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Starship Troopers: Extermination is more fun than you might initially think. Solo you should avoid it, but in multiplayer, the motivating shooting really gets going and keeps you on your toes. However, a few more maps and a lower price would be nice, especially as it's not exactly up to scratch technically and graphically.

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Unknown 9: Awakening has promising ideas, but is let down by mediocre execution, bugs, framerate issues, and poor AI. Even the involvement of a well-known actress can’t mask the weak story and character development. While some combat can be enjoyable, it doesn’t elevate this linear adventure. Overall, Unknown 9 feels about 10 to 15 years too late to make a significant impact, despite its ambitious plans for a multimedia franchise.

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Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream is better than many of the previous attempts to turn the SAO license into a game. The story may not be worth mentioning and the missions quickly become repetitive, but it plays really well and the online team battles in particular are great fun with other anime fans.

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Silent Hill 2 is a consistently great remake. It respects the original and still manages to implement a few skillful innovations for fans. The graphics are great, the new voices are superb and the atmosphere in particular keeps you in constant suspense almost the whole time. If you like horror or simply great stories, then definitely play it.

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Undisputed may not pick up every boxing fan after all these years, but it definitely manages to revive the sport. A decent presentation, a lot of tactical depth and powerful fights are a lot of fun, but the game still doesn't feel completely rounded, as career mode and the character editor still need fine-tuning.

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Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO is a dream come true for anyone who has a thing for saiyans and the seven balls. It looks incredibly good, offers a huge playground in its modes, has plenty of characters and Easter eggs and skillfully revives the Budokai Tenkaichi series. Kamehame-oh yah!

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Metaphor: ReFantazio is the almost perfect evolution of the studio's earlier games. It takes everything familiar from the genre to an incredibly high level of quality, surprises with its story and direction and impresses throughout with its presentation and accompanying soundtrack. The loop of great battles and the motivating calendar system will eat up your free time in an instant.

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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom blends classic Zelda gameplay with innovative mechanics, allowing players creative approaches. Zeldas ability to summon Echoes adds depth and variety to exploration and problem-solving and for the first time ever steals the showlight from our hero Link. This may be the first time an isometric Zelda comes close to the classic A Link to the past.

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Playing detective has never felt so organic! The procedurally generated map, which can be explored completely freely, offers a wide variety of ways to track down a perpetrator - or to end up in a dead end. Gameplay systems centred around stealth, profiling and physical confrontations and status effects, a social credit system or upgrading implants create a depth of gameplay that is unheard of in this genre. However, one drawback is the repetitive process of filling in the form at the end of the case. Shadows of Doubt is unfortunately still full of bugs and glitches in its current state, but this should be tolerated in case of the first fully-fledged sandbox detective game.

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Ara: History Untold has found a great way to assert itself in the 4X game market. It brings a very realistic and beautiful graphic style, has done away with the hexagons and brought in many very deep systems and a diverse production. It's just really not for newcomers to the genre and can be a little frustrating, especially at the beginning.

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Capcom has hit the mark with MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics. The package got everything for everyone. The online mode runs smoothly and fans will love the art gallery, soundtracks and the training mode. There are some small bug fixes that are relevant for hardcore players but everything else transitioned nicely into the modern age of gaming.

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Episode Aigis - The Answer wonderfully expands the story of Persona 3 Reload, offers the usual fun fights, superb soundtrack and serves as a great, very emotional epilogue, but suffers from the same old dungeons and little aside from a lengthy combat-loop.

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Iron Meat is like a fresh breeze of Contra nostalgia. It has pixel-nostalgia, comes with a great guitar-heavy soundtrack and has some really nice meaty designs. Unfortunately, at one to two hours, it's a very short game, but, especially in co-op, it invites you to play a short round again and again.

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NBA 2K25 improves on many gameplay points and offers a variety of modes that should have something for everyone. It looks great graphically and plays well as usual, but still has an unpleasant focus on microtransactions, which constantly pops up in your face and stagnates somewhat in terms of new features.

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Astro Bot is a dream for platformer fans and should be played by anyone with a PS5. It won't convert dislikers of the genre, but it does everything right, is incredibly fun, looks great and couldn't celebrate 30 years of PlayStation any better

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The Casting of Frank Stone doesn't really deviate from well-known Supermassive titles, but offers an interesting setting with the established world of Dead by Daylight. The visuals and sound design are really great and the story also manages to maintain the tension, but unfortunately ends a little too soon. If you can overlook the very simple puzzles and a few clichés, you'll have some very entertaining evenings here, whether alone or in co-op.

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Wh40k Space Marine 2 is a non-compromising, brutal action game that sabotages itself with its clunky melee. Luckily, the fantastic presentation, as well as the love for detail, deliver a very satisfying experience for Warhammer 40k fans. Furthermore, Co-op enthusiasts get a great experience with the campaign and some additional missions.

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Concord is an honest shooter that really does a lot right during gameplay. The weapons feel good, everything looks nice and there's plenty of content and no microtransactions. Unfortunately, the game is already under a bad star. There is a lack of identity, originality and, based on current figures, a lack of players very soon. Let's hope for the best, because Concord really deserves a chance.

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The nostalgic feeling kept and at the same time enough new elements is the balance act that remakes have to manage. Age of Mythology Retold did it with new modernised graphics and a campaign that stays true to the original. There is still room for improvement in the wayfinding or formation systems and also a questionable DLC premium package is in the mix but we still had a lot of fun with this timeless classic.

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Star Wars Outlaws departs somewhat from the typical Ubisoft formula and presents a pleasantly focused open world with a round playtime of 30-40 hours and a large focus on stealth. Not every planet is equally open and large, but each one looks incredibly beautiful and captures the Star Wars atmosphere that fans love so much. The AI and occasional bugs do take you out of the immersion and the story is not outstanding apart from the characters, but we still couldn't get enough of Kay, Nix, ND-5 and the many planets. Just beware of the addictive potential of the card game Sabacc.

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