Nintendo Switch Sports promises roughly what you imagine: giving some surprises in some cases, making a thread turn up your nose for its abstruse narrowness in some others, but in general confirming itself at 360 °. All in all, however, one thought can be affirmed with certainty: if you had enjoyed yourself a dozen years ago, you will return to do so even today. Perhaps even with more taste than expected, because at the base of this collection of mini-games there are intriguing and much less trivial gameplay solutions than it seems, however, packaged in an excellent package to look at and listen to. If, on the other hand, this weird all-motion control madness wasn't your thing then, it will be nearly impossible to somehow make you change your mind today.

It's a bold move from IO Interactive. It inherits some of the mechanics of its predecessor, but it grows as a pure sandbox, and the fans of old will love that. The episodic formula is still to be tested, but this first chapter is quite encouraging.

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is only the first episode of a trilogy, but the starting point built by Darril Arts and Stormind Games is more than good.

If you've played World of Tanks and Warplanes you already know the drill. On the other hand, ships controls are interesting to master, and the slow-paced gameplay is good for a change.

What is perplexing, if anything, is the selling price of the add-ons, frankly exaggerated for a bunch of content that is anything but something really special.

Onde is a different puzzle platform, one of those video games capable of capturing the player's attention for three hours and projecting it into his two-dimensional world. His genius lies in the flawless management of his single mechanic, which is gradually overturned and transformed to make the game more and more satisfying. Onde is a journey into the eternal cycle of life and death in the universe, a journey to be made by surfing on waves of light while being lulled by its splendid soundtrack.

Stardust Odyessey is an interesting mix of ingredients that gives life to a pleasant but not perfectly finished playful recipe.

Scoregasm is a good shmup with an oustanding control system and a fantastic level design. If you own a joypad and you are not interested in great longevity or graphics, then purchase it without any doubt.

Sound Shapes is a small work of art that mesmerizes videogamers thanks to the variety of styles, graphics and sounds.

This Director’s Cut is able to perfect the already excellent Tequila Works game, by adding a series of graphic effects that can fit the current console standards. New lights, new animations make the zombie world more “lively”, and oppressive. Gameplay and storyline remain unchanged, excepted from the new Survival Mode, which cannot stand against a very limited longevity though. Nevertheless, Deadlight is a game not to be missed.

Pride Run deserves the attention of the public because it is proposed not so much as a simple political product, but as a complete videogame work, capable of making us live an interactive experience in an interesting, provocative and different way.

God Eater 2: Rage Burst arrives belatedly in the west market. Despite the age, the title is still enjoyable and fun, thnaks to a huge offer in terms of missions and game modes.

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REPLACED is a feast for the eyes and ears. The world crafted by Sad Cat Studios is vibrant and magnetic—a place where getting lost amidst the details and references is a constant delight. However, the gameplay is not without its uncertainties. The platforming sections are generally well-designed but occasionally suffer from spikes of excessive difficulty. The same applies to the combat, which, over time, suffers from a lack of variety and a difficulty level that sometimes feels artificial. The result is a solid and effective experience, though one in which the visual quality ultimately stands out above the rest.

Game Freaks is a talented team, and you can see it every time they try something new. After a while, the game gets repetitive, and it could've used some more variety in content, but it's still really fun to play, and sometimes compelling too.

The first chapter is way better than the second, but it's an overall very interesting offer for all the fans of The New Order.

It's able to propose a well-structured science fiction story.

Arcadegeddon does not aspire to the replayability of The Binding of Isaac and does not flaunt the productive values of Returnal, but in its small way it succeeds very well in its intent: to create a roguelite characterized by an important arcade component, a fun cooperative mode and a structure different from all. his most distinguished colleagues. Sure, after all this time in Early Access we would have liked a little more refinement, but even with his minor flaws Arcadegeddon manages to entertain hours and hours.

Those who pretend to find swords and guns in video games would do better to look for them elsewhere.

A work that certainly does not lack inventiveness and originality.

