The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Review

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The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom unveils as the continuation of the Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild and its main characters are Link and Princess Zelda. In Tears of the Kingdom Link and Zelda are separated when they investigate ancient ruins underneath the Hyrule Castle. They awaken an ancient mummy and Zelda disappears while Rauru spirit saves Link and his right arm that becomes damaged.

Link begins his journey in the Temple of Time where he learns new abilities with which he can now investigate Zelda’s disappearance throughout the Kingdom of Hyrule. He receives help from Purah and her friends but then needs to research strange phenomena occurring in different parts of Hyrule that seem to be connected with the disappearance of Zelda. In this open-world game, there is not one solution or path in the game. As Link progresses, he achieves more tools and abilities to fight monsters that now spread in Hyrule. The game is more than its predecessor and is the most anticipated game of 2023.

The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom has been released on 12 May 2023 for Nintendo Switch.

The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword HD Review

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The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword unveils incredible trials Link has to undertake
to find Zelda, who mysteriously disappeared just when Link passed his flying on bird exams. Link has his own bird that carries him when he wants to leave his home on a floating island.

Link has to go through trials and with each trial he manages to get closer to finding more about Zelda. We find ourselves traveling through various dungeons. Each dungeon is completely different. Starting with Farron Woods we proceed to Skyview Temple, Eldin Volcano, Earth Temple, Lanayru Desert, and Mining Facilities. In Lanayru desert we reach Time Temple where we can revisit remnants of the mysterious past.

Each dungeon ends with its own boss, who holds the key to finding Zelda. The remake of The Legend of Zelda Skyword Sword HD allows for camera movement and motion controls that help in situations such as battles or when standing over high slopes where we can glance underneath.

The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword has incredible music and memorable features that are part of various environments such as sinking sands in Lanayru Deserts, hot lava in Eldin Volcano, and tricky passages in mines. These features represent at times obstacles that we need to overcome or puzzles that have to be solved to proceed. All this represents a truly immersive experience.

There are various side quests such as when Link offers to find a missing daughter Kukiel. He has to come back to the Loft, where he can replenish his resources, improve weapons and receive strengthening potions.

The first version of The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword was released on Wii. The remake of The Legend of Zelda is playable on Nintendo Switch.

Fire Emblem Engage Review

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Fire Emblem Engage is part of the Fire Emblem series set around the Middle Ages. Fire Emblem Engage is set on a continent called Elyos, where we have to save the world. As Alear, we need to collect Emblem Rings that are then used to defeat Fell Dragon. Each ring can enable certain abilities of the person that has it. Fire Emblem Three Hopes preceded Fire Emblem Engage a year before. It was set in Fodlan and is in the style of hack and slash game.

Fire Emblem is an RPG simulation game series with tactical and role-playing elements. Fire Emblem Engage differs from its predecessors File Emblem Warrior Three Hopes and Fire Emblem Three Houses. Tactical elements involve weapon selection where they should counter their respective qualities such as swords should be used when battling axes. The story in Fire Emblem Three Hopes is quite engaging and doesn’t require the knowledge of the content in Fire Emblem Three Houses. The main protagonist Shez is at first defeated by Byleth, but saved. It is important to increase abilities to be able to win battles.

Fire Emblem Engage is more about the tactics and skills of the team that are crucial in defeating the enemy rather than deeper relationships, as dialogues tend to be brief. We discover our characters more on battlefields than during their encounters. There are still the same rules that apply in combat such as that swords defeat axes, axes defeat lances, and lances defeat swords. We need to develop our characters to achieve a higher class to enable winning battles. We battle enemies and creatures with swords and sorcery. As combat is more important, weakness in weapons need to be eliminated. Alear needs to fuse its soldiers.

Nintendo developed Fire Emblem Engage for the Nintendo Switch Console.

Hi-Fi Rush Review

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Hi-Fi Rush is an action, rhythm game featuring the adventures of a young man called Chai who always wanted to be a rock star despite his disabled right arm. With the help of Vandalay Technologies, he enters a limb replacement program. Accidentally, a music player is placed in Chai’s chest, making him sense rhythm in everything around him. This mistake threatens Chai’s life and Vandalay wants to correct this mistake. He is now needs to be eliminated as defective. Chai has to escape. Fortunately, he realizes he has gained new abilities.

