After 30 minutes of chatter about Rebellion’s new Game Pass survival game Atomfall, we try to pick the 10 games that best represent Britain as a virtual setting. Finally, we cap things off with a low-nutrition awards ceremony of British ‘stuff’ in computer games past and present.
This week’s music is from the GoldenEye 007 soundtrack by Graeme Norgate, Grant Kirkhope and Robin Beanland.
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Candidates
- Forza Horizon 4
- Fable II
- Fable III
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- The Getaway
- Return of the Obra Dinn
- Bloodborne
- The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow
- Thank Goodness You’re Here!
- ZombiU
- Watch Dogs: Legion
- Still Wakes the Deep
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Sunless Skies
- The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
- Grand Theft Auto Mission Pack #1: London 1969
- Resistance: Fall of Man
Top 10
- Forza Horizon 4
- Fable II
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
- The Getaway
- The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow
- Thank Goodness You’re Here!
- Still Wakes the Deep
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Sunless Skies
- The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Awards
Best Pub in a Game
- The Pelican Inn from Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Favourite British Location
- Thornbridge Manor from Hitman 3
- Piccadilly Circus from The Getaway
Most realistic depiction of Britain
- Bloodborne
- Last Stop
Most unrealistic depiction of Britain
- Forza Horizon 4
- Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield
Best game not set in Britain that has undeniable British energy
- Discworld
- Silent Hill 2
Best game adaptation of a British TV or film institution
- GoldenEye 007
- Coronation Street: The Mystery of the Missing Hotpot Recipe
- Sleepwalker
Best British character
- Diana Burnwood
- Lara Croft
Worst British character
- all the NPCs in the London level of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4
- Cuno from Disco Elysium
- Barry Mickelthwaite (Timothy Spall) from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Best evil British character
- Jon Irenicus (David Warner) from Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn
- Albert Wesker from Resident Evil 5
- Arden in Final Fantasy XV
- Liquid Snake in Metal Gear Solid
Celebrity performance of note
- Stephen Merchant as Wheatley in Portal 2
- Danny Dyer as Kent Paul in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
British bloke was in how many games award
- Patrick Stewart
Don’t Yell At Us Scottish Twitter Award for Notable Scottish Performance
- A Highland Song
- Still Wakes the Deep
- Kevin McKidd as Soap MacTavish and Jezz Torrent from Love Fist
Millennium Stadium Award for the most notable Welsh performance
- Drippy (Steffan Rhodri) from Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
- Nia (Catrin-Mai Huw) from Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Edward Kenway from Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Terry Gilliam Award for Funny British Inflected Game That Doesn’t Totally Land
- We Happy Few
- Simon the Sorcerer