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Elite: Dangerous is a beautiful game and an amazing space sim let down by a universe devoid of character and low on excitement. It's great to fly the various ships and experiment with different loadouts, and there are a lot of different roles to play in Elite that helps keep the experience fresh. But without any special missions or narrative threads to pick up, and a universe that seems more mechanical than alive, Elite also seems far smaller than its 400 billion star systems.

The Dark Below is a huge missed opportunity, a mish-mash of recycled ideas and content that fails to reinvigorate Destiny or address any of its biggest problems. The new raid is great, and the combat is as strong as it was before, but the new progression systems are limited and ultimately unrewarding, leaving me to wonder where Destiny will wind up if this is a sign of what’s to come.

What it lacks in polish it at least largely makes up for in personality, even with glitches and rough edges as far as the eye can see. Unfortunately, even that can’t make up for the chore that much of it soon becomes, and as much as the repetition of scavenging, crafting and surviving is true to the world, the sheer number of other zombie and survival games right now make it tough to stay in the mood for this one.

The Witcher Adventure Game is a faithful translation of a mildly fun tabletop experience saddled with simplistic, repetitive objectives. Learning the strategies behind playing each of the four heroes is where the fun lies, though it often feels like you’re just playing alongside other players - not against them.

Guilty Gear Xrd has enough wacky characters and well-crafted tutorials to be interesting for novices, but it’s those of us seeking a challenge that will find the most to love here. The online experience is a little rough, but its wildly diverse cast, and its dynamic, offense-oriented combat system makes Guilty Gear Xrd a triumphant, long-awaited return for this venerable fighting game franchise.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker è un ottimo puzzle game, con personalità da vendere, un level design di qualità assoluta e una veste grafica capace di far innamorare. Un piccolo grande gioco da vivere un morso dopo l’altro, senza l’assillo di volerlo finire in tempi record, ma godendoselo placidamente. Qualche rallentamento imprevisto e una mancanza d’inventiva nel supporto al gioco online o multiplayer lo ridimensionano solo parzialmente.

Much as it might take close examination to appreciate the amazing craftsmanship of a totem pole, the plain presentation of Kalimba shouldn't turn you away from the originality and fun harnessed locked within this puzzle-platformer. Save for a few puzzles that lose luster due to unintuitive and touchy physics, I mostly enjoyed testing both my platforming timing and my problem-solving skills with Kalimba's brain-busters.

Xeodrifter's mix of old-school 2D platformer sensibilities and new-school visual effects is charming, and finding a new ability that unlocks a new area tickles the same pleasure centers that Metroid does. Even when it felt like a pale imitation because of severely deficient enemy variety, the fun of experimenting with different gun behaviors and revisiting old areas to find new secrets kept my interest buoyed beyond its short runtime.

Ricco di lottatori tra cui scegliere e dotato di un carattere tutto suo, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax è un ottimo picchiaduro bidimensionale che richiede dedizione per l'apprendimento, ripagando con un'esperienza dinamica e particolare. Riservato ai veri patiti di picchiaduro bidimensionali, la passione per la saga di Persona è quasi un optional.

Thanks to its clever puzzle design and brilliant progression, Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones sets itself apart from its more obvious inspirations. While the world is mostly dark and drab, utilizing the variety of interesting multi-purpose gadgets to solve puzzles and explore the cloning facility is incredibly rewarding, and the leaderboards provide the impetus to replay sections until they are mastered.