Don’t Miss 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim While It’s 50% Off At Amazon (PS4/PS5)
Black Friday 2020 has brought an onslaught of game deals across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC, and while we spend a ton of time talking about the discounts on AAA titles, Black Friday is a great opportunity to pick up some lesser-known games for your winter backlog. One such game is 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, which launched in Japan last year but released worldwide this past September. If you’re a fan of narrative-driven games, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is a must-play, and it’s on sale for 50% off during Black Friday.
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
$30 (was $60) | PS4, PS5
Both Amazon and GameStop have 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim for $30 during Black Friday, down from its list price of $60. This is a physical PS4 game that you can also play on PS5 if you have the version with a disc drive.
I started playing 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim a little over a week ago, and it already ranks in my personal top five games of 2020. It’s a cross-genre title, combining visual novel-esque dialogue scenes with realtime strategy combat that takes place in a post-apocalyptic future. The premise: 13 high-schoolers are drawn into war against violent kaiju, which are destroying cities and threatening mankind’s existence. The kids fight back using giant mechs, or sentinels, and the realtime battles cover their time in the war. However, the narrative in Aegis Rim is anything but linear, and the game also includes adventure side-scrolling segments where you play as one of the teens and slowly put together their story. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is nominated for Best Narrative at this year’s Game Awards for good reason–its story is gripping, and though the battle sequences are fun, I’m most eager to see how all of these story threads interlink by the end.