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Tiny Troopers has a great deal of content for a small price. You get two twin stick shooter campaigns with leveling up, various missions, and even a few unlockables like a zombie horde mode. I feel the game sets out what it wants to accomplish and I had a better time with it on PS3 versus PC. For the price and the amount of game play here, highly recommend this to any fan of the genre.

The combat takes precedence over everything else and that is where the game excels. The mechanics put in place are so intelligent and add just enough risk and reward to keep players trying them out. It has a few missteps, but I saw past them and saw that this was much more than just a Dark Souls clone. Getting more games like this makes me excited for the future and for this series in particular.

The Legend of Korra should have been great. A $15 title crafted by the team at Platinum with a solid art style, and built on a solid foundation. It is none of these things. In fact all I wanted to do while playing through it was go back to Bayonetta 2. There simply isn’t anything here to interest fans of the show, fans of good combat games, or even budget gamers looking for a solid downloadable title for their new consoles.

I’m warming up to the Musou games more than I thought I would. I enjoyed Dynasty Warriors 8, and now I find myself a rather big fan of Samurai Warriors 4. It does some things I haven’t seen in the genre yet, and while simplistic, it utilizes these mechanics to make for a more strategic feeling game.

Shadow Warrior is a lot better than it deserves to be, and despite its repetitive nature, I couldn’t stop playing it (again). There is just something addictive about the combat, plus Lo Wang remains humorous and there are tons of secrets, including pasted in areas from the original game. Fans of the original should definitely not miss this, and those who still love the twitch feel of old-school PC FPS should definitely give it a whirl.

I stepped into a world I’m not overly familiar with, but it actually heightened my interest in checking out the real sport. While the visuals can be a bit lackluster and repetitive in design, that’s the nature of the beast. For a budget title, I’d say it fits right in with offering fans exactly what they want: Dirt, mud, bikes, ATV’s and racing under the arena spotlight.

It is fun, and that is the most important aspect of any game for me nowadays. I spent double-digit hours exploring the city, collecting items, and simply destroying anything in my path, and I can’t wait to do more. That speaks volumes about a game, and Sunset Overdrive is certainly not one to be missed this holiday season.

Simply put, Tenkai Knights Brave Battle is a horribly conceived piece of shovel-ware of the lowest caliber. If you love your children, don’t buy it! If you love yourself, don’t buy it! However, if you are a hardcore collector of Tenkai Knights and you must own the game, you should never open it; just place it in a secure safe, protecting all of mankind from such interactive vomit.

I worry that no one will be creating gems on the system outside of a few dedicated creators. A game like this lives and dies on its community, and I am not sure Project Spark has the legs to keep things interesting for years to come. Only time will tell, but the beta is free, so there is no harm in downloading it and giving it a whirl.

Of course, there’s plenty more to this game like the synthesis, hot spring conversations and purification, but those mechanics are just icing on an already moist and delicious cake. Spanning well over thirty hours with five different endings, there’s a great deal of fun to be had in the world of Ar nosurge. It’s just unfortunate that the lack of localization for the prequel ends up hurting the full enjoyment of this great sequel.