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Out of all of the PlayStation 4’s launch games, Super Motherload may be the one least talked about, and there’s a reason for that. It’s a serviceable arcade game that provides its own share of fun, but it’s also repetitive – occasionally gratingly so – with a façade of robust customization options hiding the fact that we’re doing the same thing over and over again underneath. Outside of scratching that compulsive upgrade-cycle itch and a catchy soundtrack, it’s not really worth digging into.

Don’t let Wii Fit U’s cute, clean aesthetic fool you. When you turn it up a notch, Nintendo’s fitness game will have you breathing hard. Some of the options seem superfluous, and the gym functionality is totally ignorable, but it’s still a fun, effective way to get your sweat on.

Forza 5 is gorgeous and smooth as butter, and its utterly enchanting handling makes it a joy to drive hard, but this game is more than just a rock solid technical titan for the Xbox One. It’s an essential destination for the automobile obsessed. It may be lighter on girth than where we left off last generation, and still lacking much-requested features like night racing and rain.... As a result Forza 5 is a very hard game for a revhead like myself not to love.

Whether it was a riding a pig towards the sunset or playing basketball with a super-powered accordion, it never failed to make me smile. It sincerely believes that imagination really is the most important faculty, and in turn, succeeded in transporting me back to a time when I built strange worlds equipped with nothing but crayons and card. It does this by using every aspect of the Vita, crafting an experience that I can’t imagine being realised elsewhere. It might be short, but it’s very special. Please come back soon, Iota.

Tearaway è un capolavoro cartaceo dalle mille risorse ludiche e interattive, è un'adorabile favola meta-referenziale e il gioco perfetto per PlayStation Vita. Un gioco in grado di sfruttare in maniera naturale e assai sublime tutte le caratteristiche tecnologiche della console di Sony, senza forzature o scomodità di sorta. È una favola toccante, che non appena giungerà ai titoli di coda, magari, vi porterà anche a riflettere sulla vita: cosa non da poco, di questi tempi.

Le dimensioni della mappa non sono delle più entusiasmanti. La varietà però è inattaccabile e ci si ritrova facilmente a passare dalla zona costiera a quella residenziale a quella montana, senza dimenticare le monumentali lingue d’asfalto delle superstrade o i viottoli sterrati di campagna. Chi adora scovare tutti gli autovelox, tutte le zone in cui viene registrata la media della velocità o tutti i salti, poi, ha il suo bravo daffare nell’esplorare una città (e relativi dintorni) comunque gustosa e sempre ricca di spunti di gioco.

Super Mario 3D World takes slightly smaller steps in the grand scheme of the platformer genre, but it fulfills the promise of a multiplayer Mario much better than anything that the Japanese game maker has done before. Super Mario 3D World is marvelous, and its constant variety and fantastic light-hearted co-op play proves that Nintendo still knows exactly how to tweak the Mario formula in fun ways.

Le texture delle pavimentazioni, gli effetti dei piccoli bracieri, la morbidezza dell’erba, il dettaglio efficace e sempre leggibile dei modelli poligonali dei nemici e dei protagonisti, gli splendidi giochi di luce… tutto funziona in maniera impeccabile. E i livelli diventano delle scatole vive e pulsanti, in cui rituffarsi continuamente, alla ricerca di qualche elemento da raccogliere che, al primo passaggio, non si è trovato. O nemmeno si è cercato.

If nothing else, LocoCycle earns its name. It’s got not one, but two sentient motorcycles, and buckets full of loco. I imagine I’ll have forgotten what LocoCycle played like long before I forget its unapologetically zany live-action bits, and its questionable treatment of Pablo. Its inconsistent gameplay becomes tedious despite its imaginative variety, and its levels lack cohesion or a sense of momentum. Like the cheesy 90's films it apes, LocoCycle is memorable, but not quite good.

Dead Rising 3 doesn’t get by on its looks, but its meaty zombie-slaying combat and nearly endless supply of undead and ridiculous weapons go a long way. Through its lengthy campaign, I was always eager to see what crazy zombie-squishing contraption would come along next. It rarely disappointed, except when navigating its snarled map and waiting out its load times took me out of the fight took too long.