Legacy Quest

Matthew Lillard is a very busy man, but if he has some downtime you can find him kicking butt at FIFA. We met up with Lillard at videogamesnewyork ahead of the Scream 7 premiere, to take a walk through his gaming memories — from getting destroyed by Dragon's Lair at the arcades when he was a kid, to getting carried by his son in Apex Legends.He may not be good — and he'll be the first to tell you that! — but he's in it for the fun.

The original GTA’s prehistoric brand of open-world freedom is fascinating in the context of everything that’s come since, but it demands patience, precision, and a paper map by your side.

Grand Theft Auto 2 boasts a number of noticeable technical improvements over the original and feels far better to play, but I'm glad its odd and unrecognisable setting was a one-time experiment.

This prequel spinoff takes some interesting chances, only some of which pay off.

Putting 'legacy' in the title of your game naturally encourages considerations about what that legacy might be – and that, in turn, invites thoughts about its identity. (And perhaps 'supremacy' and 'ultimatum' if you're a big Jason Bourne fan.) It might sound silly to say of a game with some of the most impressive faces and places you'll see this – or any – year. But to me, A Plague Tale is spiritually double-A, and I absolutely mean that as a compliment. I find myself instinctively rooting for this series: there is still something of a scrappy outsider quality to it, even as