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A Plague Tale: Innocence Review
For younger children, much of the plot consists of Amicia and Hugo sneaking around the base. Human enemies are only a small part of the Plague Tale, but in the next generation version of the game the rats are terrifying and the real star of the series. Not only do they add more than just a healthy dose of horror, they also have an intense aversion to light, and this aversion acts as an important piece of the puzzle in the game.
By Jingjing Wang4 years ago in Gamers
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox Review
Exploration and Traverse have been improved over previous entries in the series thanks to the introduction of gifts, special powers specific to each playable monster, allowing them to pause at specific points along the Purple Line, discover hidden objects such as the Third Eye, launch a charge attack with the Valkyrie Hammer and much more. The locations in the game are designed specifically for the gifts, creating a new verticality never seen before in the franchise. In particular, the city of Balduq has hidden items that can only be purchased with the right gifts, making it even more rewarding to explore.
By Jingjing Wang4 years ago in Gamers
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Review
Wings of Ruin does not shy away from confronting decades-old genre tropes and techniques as a role-playing game. The setting, the monsters, and the general environment remind us more of Nintendo-centric MH games of recent generations than of the 3DS world, and it's a title that begins with an understanding of the monsters "ticking behavior and introduces familiar objects and their effects. Knowing the monsters from previous games firsthand helps a little with the first encounters, and the system tutorial is practical enough to make the game accessible to every player.
By Jingjing Wang4 years ago in Gamers
Trials of Mana 3 Review
Trial of Mana is a full 3D recreation of the third game of the Mana series, released in Japan as Seiken Densetsu 3. Despite her fresh new look, she's still very old-school and doesn't shy away from the 1990s-style dialogue, the provocative musical jams and comic-book-like world that made the series stand out as a franchise in Squares RPG cast in the 1990s. It is a 3D remake based on the action role-playing game from the heyday of the Super Famicoms.
By Jingjing Wang4 years ago in Gamers
The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword Hd Review
Zelda games have always been about exploring worlds that seem huge, and discovering little corners and caves to tell all about. They have ventured into 3D space before they have, with Ocarina of Time focusing on grandiose plots and dungeons, but in Skyward Sword this sense of discovery seems to have disappeared into the background and broken the series focus on exploration. In 2011, Nintendo reforged The Legend of Zelda with the shake of the Wii Remote, but with the Sword of Heaven you feel like you're losing sight of the forests and trees to focus on the spinning sword waves, and the adventurous reach of the series is also lost.
By Jingjing Wang4 years ago in Gamers
Akiba's Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed Review
Debriefed follows the other Akibas Trip games in style by collecting a wide range of items that can be used as weapons, from wooden swords to rugged keyboards to anime body cushions for girls. You and your opponents are vampires and the way to defeat them is to destroy their clothing by engaging in fights, tearing them and exposed the shadow souls to direct sunlight to fry them. Be aware that the undead resemble their synthisters unclothed, but the way Shadow Souls is implemented in this game is much more captivating.
By Jingjing Wang4 years ago in Gamers
Cris Tales Review
When you play as a time mage, Cris Tales includes a lot of time-based tricks, plot devices and gameplay hooks. If Cris Tales has one outstanding feature, that is that it is the unique use of time travel and time manipulation that is at the heart of all you do.
By Jingjing Wang4 years ago in Gamers
Orcs Must Die! 3 Review
With a pre-accounted budget, you start level purchases and alternate between placing traps of your choice in small dungeons and large squares with the goal of doing as much damage as possible to passing orcs. The traps and hostile triggers come from the school of slapstick comedy from Tom and Jerry, who throw orcs into the air and sting them with beehives until those waiting for the upcoming Jackass meeting find out who they serve best.
By Jingjing Wang4 years ago in Gamers
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Review
In the court itself, the game is about presenting evidence, cross-examining witnesses and, in due course, objecting. Ace Attorney is a fun game that lets you solve puzzles, look at your evidence, find inconsistencies in testimony, discover new angles and turn a trial upside down. For those looking for an action-packed version of lawyer action and judgment, there are better games, but Ace Attorney has a fantastic story to tell, and its charming character cast is a bit too much to highlight a visual bog-standard novel.
By Jingjing Wang4 years ago in Gamers
Microsoft Flight Simulator Review
Most a la carte deals cost between a few dollars and up to $50. Players control aircraft like Cessnas and huge passenger jets like the Airbus A320. The diversity is excellent for Air Force vets, but I was a little disappointed with the military aircraft.
By Jingjing Wang4 years ago in Gamers
