STILL PLAYING

Mirror’s Edge Catalyst Xbox Series The firstperson parkour of Phantom Abyss reminds us it’s been a while since we visited DICE’s largely unloved sequel. And though it takes a moment to acclimatise to the absence of that wonderful whip, we’re soon back in the groove. With most missions already completed, we’re content simply to run around these pristine rooftops, admiring the physicality of Faith’s movements and trying to sustain flow as long as we can. Away from its feeble story, there is still much to enjoy here – not least the way Series X’s FPS boost makes the action even smoother.

Terra Nil PC Technically falling outside E3, Devolver’s reverse city-builder invites you to transform a wasteland into a thriving – and then selfsustaining – ecosystem, steadily removing the turbines, toxin scrubbers and irrigators that made it that way. It’s soothing and satisfying, though in asking us to “leave no trace of humans behind”, does it not simply serve to further the idea that there can be no reciprocity between humans and nature?

Neo: The World Ends With You PS4 More ‘just started’ than ‘still playing’, really, but the sequel to one of our favourite Nintendo DS games is worth bending the rules for. A successor deserving of the name? So far, the signs are promising: it’s every bit as stylish, while its combat sustains the original’s sense of rhythm and energy, streamlining its light-puck mechanic with prompts inviting you to switch up your attacks, building up your party’s groove meter so you can eventually unleash your special. Review next issue.