Razor's Edge is not the old Ninja Gaiden 3. With revamped gameplay mechanics, a new character and a set of new weapons, this iteration is how the original game had to be.

The night of the monsters may therefore not be the shocking event that we all expected, especially after the achievements of Lacrimosa of Dana, but a good story and the tested gameplay of the series, here embellished with a handful of new mechanics and above all by the Gifts of the Monster, which among other things greatly lighten the exploratory phases, still make it a delightful action RPG.

Cobalt is an entertaining indie game. It has enough content to keep you busy for a while, and it's crafted with great care.

Circuit Superstars is not a masterpiece but it is a game that has a certain charm. The fleet is truly impressive, the driving system is surprisingly demanding, the graphic style is pleasant, the local multiplayer is hilarious: what's missing? A little bit of variety. After a couple of hours of play the initial enthusiasm drops as well as the replayability factor. We would need new game modes and an AI capable of livening up single player races, as well as a few more options for online multiplayer. The game is sold at a budget price (20 euros): in company it is absolutely worth the purchase.

From the Ashes is, in some ways, what Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora should and could have been. Ubisoft's expansion is hands down the best content available for the game, thanks to a more interesting protagonist, a more engaging story, and significantly more refined and enjoyable gameplay. If you already enjoyed the initial adventure or want to experience something as close as possible to "Fire and Ashes," we highly recommend playing this DLC.

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Despite being weighed down by a certain repetitiveness (accentuated by the need to repeat the missions several times to scrape together parts of equipment and credits) and although it has some technical limitations, Daemon X Machina represents a respectable exponent of the mech games, able to satisfy the hunger for fans of robottoni and blows.

Although it is legitimate not to sympathize with Metal Gear Survive, in short, those who decide to approach the title with an open mind will find a more than discrete survival, which could even improve in the event the support post-launch is decisive and convincing.

If you have never played the two titles mentioned above, Killing Floor: Double Feature presents itself as an excellent opportunity to recover them on PS4 in one fell swoop.

Toxic Games has been able to direct its efforts towards all aspects of the original production that, in fact, would have deserved some finishing.

Bad Blood is a solid DLC, with a lot of contents and a new (more empathic) protagonist.

Konami's production remains a fun football experience, but it is permissible for each user to make their own personal budget. For our part, the company's strategy seemed so virtuous, but imperfect and hasty, and this element necessarily influences our judgment.

A nice Castlevania clone, a little bit linear and too short to be excellent.

One of the best launch title for kinect, Dance Central is intriguing and funny to play. Too bad it won't let you play with a friend at the same time. The tracklist is good but not excellent, and the Downloadable tracks are too expensive.

Lively and colorful on the graphic level, pressing and dubbed on the sound level, the title of Sumo Digital is a hymn to the SEGA series: speeding on the track with the characters of Sonic The Hedgehog is a pleasure that will satisfy all the most ardent fans of the franchise.

The wind that blows from the island of Iki, at times, can be even more overwhelming than the one that crossed the horizons of Tsushima. Short but incisive, the expansion sets up an intimate narrative, which delves even deeper into the tormented meanders of Jin's soul: it succeeds, and convinces us. The new map and the timid additions to the gameplay do not exponentially increase the variety and quality of an experience that, as expected, remains conservative, with the same merits and the same stumbling blocks as the base game. If the lock on has a fluctuating implementation, which does not solve the problems of a camera that is far from flawless, it is the art direction (again!) And the use of DualSense that make the difference: a sign of how Ghost of Tsushima , also and above all in the Director's Cut, is an adventure that stands out mainly for its evocative visual flashiness. And now - thanks to the PS5 pad - also sensory.

Thanks to its multiple narrative branches and the customization of QTEs and various interactive moments, The Quarry is one of the best graphic adventures of recent years, and will win you over also thanks to its pleasant vintage setting.

The Switch version of NBA 2K18 is a small big miracle, it's a pity that the 30 FPS hit the game veterans so hard.

Console version of The Sims 3 is finally a decent porting of the PC Game. Still, annoying controls and irritant loading times are there to frustrate the player.

