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Gears of War 4 bygger vidare på spelmekaniker vi lärde oss älska under förra generationen. Trots två första långsamma akter och bristande checkpoints levererar den nya generationen Gears of War med råge. Föga förvånande dinglas en ytterligare uppföljare kring slutet, utan att kännas för avklippt eller abrupt - men mer Gears är för mig varmt välkommet.

Paper Mario: Color Splash is a step in the right direction for the series after the 3DS’s Paper Mario: Sticker Star, continuing its shift from RPG to action-adventure game while also introducing some smart changes to its battle system. The beautiful Wii U graphics and playful humor stay true to the spirit of the Paper Mario franchise, but the story is straightforward and a bit bland.

Being Batman in Akrham VR is a great way to more intimately experience Rocksteady's universe and to search for clues in this brief mystery. However, the world and characters around you are largely rigid and unresponsive to your actions, which leaves a lot on the table for a game about a character known as much for his brawn as he is for his brains.

Paper Mario Color Splash is een hele toegankelijke maar diepgaande game geworden. Grafisch ziet het er fabelachtig mooi uit en het spel heeft een hele sterke Nederlandse vertaling. Helaas zijn sommige puzzels omslachtig en onduidelijk in hun oplossing. In die situaties is het vaak als het maken van een puzzel van duizend stukjes waarbij je niet weet waar alle stukjes zijn.

Met de Death Star DLC heeft Star Wars Battlefront er een goed gebalanceerde modus bij gekregen die ik vanaf het begin al graag had willen zien. Het is zonde dat de Death Star map maar in drie modi speelbaar is, waardoor de prijs van 15 euro vrij hoog is.

Even as a mere horror-flavored rail shooter lacking in any serious scares, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood isn’t terrible. Responsive, arcade-style shooting, the frequency of collectibles, optional side passages that add some sense of exploration to the linear rollercoaster, and an end-of-level letter grade system offer plenty of casual replayability. Coupled with its smooth, motion-based controls, and barring some of its weaker stages, Rush of Blood actually makes for a decently fun ride.

Superhypercube is simple, but thankfully the comprehensible premise doesn't confuse simplicity with shallowness. As your skill improves and the challenge increases, rotating and dropping the ever-changing three-dimensional shapes gets ever more engaging. When I eventually, inevitably crashed, I was always hammering restart the moment the prompt appeared. That’s the mark of an amazing puzzle game.

Che bellezza ritrovare una Nintendo così, in un gioco così. È vero, qui non si inventa quasi nulla e non è nemmeno detto che sia il miglior Paper Mario della serie, ma è un gioco divertente e allegro, uno di quelli piacevolissimi da giocare e anche capace di metterti addosso una certa dose di benessere (oltre che instillare la voglia di scoprire sempre cosa verrà dopo).

Mario Party: Star Rush è un tentativo riuscito di rinnovare la serie, ferma ormai da troppo tempo entro gli stessi canoni. L’idea di eliminare i tempi morti si è rivelata vincente sotto ogni aspetto: ne ha giovato sia il gameplay che la velocità d’azione, il che ha reso il titolo decisamente più godibile del solito.

Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade’s big multiplayer battles create some fun combat that captures the feel of the Warhammer 40K universe enough, but it currently doesn't offer the amount of content I’d expect from a $50 game. Balance and optimization issues also complicate the fun, as do missing elements in the shop and unfinished features that all suggest Eternal Crusade was released a bit too soon.