An imperfect yet amusing title, capable of showing us the potential face of the hedgehog's future.

Football Manager 2023 is the natural evolution of last year's edition, and brings with it some innovations aimed at making the gaming experience more comfortable and immediate. The section called the Squad Plan is that tool you don't realize you need until you have it available and when you become familiar with it it is hard to do without it. UEFA licenses add atmosphere to cup matches and market dynamics are increasingly realistic, although still perfectible. Once again, the smallest progress concerns the technical sector, which instead was - and unfortunately remains - the area with the widest room for improvement, but overall this does not undermine an overall judgment, because Football Manager is above all tactics and transfer market and from these points of view continues to be the number one managerial for all fans of the sport to which it is dedicated.

Honey, I Joined a Cult uses the same cynicism already seen in Cult of the Lamb to decline it in a totally managerial sauce, and it does so with great success. In the face of some aesthetic choices that are not exactly inspired and of options in the missions at times with a somewhat obscure outcome, the title developed by Sole Survivor Games fully convinces, also thanks to the wide range of options. And now you will have to apologize, but we must return to venerate the supreme Parasaurolophus: it will also be a herbivorous dinosaur, but it is better not to make it angry ...

The Chant is a horror movie with some interesting ideas. The narrative intrigues the user and encourages him to venture into the darkest corners of Glory Island. The story, however, loses its bite at the end, failing to keep up with what was shown in the first hours of the game. The combat, the survival component and the vital parameters of Jess, are elements well amalgamated with each other, although they do not manage to affect the gameplay in a fully effective way. In short, we are talking about a first discreet test for Brass Token, which we hope can return with a more refined and scary horror in the future.

We certainly appreciated both the expansion of the explorable scenarios, as well as that of the environmental enigmas that mark the progression, among the meshes of a world capable of kidnapping the senses in a continuous succession of breathtaking views. In short, net of some small roughness, the latest work by Santa Monica Studio has given us an extraordinary experience, destined to leave an indelible mark in the collective memory of the videogame audience. we certainly appreciated both the expansion of the explorable scenarios, as well as that of the environmental enigmas that mark the progression, among the meshes of a world capable of kidnapping the senses in a continuous succession of breathtaking views. In short, net of some small roughness, the latest work by Santa Monica Studio has given us an extraordinary experience, destined to leave an indelible mark in the collective memory of the videogame audience.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 lays the foundations for the future of the series and does so with solid gameplay and a wide and varied play offer, since in a single package you can find a good campaign, a not too rich cooperative mode of content but still fun and a multiplayer that will probably be able to entertain for months thanks to the post-launch support. The critical issues are not lacking but on the whole we can be satisfied with what Infinity Ward and the teams involved have managed to offer us.

Crossing the borders of the RPD or Casa Baker and fighting to the death - only to come back to life as a biological weapon and follow up on the fight - is as fun as it sounds, even without characters more effective than others and of the luck factor, which certainly characterizes what is an experience characterized by lightness. Unfortunately, however, Resident Evil Re: Verse has reached the launch poor in content, with only two maps, a single game mode and an uninteresting support apparatus. The cost of celebrations, skins and secondary elements, in fact, is high and the Battle Pass paths, even the Premium one, have failed to arouse our interest as long-time fans. In the future, things could change but in the current state of things the title of Neobards Entertainment does not have the back to entertain fans for more than a few hours.

NHL 23 is an improved and refined version of last year's edition. EA Vancouver had declared that it had taken advantage of all the criticisms raised by its passionate community: so it was. Too bad that to improve the playing experience on ice and offer greater realism, the team sacrificed everything else. It is not enough to have cleaned up the audiovisual sector, improved the AI, retouched the Franchise mode or added the possibility of playing with the IIHF girls: everything else is more or less the same as seen in NHL 22 and given the premises it was it is reasonable to expect more.

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars does everything discreetly, but nothing really well. It is a full-bodied production in practice, because it combines an extended narrative with a playful system full of interesting features. However, his very appreciable desire to be easily usable is not able to combine a good underlying complexity. The simplicity and immediacy of the individual game elements often represent more of a limit than an added value, with the adventure that just can't shake off that feeling of enjoyable but inconsistent lightness.

