PS5 and PS4, March 2021: the best games of the month

PS5 and PS4, March 2021

March 2021 will mark the arrival on PS5 of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the last episode of the SEGA series that changes protagonist, setting and even gameplay to deliver us a completely new adventure, but always narrated in an excellent way and with characters of great depth. .

However, it is also the month of the next-gen versions of Marvel's Avengers and Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, and more: they make their debut in cross-platform format, therefore also on PS4, titles such as the colorful adventure Balan Wonderworld and the original It Takes Two cooperative experience.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Yakuza: Like a Dragon, almost all playable characters in one image. Released on PS5 on March 2

Also debuting on PS5 with a free upgrade for owners of the PlayStation 4 version, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, abandons the widely tested action combat system in favor of turn-based battles RPG style, full of special moves and strategy. However, it is not the only novelty of this chapter, which presents for the first time a protagonist other than the classic Kazuma Kiryu, namely Ichiban Kasuga.

Former member of the Arakawa family, under the orders of the Tojo Clan, Ichiban agrees to end up in prison for a crime he did not commit in order to save his patriarch's career, but discovers he has been betrayed. Against the backdrop of beautiful Yokohama, however, he will find new friends and together with them he will try to discover the truth about what happened.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, Crash and Coco look perplexed. Out on PS5 on March 11

The iconic character created by Naughty Dog also makes its debut on next-gen platforms with Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. The word play of the title refers not only to the long wait that fans of the series have endured, but also to the fact that this time around Crash and his friends will have to move back and forth in time to save the world.

The goal of the developers is to re-propose and enrich the action platform formula we all know, supported by respectable numbers (the campaign consists of over one hundred levels!) And by some interesting news, such as the different playable characters and masks , which grant special abilities for use within missions.

Marvel's Avengers

Marvel's Avengers, the Avengers team grappling with the attack on San Francisco. Released on PS5 on March 18th

Marvel's Avengers finally lands on PS5 too, with a series of interesting technical improvements over the original edition. This is the first triple A tie-in dedicated to the most powerful heroes on Earth, developed by Crystal Dynamics with the collaboration of Eidos Montreal: two teams full of talent and skills, grappling with a wide-ranging project that aims to keep us company for a long time.

Yes, because the game is a curious mix between brawler and shooter playable alone or in cooperative, in which action is king and the various Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor , Black Widow and Miss Marvel face together the threat posed by the AIM and the many villains who collaborate with the criminal organization in order to control the world after the disbandment of the Avengers.

Balan Wonderworld

Balan Wonderworld, one of the colorful worlds of the game. Released on PS5 and PS4 on March 26th

Created by Yuji Naka, Sonic's father, Balan Wonderworld is an action platformer set in a fantasy world, a kind of portal that opens onto dreams and that comes somewhere way managed by the owner of a mysterious theater, Balan in fact. But what happens when an army of monsters invade the Wonderworld?

The two protagonists of the adventure, Emma and Leo, will have to eliminate the dangerous threat by catapulting into the twelve dimensions accessible during the campaign and facing situations from time to time and completely different gameplay mechanics, in an exciting mix that does not lack even challenging and spectacular boss fights.

It Takes Two

It Takes Two, an image from the cooperative mode. Released on PS5 and PS4 on March 26th

The new cooperative-based adventure directed by Josef Fares, It Takes Two will allow us to invite a friend to play with us, even if he doesn't own the title, and to face the many challenges that the two main characters, Cody and May, will have to overcome to return to their human form.

The protagonists of the game are in fact two parents at loggerheads who find themselves transformed into little puppets and must find a way to put things right. In the meantime, however, he will need to work together to survive the many pitfalls of a world they did not know, made up of wild animals and places much wider and more dangerous than they remembered them.

More games coming out at March 2021

Monster Jam Steel Titans 2, out on PS4 on March 2 Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame 4, out on PS5 and PS4 on March 11 Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without in Pulse, out on PS5 and PS4 on March 16 Overcooked! All You Can Eat, out on PS5 and PS4 on March 23rd