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Aliens: Colonial Marines looks like Aliens, and sounds like Aliens, but unfortunately it just doesn’t feel like Aliens. Instead, it feels indistinguishable from almost every shooter you’ve played in the past twenty years.

Senza oltretutto contare una direzione artistica piatta e poco accattivante, che nel tentativo di allontanarsi dal sublime trash di Ninja Gaiden 2 – a proposito, Volf ti amo e non ti dimenticherò mai! - sembra scimmiottare il peggio di un certo tipo di produzioni occidentali.

Proteus is a beautiful getaway from gaming traditions. Just remember: you can look, but no touching.

In this world full of distractions, we could all probably use some help with our strained attention spans. Brain Age: Concentration Training is admirable and timely by taking up that task as the series’ new goal, and I could see this game actually making a difference for those who dedicate themselves to regular use of its activities.

The combat system and the world Visceral has crafted in Dead Space 3 is so expertly built and well-wrought, I found myself consciously overlooking my main criticisms, because I love playing it and spending time with it. This is an important distinction to make: loving a game while being fully aware of its faults. Dead Space 3, when played the way I've been playing it, on New Game+, is an engrossing and satisfying experience. But it requires ignoring the bad story and the numbing to-do lists. It then becomes all about building up the most powerful, best outfitted Isaac you can imagine.

Omerta's mix of management simulation and top-down turn-based combat in the style of XCOM brims with potential but it suffers from an almost total absence of risk or failure even on the hardest difficulty. There's charm and a good soundtrack in store here, but it quickly loses its appeal amid gameplay that never stops feeling as though you're working your way through a tutorial.

Ikachan is disturbingly short, but the winning game design and charm might make the $4.99 download worth your time, especially if you’re a fan of Cave Story or Nicalis’ other work. If you’re looking for a really lengthy in-depth experience, look elsewhere, but if you want to spend an hour or so underwater among fish and squid alongside some pleasant music, check out Ikachan immediately.

Una ventina di superstar (utilizzabili) del pantheon di Buronson possono sembrare un piatto troppo ricco cui rinunciare, è vero, ma va messa sulla bilancia anche la realizzazione tecnica davvero lacunosa, oltre a una quantità di caricamenti che ha sinceramente dell’imbarazzante. Da segnalare la possibilità di giocare online in co-op nella modalità Sogno, ma al momento di provare il gioco i server erano, prevedibilmente, vuoti. Rimane comunque altamente improbabile che l'opzione aggiunga chissà quale profondità all'esperienza generale di gioco.

What’s perhaps most striking about playing a Sly Cooper game late in the PS3 generation is how it proves that the brand itself is still relevant, as is the mascot-based 3D platformer. While similar PlayStation series like Jak & Daxter and Ratchet & Clank have either disappeared entirely or gone in new and strange directions respectively, the fourth Sly Cooper game is true to itself. The decision to remain true to what made Sly great in the first place is daring in an age where the 3D platformer can come off as a dinosaur.

Con Dead Space 3, Visceral Games è riuscita a creare un seguito degno del nome che porta, che abbina momenti di pura sopravvivenza a fasi più improntate all'azione, che comunque non rovinano lo spirito del gioco. Sul fronte del single player, purtroppo, la novità del sistema delle armi non basta a svecchiare del tutto una formula che mostra le prime rughe, ma il risultato è comunque di altissima qualità, ed è imperdibile per chiunque abbia seguito dall'inizio la disavventura di Isaac Clarke.