Fun in single and fabulous in company, Gunfire Reborn is an adrenaline-fueled, frenetic roguelite shooter (if you are not a Game Pass subscriber, it must be said that the purchase cost of the product is still quite low) and capable of giving hours and hours of healthy and carefree shootings. To the solid gunplay, Duoyi Network has added a well-layered RPG component able to make every game session unique and heart-pounding.

Beyond a few small limits, Marvel Snap is the card game that many fans have been waiting for: fun, fast, overflowing with style and boundless fanservice, with a simple regulation and an intriguing and layered progression system. If you are passionate about the House of Ideas and are looking for a "hit and run" gaming experience, the Second Dinner Studios game could be for you. For those who grew up on bread, Marvel Comics and MCU, getting sucked into the snap of Marvel Snap is practically ... ineluctable.

Saturnalia is an adventure that shows off its Italian roots by creating an intriguing story, although not too original, capable of exploiting Sardinian folklore and a credible setting within a highly inspired sensory frame. It works more on a conceptual and visual level than on a strictly playful one, but it is an imbalance that does not excessively affect the pleasure of the experience.

Victoria 3 finally arrives after years of incessant requests from the Paradox community and grand strategies, and it does it in style. The team responsible for the new chapter has managed to implement what fans were hoping for: expand, innovate and simplify a system of social and economic simulation without sacrificing the complexity that had so amazed already in the second title of the series. Victoria 3 is not a game for everyone but all those who want to play it hard will see this "investment" highly rewarded.

Bayonetta 3 is Pure Platinum again. Technical uncertainties partially weaken the visual appeal, but do not sufficiently reduce the overall audiovisual footprint and do not prevent the adventure from achieving excellence. The third chapter of the saga is a continuous discovery, a fireworks show dedicated especially to fans of the Witch of Umbra. In support of a flair and a variety of very high thickness stands a highly calculated gameplay, a combination of controlled chaos and trotting spectacularity. There is a lot, in Bayonetta 3, all that is needed to allow Platinum's work to represent the apotheosis of action games.

Resident Evil Village Gold Edition boasts a really wide range of content, able to satisfy the tastes of a wide range of fans. Fans of the iterations of the series in the third person will find a good reason to relive the exploits of Ethan Winters once again, while those who do not hold up too well the tension could use the new view to manage it better, so as to recover an adventure with some. less focused idea but with an enveloping atmosphere, a level playful substrate and a visual presentation of great caliber. In addition to the chance to experience the final piece of the Winters family mosaic with Shadows of Rose, Resident Evil fans can have fun - and lots of it! - with Additional Missions, a Mercenary expansion that uses iconic and often ruthless fighters to put dark smiles on the faces of those who take on their shoes.

The missing piece of the great mosaic of the Winters family, whose vicissitudes have played a central role in the latest iterations of the series, is a pleasant addition to the now wide offer within Resident Evil Village, albeit not without structural ups and downs or missed opportunities. From a playful point of view, the large section at the Dimitrescu castle is certainly the most effective, thanks to the skilful use of Rose's powers and you find them as the nuclei of the Megamicete, whose removal - combined with the presence of sufficiently dangerous abominations - succeeds to create moments of healthy tension. It is a pity, however, that Le Ombre di Rose has explored a little the idea of the "network of consciences" in favor of the only experience of Ethan's daughter, whose journey in any case deserves to be experienced by all fans of the trend. of the Winters.

The developers of Dimps had set themselves the goal of offering a peculiar asymmetrical multiplayer with a Dragon Ball theme, capable of immersing players in the tension of a game between cat and mouse lived on a tightrope. Unfortunately, due to a clear imbalance between the experience with villain and that in the role of the survivors, Dragon Ball: The Breakers fails to hit the mark, also given the only game mode present and the small number of maps available.

HB Studios have done a good job with the PGA 2K23 adding some new content while improving the gameplay and simulation realism at the same time. The roster features first-rate stars and some global icons such as Michael Jordan and Steph Curry, while the routes included should keep fans busy for quite a while (thanks to the plethora of content produced by its passionate community). TopGolf mode is a great variation on the theme, and online multiplayer is robust albeit lacking in substantial novelties. The graphics sector, on the other hand, can be improved: the quality of the animations and paths is fluctuating and not up to what is achieved by Visual Concepts / 2K with NBA 2K23.

