has millions of followers of farm management and, over time, has even managed to win the favor of the most prestigious brands in the sector who no longer hesitate to model their more real-than-life tractors and other advanced machinery. No detail is overlooked, whether in the work of the land, the cultivation calendar, the economic management of a domain and the choice of a type of exploitation depending on the land.
The game is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Google Stadia, Mac, and PC.
Source: BFM TV