Along with his new friends he learns about SPECTRA, a program that is used by Vandalay Technologies as an AI mind control. Chai and his friends engage in freeing people controlled by SPECTRA and then destroying it. Chai has also various skills such as magnetic abilities.

Hi-Fi Rush is all about maintaining the rhythm during battles while solving puzzles, as well as fighting enemies, including robots. The rhythm ensures that battling becomes effective. As music is a big part of this game, our musical abilities such as following the rhythm play a big part in whether we can succeed in more difficult parts of the game although enhancements in Chai’s abilities play also an important part. The music genre in the game is mainly rock, but it doesn’t detract from engagement even for those that prefer other genres. We need to find various solutions that also test our abilities that may involve dealing with moving platforms.

Hi-Fi Rush has been released for PC and Xbox X.

Pizza Tower Review

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Pizza Tower is a 2D platform game in the style of the Wario Land series, where we play a chef and restaurant owner Peppino Spaghetti who has to fight Mr Pizzaface, a floating pizza to save his restaurant Peppino Pizza. Pizza Face threatened to blow up his restaurant with the laser from the nearby Titanic Pizza Tower.

The tower has 5 floors where various challenges need to be completed to free various creatures and earn money and points. There are different tasks at different levels, including collecting items and defeating monsters and obstacles. Defeating enemies allows entering combos and gaining necessary upgrades in skills and weapons. The player also has to unlock boss fights and destroy pillars.

The game needs to be restarted at times to do timed challenges. The play is based on various abilities that Peppino displays, such as dashing, running on walls, jumping from heights, or transforming his enemies. Although the game features some stealth elements while Peppino can gain completely new abilities, there are also exploration elements, and secret treasures that need to be located. The versatility of Peppino’s abilities is one of the main enjoyable features of the game.

In the end, Peppino has to defeat his greatest enemy Pizza Face. As the game has certain features of so popular Wario Land series as well as various improvements, it has received positive reviews from gamers. The game has unique, hand-drawn art with fluid animations that give the game energy and quirky feel. The levels are interesting and challenging while the unique qualities, humor as well as catchy soundtrack contribute to the popularity of the game that great support especially among Indie games community.

Pizza Tower, released for PC has been one of the most favorite games in 2023.

Dead Space Review

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Dead Space is a remake of the game from 2008 that was to be one of the scariest games at the time. The game contains significant improvements with regards to its predecessors Dead Space 2 and Dead Space 3 as well as changes incorporating elements of comic books based on this theme.

The story takes place in the 26th century. Isaac Clarke receives a signal from his girlfriend, Nicole Brennan about an attack of Necromorphs, mutated human corpses on USG Ishimura, a mining ship near the Aegis VII planet. He is sent there to repair the ship. When he lands on Ishimura, he and his crew have to fight Necromorphs. He also learns how Necromorphs that were part of an outbreak were created.

He needs help, but when another ship arrives, he finds out that it was sent to destroy Ishimura and any survivors. Isaac needs to battle the Hive Mind, a Necromorph that gives orders while dealing with induced by Unitology hallucinations. He has to prevent the merging of Necromorphs and other humans on Earth. Isaac has many tasks including saving his girlfriend Nicole, repairing the ship as well as unraveling the mysteries surrounding the cult responsible for inducing psychosis on the ship.

The gameplay involves the exploration of a large ship while we are being attacked by monsters as well as Necromorphs, Exploration unlocks various areas and allows for accessing supplies necessary to survive on the ship. The visual effects and 3D music make the entire gaming experience immersive.

The game was released for PS 5, Windows, and Xbox X/S.

Metroid Prime Remastered Review

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Metroid Prime Remastered is a new version of Metroid Prime published in 2002, being also the continuation of Metroid Dread a 2D platformer published in 2021 that was about exploration of the planet ZDR. Metroid Prime contains shooting elements but its main part constitutes exploration while also involving solving puzzles and jumping platforms. Samus has to fight enemies including bosses.

