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The best-case scenario for ELEX is that it’ll be worth picking up on sale a year or two from now after it’s been heavily patched to fix its rampant bugs and infuriating balance problems. It has enough good ideas that one day it might be talked about as one of those hidden RPG gems that people play and wonder why it wasn’t successful at launch. But the frothy mix of joy and frustration that ELEX presents today skews too heavily toward the latter. I wish it well, but I don’t think I’ll be calling it up for a second date.

Al met al is Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen nog steeds een prima game. Er zijn hier en daar een aantal schoonheidsfoutjes te vinden die er zeker met de jaren niet beter op zijn geworden, maar de combat is spectaculair, uitdagend en verslavend genoeg om de game vijf jaar na dato nog steeds aan te raden aan mensen die de titel nog nooit gespeeld hebben.

После неоднозначной первой части, которой многое прощалось за громкое имя на обложке, сиквел внезапно оказался куда более скромной (в плане пиара), но и значительно более приятной игрой. При этом сохраняющей, насколько это в наше время возможно, все родимые пятна некогда плодородного жанра.

Overall, I really like the theme and setting of RAID: WWII, especially considering its irreverent tone that evokes memories of Inglorious Basterds. But even though I’m a sucker for all things WWII, the bullet-spongy enemies, lackluster unlocks and customization, and poor mission variety don’t excite me enough to want to play beyond a few rounds.

Da vedere è splendido, nulla da eccepire. Da giocare un po' meno. Che dire? La strada intrapresa da Yuke's/Visual Concepts nella gestione della serie WWE 2K è alquanto nebulosa. A livello di gameplay mi sarei aspettato un po' più di sostanza, idem per quanto riguarda le modalità di gioco. 
Il roster (mancano per problemi legali di vario tipo Hulk Hogan, Billy Gunn, Chris Benoit e Rey Mysterio) è sontuoso, così come l'editor per la creazione del proprio personaggio.

Per fortuna Fire Emblem Warriors non è il classico musou che stanca e annoia dopo un paio d’ore. È anzi un hack’n’slash sempre abbonato al button mashing ma con inserti di tattica e strategie tutt’altro che banali che lo rendono apprezzabile anche agli occhi di un pubblico (come quello nostrano) mai troppo innamorato di questo genere.

Fire Emblem Warriors es la última muestra de que la unión entre Nintendo, Omega Force y Team Ninja a la hora de llevar sagas importantes al terreno del musou fue todo un acierto. Nadie como ellos para exportar dicho género a uno de los más icónicos RPG estratégicos de todos los tiempos. Fire Emblem Warriors nos ofrece un musou en toda regla con los toques de identidad y los personajes de Fire Emblem. Y lo hace en perfecta armonía.

Under the better-than-ever graphics and great-as-ever core wrestling gameplay, WWE 2K18 is a largely disappointing iteration. It wastes too much of its ambition on the poorly written and dull MyCareer RPG mode, leaving its other promising modes to languish for another year. What few enhancements we get to the carry mechanics and eight-person matches are welcome, but not as much of a year-over-year refresh as would be needed to keep the excitement level as high as it’s been in past years.

In many ways, GT Sport is the most polished Gran Turismo game in over a decade. It looks great, feels great, and what’s here has been carefully and well executed. However, while I can forgive the sprinkling of eccentric nonsense, the lack of car and track content really hurts, and the online-only nature of the vast majority of it is worrying. Overall it just isn’t as complete as its key competitors.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole moet het minder hebben van controverse dan het voorgaande deel. De grappen lijken goed doordacht en de briljante referenties aan bijvoorbeeld The Sopranos of andere cultklassiekers vliegen je om de oren. Natuurlijk is er ook nog ruimte voor domme poepgrapjes mocht je daar meer van kunnen genieten. Het vernieuwde vechtsysteem is absoluut een welkome toevoeging maar toont richting het einde van de game toch wat tekortkomingen. Gelukkig wordt dat volledig goedgemaakt met het briljante verhaal.