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The developers finally took a step forward with Dynasty Warriors 9 and its open world nature. This allowed them to refresh game mechanics, stalled since the time of PlayStation 2. Unfortunately, weak graphics and bugs spoil the overall impression of an interesting project.

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Crossing Souls is a game with an exciting story, recognizable references to the 80's pop culture and the gameplay variety, which includes elements of exploration, classic point'n'click adventures, beat'em'up, puzzles and platformers.

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This is a very boring game that can seem interesting and cute only at first, but because of the protracted plot, dull dialogues, weak exploration component and the lack of some important elements, it simply disappoints.

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Dragon Quest Builders is almost perfect game for the Nintendo Switch. It's nice to play in a portable mode while traveling. It offers interesting and creative gameplay in the colorful world of Dragon Quest, remaining simple and understandable for all gamers.

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Rise and Fall is a classic addition from Firaxis - in the most positive way.

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.hack // G.U. Last Recode is a good opportunity to try the popular PS2 series in a more pleasant wrapper and with the correct game changes that make your life in a virtual world more dynamic, but at the same time retain the charm of the original. If you like jRPGs with an interesting storyline, simple and understandable action-mechanics and a powerful soundtrack, then this compilation is sure to please you.

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Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT is a unique team-based fighting game based on a popular series with cute characters and beautiful music that lacks an interesting story and play modes, including playing with a friend on the same screen.

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Batman: The Enemy Within - Episode 4: What Ails You is slightly better than last episode, but the main theme with opportunity to give player to create his own friend-opponent of Joker does not look convincing enough.

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Assassin's Creed Origins: The Hidden Ones does not offer anything fundamentally new. This is another episode for those who like last year's release. If you finished Origins already and want to continue the game, you can safely buy this DLC.

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Iconoclasts has some shortcomings, such as a few overextended stages in the middle of the story and a very high difficulty in some parts. But an interesting story, puzzles, accessible skills and bosses leave just an incredible amount of the most positive emotions.

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Shadow of the Colossus is a true industry achievement, which not only demonstrates the technical capabilities of video games, but also promotes them as a new kind of art - on a par with movies, music and painting. Even after many years Shadow of the Colossus remains a relevant game with a touching story, unusual gameplay, beautiful graphics and amazing music. This project is a must buy for any PS4 owner. Moreover, this time we have a real remake instead of a simple and very lazy port.

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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is an exciting and well-made game of a rare genre that definitely will appeal to fans of Commandos and all fans of tactical games. If you have already played XCOM 2 and Mario + Rabbids, then definitely try this project.

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The Inpatient is a boring VR adventure with rough graphics, slow plot, strange controls, weak direction and a terrible localization that violates the logical connections of the game.

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Dragon Ball FighterZ - epic, bright, dynamic and surprisingly friendly fighting game. This is an excellent choice for gatherings with friends.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR is an attempt to transfer a large-scale and deep role-playing game to the world of VR-entertainment, which is difficult to call successful because the original project was not created specially for VR. Nevertheless, Bethesda creation is perceived as the first timid step towards VR-simulators of the future with 8K and more advanced immersive effects that we saw in the popular anime Sword Art Online. Sadly, technologically this version is as primitive as possible, and there is no pleasure in exploring the rich world of Skyrim with such a low quality. If you want to return to the cult game, you'd better play the standard Special Edition with normal graphics.

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Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV is a nice fishing simulator with popular characters that lacks a variety of modes and a competitive multiplayer. Still, this is one of the most attractive games for VR in recent times, which should be played by all fans of the genre and Hajime Tabata fans.

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Tokyo Xanadu eX + is quite an interesting adventure that lacks in budget and story departments compared to Persona, but still is very decent, thanks to well-designed characters, combat system and interesting bosses.

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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the biggest game on Nintendo Switch, which lacks polishing of individual elements. Nevertheless, thanks to the unique world, the best combat system in the series, beautiful music, great characters and spectacular vistas - it's really difficult to stop playing and enjoying. Even in spite of some strangeness, gameplay limitations and excessive anime vibes, we spent about 150 hours in Xenoblade 2 and look forward to the new game Monolith Soft.

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There is no interesting plot, deep characters and villains. And all the cult heroes look bleak and naive.

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Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris - not a bad expansion, which once again reminds us that the Bungie artists are one of the most talented in the industry. Shooting elemets are still great, but the reuse of content, a story full of monstrous dialogues and lack of motivation to play further after going through all the activities can disappoint old fans and players who have been waiting for new content for a long time. Now we can only hope that the real epic in the scale of The Taken King lies ahead...

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