Console version of The Sims 3 is finally a decent porting of the PC Game. Still, annoying controls and irritant loading times are there to frustrate the player.

The Sims 4 is a fresh new start for the franchise. This means that we have to accept some deprivations and sacrifice a few gameplay elements. Maybe we won't have the same amount of content as the previous games (there will be add-on and DLCs), but the new CAS, the Interface and social interactions are greatly improved.

Precision in the motion tracking is everything for a game like this, and it works most of the time. One of the best of its genre.

Ruthless, smashing and a little haphazard like many of his counterparts, the 2D shooter by Veewo Games and Team17 finds its figure above all in an original dungeon development system and, over distance, capable of following somewhat heterogeneous approaches to the game. It is only regrettable that, in the long run, experience tends to recycle a few situations too much, removing from progression that little bit more freshness that, given today's playful competition, would certainly not have spoiled.

Action is at the center of experience and represents a successful mix of furious movements, blood, bullets and sparks. Unfortunately, the title stumbles on a glance stylistically uninteresting and technically far from exceptional.

Need for Speed: The Run did not match some of the players expectation, because of the poor narrative and below standard AI. Nevertheless, thanks to an intersting driving system the game results in fun arcade racing.

It's all about gameplay, and the solid combat system makes it very interesting to play. On the other hand, it lacks everything else, and that could disappoint some.

Section 8: Prejuice is definitely a good online FPS, better than the prequel in every aspect. Single player campaign and multiplayer certainly have much to offer, despite many imperfections.

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit: Remastered is the result of an interesting restoration and, all in all, fairly successful.

The visual refresh does its duty, modernizes without overdoing it, and gives a sufficiently fluid and clean glance. For its part, Vanquish does not retain the same immortal charm as Bayonetta, but remains - even after ten years - a noisy and electrifying third-person shooter, rejuvenated by a graphic brush that enhances its most spectacular soul.

The "side-effect" activities, such as mini-games and social aspects, contribute effectively to the design of a play structure that could certainly tickle both the more navigated players and those who are looking for a fun, protein-like title.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus is undoubtedly a great action game but those who played other iterations of the series will find nothing new here.

Here's wishing that the next episode will reintroduce the open-world component.

In TV mode, in fact, the technical sector suffers from a downsizing of its graphical performance, which sometimes results in decisive drops in fluidity.

F1 Manager 2023 is definitely a good product, but the improvements compared to the previous chapter have been more timid than we would have hoped. After laying the foundations with the debut chapter, Frontier has dedicated itself above all to polishing the edges, improving the general quality of life of the experience. The result is a solid title, similar to its predecessor, for better or for worse. The Race Replay and Scenario modes offer an interesting career alternative, but a "my team" mode, a multiplayer sector and the minor playable categories are still missing. That said, the management simulation of F1 Manager 2023 is deep enough and is easily able to give dozens and dozens of hours of fun to all aspiring team principals.

It's pure fun, and it's an original mix between an endless runner and a Sonic-styled platform. Definitely worth a try.

In conclusion, we recommend Everhood to all Toby Fox fans who are waiting for the Deltarune project to finally be concluded.

The arrival of the renewed PRO physics is a helping hand towards their community, as well as all the detractors who complained - sometimes even rightly - of a simpler at times too bland and of a little reactive and scrubbing management of the scrub and whip.

The Enigma is a good start for the second season of Batman - The Telltale Series. It is a demonstration, if anything, that the team has realized what the major problems of its historical formula are.

Thronebreaker is also a fairly problematic title in its card game aspect: artificial intelligence does not prove to be a stimulating adversary and, after a while, the battles are boring because of a variety that is not so pronounced.

The Saints Row reboot offers a fun experience, made even more varied by the numerous Criminal Enterprises and capable of bestowing smiles, given the presence of crazy weapons to discover and out of the ordinary Skills. In addition to the journey of brotherhood at the base of the story, the real element that pushes to extend the stay in Santo Ileso is the boundless customization, which will allow you to have the last word on the look of characters, weapons, cars and the Saints HQ. Anchored in some ways to stylistic features of the past, the latest Volition effort is affected by some critical issues both on the playful and purely graphic front and more generally fails to make the series reach new evolutionary peaks. That said, if you're a lover of chaos and easygoing, manageable criminal travels, get ready to end the summer with a bang.