The one packaged by Kite Games is a formula full of proposals, appreciable by the admirers of the real-time strategy, especially in the medieval setting, which, however, would certainly have benefited from further study and care. After all, the playful recipe works but does not impress, accomplices of the constituent elements unable to interact better with each other. In other words, what The Valiant offers is an experience with a good dose of unexpressed potential, both from a narrative and a technical point of view.

New Tales from the Borderlands has amused us, excited us, even moved us at times (rarely eh, don't think you will get depressed!). To say that he never takes himself seriously would be a mistake, given that behind a shattered facade and at times jester characters in constant, deliberate and theatrical over acting hides an evidently remarkable study. The final result, whether in the form of direct narration, multiple choice questions, QTE or other is not always perfect but in general we are facing a more than successful revival of the expansive operation for the Borderlands universe that has begun. with the first Tales from, full of well-distributed quotes that will make RPG fans and enthusiasts very happy.

Gotham Knights is Warner Bros Games' experiment to also bring DC superheroes to open world RPG territory. Given the legacy of the glorious Arkham series, however, the result is a fairly controversial work: a digital playground for those who live off Batman comics and a good diversification system for the four playable heroes do not fully justify a formula in which the quantity dominates quality. The open world that acts as a theater for the adventures of Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin and Red Hood is traditional and repetitive, while the role-playing inspiration - however stimulating in terms of progression - becomes too overwhelming for the narrative and playful rhythm of the production. In general, the major divergences from the Arkham epic are in part the main limitation of the work. While having fun, the Gotham Knights still don't seem to be at the level of their mentor.

Net of excessive linearity and some uncertainty in the gameplay, Batora Lost Haven is a pleasant adventure that keeps players glued to the screen, eager to find out how the epic story of Avril around the galaxy will end. The journey of the heroine from Earth is studded with ingenious puzzles, dangerous enemies and difficult choices, which can be experienced in full thanks to a second game in New Game Plus, which guarantees a few more hours of play and allows without too many problems to complete the game 100%.

As things stand, Overwatch 2 is not so much a sequel as it is an update to the first chapter. Net of the changes made, we cannot consider what we have seen so far as something fully satisfactory or capable of justifying the number "to the right" of the title. The changes introduced are appreciable and the business model adopted could give new life to the franchise, but unfortunately, between the absence of the campaign and the progression of the characters, the real potential of the experience remained unexpressed.

Net of a fairly interesting story capable of offering some interesting narrative crossroads, the first work of GoldKnights did not fully convince us. The main problems lie in the gameplay of The Last Oricru: the combat system is cumbersome and not always perfectly responsive, a situation further aggravated by significant drops in frame rates. Exploration, on the other hand, suffers from scenarios that tend to repeat themselves and confuse those who pass through them. Basically we are talking about a missed opportunity, which we hope will give the team some important lessons in view of future productions.

The adventure offered by A Plague Tale Requiem is a homecoming, an incessant search for a home, a story made up by a collective in love with its characters. Net of the team's unquestionable desire to overcome the first chapter in every sense, adopting courageous and intriguing solutions, the edges are not lacking but such an impressive journey from a visual and narrative point of view certainly deserves to be experienced, especially by those who have already enjoyed the debut of the series.

A few years after the overwhelming debut of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, the extravagant Ubisoft rabbits are back to join forces with the icons of Nintendo. From Mario to Bowser, the inhabitants of the Mushroom Kingdom form a team of nine Heroes, ready to do anything to save the sparkling Sparks. Will there still be hope for the galaxy threatened by the dark Cursa? We recommend all Nintendo Switch owners to board the spaceship led by Ubisoft Milan to find out. With a renewed freedom of exploration and an even more marked strategic component, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope extends the formula of its predecessor, packaging an experience full of fun and full of style.

Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief is a technically pleasing remastered edition, capable of offering an exciting and moving story thanks to the great heart of its proagonist, a gentleman thief who operates the streets of the town of Mikado. Clearly the gameplay is a child of its time and consists of mechanics that end up clashing with the stealth philosophy of the adventure in an all too evident way.

The new IllFonic title manages to express the best of itself in short sessions spent in the lightheartedness of a game aware of its limits, capable of challenging fans of the Ghostbusters brand with its continuous quotes but also to intrigue those who are not accustomed to the saga with an immediate and easy to master gameplay.