Samus Aran wins awards as well as seeks to uncover various mysteries. We meet her when she arrives at Tallon IV inhabited by cosmic pirates who conducted there their experiments. Samus has a task to find out how a radioactive Phazon increases the strength and size of various creatures and how it was made. All Samus knows is that some meteor brought Phazon to Talon IV. Samus needs to explore a variety of places as well as find out about Chozo population. She also has to gain new abilities and skills to progress. It turns out that Phazon came with the creature called Metroid Prime, who had to be contained in a temple to prevent Phazon from spreading. Samus manages to gain entry to the temple but is attacked by Riddley. She defeats Riddley as well as Metroid Prime, but her suit is damaged and she needs to escape.

Talon IV in Metroid Prime consists of a maze, where we need to figure out how to cross from one part to the next. There are underground tunnels with lava, tropical forests, and snowy landscapes. To explore the entire area, we need to first unlock its parts.

Elden Ring Review

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Elden Ring is an action, role-playing game for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. This open-world third-person interactive game created by FromSoftware and made by Bandai Namco is about the exploration of the Lands Between, a land that has been destroyed. The creator of this game, Hidetaki Miyazaki also made Dark Souls and this game was to be a sequel to Dark Souls. The player travels and collects runes that can restore the Elden Ring while conducting combats. The appeal of this game is the possibility of a wide-ranging exploration that can be achieved in one’s own individual or personal manner.

The player’s journey is to become in the end the ruler of the land while unraveling various mysteries and secrets along the way. There can be different outcomes of the game as well depending on how we play this game. Instead of becoming the ruler another ending can involve destruction. The ending depends on the actions of the player.

Apart from battling the bosses, we need to collect various items that can improve our chances of winning with our opponents that include enhancing our weapons our improving our health. Not all battles need to be fought, but those most essential require certain knowledge about fighting with the weapons we have.

The player seeks all that remains of Elden Ring even if it means taking it out of the dead body of Queen Marika who used to rule the Land Between. To learn about

This game has been awarded the best game of 2022.

Horizon Forbidden West Review

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Horizon Forbidden West is an open-world game that is the continuation of Horizon Zero Dawn. The game is about the exploration of the huge world, including the underground and water. It contains elements that refer to the previous game. The main protagonist Aloy fights AI HADES that hasn’t been destroyed in the previous game. She needs to stop the destruction of the Earth. We get acquainted with tribes, but we can choose our own story as well as Aloy’s character. In Horizon Forbidden West we travel and collect various tools, and fight opponents that include other tribes, machine-like bosses, various beasts, or other humans. We get rewards for defeated opponents.

Horizon Forbidden West have various modes of moving such as flying, diving, or climbing. Exploration is enhanced through the tools we have at our disposal such as hang-gliders or ropes. We also need to solve various puzzles to get through the game. The representation of the world and each character is done with graphic precision that enables the player to become more immersed in the game. Apart from exploration the game also involves quests, gathering, and hunting. There are elements of stealth and open battles.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Review

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the next episode of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and takes place in Aionios. It is an action role-playing game for Nintendo Switch about Alrest inhabited by Titans. In this world that is made of colonies, the nations of Keves and Agnus’s are manipulated into fighting with each other due to no apparent reason. An organization called Moebius is behind this manipulation of continuous fight. In Xenoblade Chronicles 3, the Flame Clocks give our protagonists a certain life span. They are then sent into Ether.

The main characters are Noah, Lanz, and Eunie as well as their support Riku and Mio, Taion and Sena, and Manana. Keves are technologically advanced while Agnus owns energy called ether. Although soldiers have a limited life span of ten years, our main protagonists manage to cross this restriction. Then, the whole world turns against them. Protagonists want to find out why the conflict in their nations continues.

The story of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is complemented by unique types of battle systems with classes that can also be changed when applied to different characters. There are also various capabilities such as changing into a monster. Characters can adopt one of the six classes and acquire abilities as well as add classes and abilities from additional characters. These changes in classes need to be made carefully especially when fighting with a particular boss. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 requires exploration. There are deserts, forests, caves, icy as well as other mystery regions.