The only real drawback of Rainbow Moon is its lack of novelty. For everything else, the game proves to be well developed and able to entertain beginners and experts of the genre.

Against all previsions Driver: San Francisco, with its Shift mechanic, works great. Lots of different tasks and a 70's hollywood style of screenplay made the Ubisoft production a solid hit and a good revamp for the brand.

Supercross 3 presents itself at the starting line with a vaguely conservative attitude and less exuberance than expected, although it continues to represent one of the most complete titles within the portfolio of the Milanese software house.

An immediate and fast 2D shooter, it offers a very polished level design, and will please fans of the genre.

World of Demons is a fascinating, if not perfectly successful, experiment.

The playful foundations of Creed: Rise to Glory seemed to us to be decidedly solid.

The story mode is a little bit repetitious and boring, but the multiplayer excellent and seriously enjoyable.

A solid but not excellent puzzle game. The Turing Test is a nice title, with interesting puzzles and an enigmatic story. Some rooms are complex and compelling, but at the end of the adventure truly memorable puzzles will be less than expected.

Crazy shootings, a successful script that mixes comedy with clichés, and last but not least, a graphic restoration of the highest level, make Destroy All Humans! 2 Reprobed an excellent remake that we are convinced will be able to entertain both those who have already loved the saga, as well as the players who have never approached it before. Unfortunately the title suffers from a somewhat repetitive mission structure typical of the open world of sixteen years ago, but overall it still manages to engage the user thanks to an immediacy that has become damn rare these days.

Chrono Twins is an interesting platform with a brilliant level design.

The EA Sports revolution comes to life in FIFA 22 for next gen, but in our opinion we are facing a starting point and certainly not a goal for Canadian football. The innovations guaranteed by Hypermotion Technology, a real pillar of this year's offer, give the scenic impact and gameplay a realism that is unprecedented for the series. Unfortunately, the refinement in the animations and the artificial intelligence tricks clash with the idea of ​​football that Electronic Arts has been repeating for a decade now: spectacular and frenetic, but too fast and not very inclined to strategy. In addition to the technical improvements, there is a content offer that has never been so rich and complex, but in large part a little too anchored to the past. In short, FIFA is heading towards excellence again without fully achieving it: it begins to transform its beating heart, but not its own head. And for a champion to become a champion, it is necessary to have both.

The Lost Gods is the excellent closure of a truly satisfying post-launch support: three very different experiences, characterized by their own playful, artistic and narrative personality.

Despite some lacking features when it comes to looking for other people's creations, making levels has never been so fun.

Dead Rising 2 is very similar to the first chapter. Maybe too much. The game is solid and funny, but it's the same experience everyone knows, that comes along with some tecnical issues as well.

After a wobbly start, Michonne's mini-series returns on the right path. This last episode is, literally, What We Deserve: a story focused on the characters and not on the fan-service, a touching tale of revenge and forgiveness.

The new expansion for TESO is not as big as the previous DLC, Orsinium. It costs a little less (2000 crowns) and has a light-hearted questline. The interesting thing is that it enhances and upgrades the gameplay, finally giving a relevance to the shadowy, stealthy and furtive activities.

Split/Second: Velocity is a godd arcade racing game. Inheriting the gameplay mechanics of the chapter directed to the home console, the PSP's version looks good. Certainly it isn't a perfect game: technical glitches make some races more frustrating than it should, but fun is always guaranteed.

An excellent opportunity to rediscover one of the most popular stages of Remedy's journey in the industry, waiting for the developer to enlighten us on the future of its intriguing shared universe.

