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Both mechanically and visually, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R is an excellent fighter, whose gameplay matches the quality of any of its portable compatriots. Its also the only way (for now) that North American Guilty Gear fans can get their hands on the most balanced version in existence.

Robot Unicorn Attack 2 takes all the right steps to improve on the breakout success of the first game. It’s not only better looking; it adds subtle layers of depth and complexity with new customization options and challenges. It’s is a notable step up from the first game, though I laughed less this time around.

Blood Dragon’s playful focus on humor, nostalgia, and self-aware absurdity allows it to delve into a subject far more important than African arms races or tropical sociopaths: Video games are really, really fun. This comical, explosive shooter takes everything that makes Far Cry 3's gunplay great and dresses it in the kind of wit and over-the-top fun that Duke Nukem Forever is so desperately missing. Blood Dragon is a different beast – and it’s something you shouldn’t miss.

Action RPGs like Soul Sacrifice are often mocked for their repetitious nature, and a lot of that criticism is deserved. But while it falls prey to the same pitfalls as many of its contemporaries (Is it really that hard to have a greater variety of maps and enemies?), Soul Sacrifice does so much so well that its action bears a good deal of repeating. Whether you're playing for minutes or hours at a time, it's an addictive and rewarding experience.

Per il resto Blood Dragon si riconferma un Far Cry 3 in miniatura, con una mappa decisamente ampia per un DLC, una longevità di tutto rispetto e, purtroppo, anche con una componente narrativa di pura routine, a cui tra l'altro manca una maschera sadica e iconografica come quella di Vaas in Far Cry 3. Inoltre, a differenza dell'ottimo doppiaggio italiano e delle splendide musiche dei Power Glove, il comparto grafico è meno curato rispetto al titolo principale, soprattutto nel character design e nella resa dell'acqua e della vegetazione. Poco male.

Soul Sacrifice, pur pulsando con un cuore nipponico che potrebbe far storcere il naso agli occidentali più integralisti, è intriso di quella amara poesia e ammaliante immediatezza nel gameplay, nei quali gli sviluppatori del Sol Levante sono veri maestri. Nessuna ombra di ripetitività potrà quindi scalfire l’assoluta eccellenza del titolo di Marvelous AQL.

Gameloft’s official Iron Man 3 tie-in game is a passable casual time killer that’s easy to pick up and play. But despite its good looks and good ideas, the experience won’t satisfy superhero fans looking for a challenging or especially rewarding adventure. The experience is a little too repetitive and too simplistic to truly shine.

Red alert! Star Trek: The Game is a hazard that even a die-hard fan will have a hard time getting through.

Il dubbio di aver scelto davvero l’opzione desiderata attanaglierà più di un giocatore per i primi tempi, ne siamo certi. Quando è stata introdotta durante la beta, abbiamo pensato che fosse un design temporaneo in attesa di lanciare quello definitivo, ma la sua presenza anche dopo il lancio ci fa sospettare che i giocatori dovranno sopportarlo ancora a lungo.

If you’re going to measure Deadly Premonition using traditional gaming yardsticks like graphical fidelity, gameplay challenge, and overall polish, then this Director’s Cut still comes up short of modern standards even with the fixes. Yet despite any obvious technical shortcomings, it succeeds on the strength of its story, its characters, and its countless WTF moments. It doesn’t feature enough new content to interest existing fans, but if you want to find out which side of the love-it-or-hate-it divide you're on, now’s the perfect time to play one of the most memorable and utterly insane survival-horror games ever made in its most accessible form.