Master of Magic, a remake of the 1994 strategy classic, brings back to life a perhaps unjustly forgotten title, but responsible as much as colleagues with the most high-sounding names for having contributed to the success of the 4X genre. The work of the development team seeks and obtains fidelity to the original material but also presents unexpected simplifications. In any case, longtime enthusiasts would do well to prepare themselves for a long, very long journey to become sorcerer supreme, but this time in a mostly effectively modernized experience.

Midnight Fight Express is an adrenaline-pumping brawler that gives the player considerable freedom of approach. Given their short duration, the levels are faced again without thinking too much, perhaps to take advantage of new skills or to get better ratings. The plot is clearly reduced to the bone and the technical profile reveals the limits of production but we are still faced with a product capable of teasing fans of the genre, without a shadow of a doubt.

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When the "grind&gun" works at its best, Sunset Overdrive is a joy to play, and the time needed to master the controls is well spent. On the other hand, the screenplay can't keep up the pace, offering boring characters and anticlimax, and the characters' growth in strength is slow and weak. Hundreds of collectibles and copycat secondary missions don't add much to the short main story mode: a true shame, since a more balanced offer in terms of gameplay and missions could have made a great exclusive out of Sunset Overdrive.

While not achieving classic pinball techniques, its combat system has been designed to provide a good deal of depth to the most experienced riders, without sacrificing accessibility for younger users.

The poor quality of the artistic direction and some fillers too can not obscure the excellent work in the conception phase, writing and conception of the work.

So Long my love is a Strong Tactical RPG, but maybe too old to impress players of this generation.

Represents another small conquest for Milestone.

This new Anno is way different from its predecessors, and it focuses more on the management aspects. The strategic aspects are not fully developed, and that doesn't help the full package.

Valentino Rossi The Game needs more care for aesthetic, the driving system is not perfect and still suffers from some physical inaccuracies. However, the game has accomplished a big result: it is not a plain racing game, it's a game about passion for racing.

A Half life 2 mod mainly founded on teamwork and realism, and in cooperative playing you'll probably find its best qualities.

Mighty Switch Force is a game with a lot of potential that the game dev studio can't express at full power. The game is a little bit too short and lacks in challenge.

Chronos is an interesting adventure, that tries to adapt a classic format to the new Virtual Reality language. It has also some innovative features related to character progression, that shines above any other aspects of the game.

The new Ratchet & Clank is half a reboot, half an original adventure. It has the old school gameplay, surprising new weapons and gadgets, and a huge variety of situations to support an interesting adventure. The last part of the story mode, however, becomes too easy and too messy when the weapon upgrade system neutralizes the level of difficulty. Shorter than the original Ratchet & Clank, it's a great comeback for the duo anyway.

Vast and long-lived, Far Cry 6 is an open world where quantity is king: there are lots of playful ideas, and lots of customization possibilities, but often one gets the impression that Ubisoft tries at all costs to never end the battle of the guerrillas, even sacrificing the refinement of the game mechanics on the altar of accumulation. Far Cry 6 is therefore a fluctuating production: moments of high narrative involvement are accompanied by others of stasis, while the gameplay oscillates between good ideas and some uncertainty in the shooting phases and in artificial intelligence. It amuses and entertains, yet it does not overwhelm, nor exalt. It remains true that at times it still manages to make us perceive the penetrating smell of the revolution, one that smells of blood, tobacco and freedom.

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Ultimately, Sackboy is a straightforward and genuine platformer, “tailor-made” for fans of the genre.

The second adventure has the bitter taste of a wasted opportunity.

By adapting Monster Hunter's playful formula to the Niantic model, which this time around has been revised to meet the needs of the most isolated players, the Californian studio has created its most frenetic and fun application this time. Presenting only thirteen large monsters and six categories of weapons, at present the content offering appears a little lacking, but knowing Niantic and its already confirmed intention to support the product with seasonal events that will introduce new stories, creatures, equipment and so on other, Monster Hunter Now seems to be traveling towards an overall rosy future.

Mothergunship, together with the most noble productions, is the proof that the FPS of the past can re-propose itself maintaining the same "anger" and hyperactivity that distinguish them.