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NBA 2K24 does not rest on its laurels when it comes to improving and refining the micro aspects of a gameplay that has now reached a level where it is engaging and fulfilling when played at high levels, while also being quite accessible to a more casual audience. Unfortunately, even with positive new proposals aimed at revamping the flagship MyTeam and MyCareer modes, the excessive presence of microtransactions overshadows the team's work.

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The Crew Motorfest would be exactly what the series needs to shake off the concept that, nowadays, no longer has a grip on gamers. The very strong inspirations from the Forza Horizon series don't bother and, indeed, create an alternative that would also be viable, and definitely fun, were it not for a dastardly, microtransaction-driven progression.

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Mortal Kombat 1 is a technically excellent fighting game with galvanizing and violent gameplay that, in keeping with the tradition for the series, cannot live by half measures and can only be loved or hated.

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Lies Of P is the best copy of a FromSoftware-branded SoulsLike currently out there. Anyone in dire need of such a new title, after spending hundreds of hours on Elden Ring and consuming all the productions made by Miyazaki, should not ignore it.

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Reducing Starfield to a number is far from being easy. On the one hand we have Bethesda's most ambitious game ever with an overwhelming amount of content: full of secrets, quests, characters and casual adventures; on the other hand we have a title still anchored to old dogmas, with a high dose of proceduralism and some limitations that most critics will not appreciate. Nevertheless, Starfield is destined to become a new cult, capable of attracting millions of players for at least the next decade, just as Skyrim did before it, as well as being the first big star of Xbox's rebirth.

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Remnant 2 is the perfect example of how a sequel should be developed, expanding and enhancing the original experience in every respect but without distorting it.

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Baldur's Gate 3 is a game to be had at any cost. Of course, if you hate RPGs or reading a lot of dialogue (moreover, never too invasive or verbose) it is not the title for you, but otherwise it represents a perfect synthesis, in video game format, of what any Dungeons and Dragons campaign should be.

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Blasphemous 2 is one of the best metroidvanias currently on the market. Able to shake off the trend of wanting to "copy Hollow Knight," The Game Kitchen's new effort improves on many of its predecessor's flaws and picks up, in a much more convincing way, that heavy legacy left by two-dimensional Castlevanias. Net of a handful of smudges that prevent it from achieving excellence, Blasphemous 2 is a must-have for metroidvania lovers and an excellent entry ticket for novices to the genre.

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Atlas Fallen is a good action RPG that makes its combat system its strong point. Around that workhorse, however, the rest fails to shine adequately, preventing Deck13's title from aspiring to much better stages. There is little to complain about, however: Atlas Fallen is in fact at the end of the day a good game, which will keep you entertained for about ten hours or so.

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Pikmin 4 is one of the many incarnations of the Nintendo Difference. A thick exclusive, it is capable of embracing gamers of all ages, proving fun, and challenging, for each of them.

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Diablo IV is the sequel that the community desired and that Blizzard has skillfully delivered. Net of a few minor criticisms, the fourth installment in the celebrated franchise successfully regains its crown as the top exponent of the action-RPG hack 'n' slash genre and does so with a quality and quantity of content that is simply overwhelming.

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Final Fantasy XVI, going by the sums, represents one of the most interesting and fascinating experiments on the part of the saga, which manages to raise the bar on the maturity of the narrative plot and to propose a gameplay structure capable of going to remodel the proposal of the last chapters.

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Park Beyond | Recensione – L’erede di Theme ParkLimbic Entertainment has packaged an insanely fun managerial, content-wise more than satisfying and featuring a level of customization that is truly above the premise.

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Let's not beat around the bush, after the highly criticized launch of the fifth chapter, Capcom has learned its lesson and, buoyed by the current period of renewed glory, is launching a street fighter 6 on the market that not only stands as one of the best chapters in the series but, even, as one of the most complete, and best-crafted, fighting games in many years.

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System Shock is indeed a good remake, capable not only of replicating the wonderful and distressing atmospheres of the 1994 original, but of expanding on them thanks to a decidedly distinctive -- if occasionally a bit strange -- visual style and a level design still capable of setting the standard. Nightdive Studios has brought to life what is probably their best remake work; an act of love towards the work of Warren Spector and Doug Church, which now everyone can finally enjoy in its modern form.

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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a confusing and unfocused experience. The game tries to be an adventure title with stealth mechanics but attempts to mix in a variety of other features that simply do not go together very well. This is a pity because Daedalic Entertainment tried, but failed to build a Gollum faithful to Tolkien's works, placing him in a narrative context that struggles to pick up pace, being really interesting only in the first few hours of play. Between a visual impact anchored to two generations ago and various technical issues, Nacon's ambitious video game is unfortunately a bitter disappointment that does not offer the proper value to the prestigious Lord of the Rings license.

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Miasma Chronicles is an excellent hybrid between an action-GDR and a turn-based strategy, which takes what we saw in Mutant Year Zero and Corruption 2029 and makes it even better. It is precisely in the very close connection with the two previous works of The Bearded Ladies, however, that lies the main question mark of the work, which could certainly have dared more, but otherwise we are looking at a great game. If you love the genre, trust us and absolutely do not let Miasma Chronicles pass you by.

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LEGO 2K Drive is a very enjoyable arcade racing game with a variety of content to accompany it. Don't expect a complex title in terms of challenge, partly because it is designed primarily for young audiences.

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Nintendo wanted to push on the accelerator and go all-in. Tears Of The Kingdom succeeds in a feat I thought impossible: improving, expanding, and in some ways overshadowing a production of the caliber of Breath Of The Wild. Explaining in words how this new chapter was able to consistently surprise someone who dissected the previous chapter for hundreds of hours was not easy but, if you are not part of those users who want to look for the rot where there is none, my only advice is to play it, enjoy every inch of it and hope that this new journey never ends. Nintendo has once again set standards for a genre, and never before will it be really hard to top it.

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Like the experiments that threw Redfall into chaos, Arkane Austin's new title is a half-baked mess. What made Arkane famous emerges only partially between incredible game atmospheres and narrative that is never dull and able to draw you into its mysteries. What creaks is a rather bland open world form made up of activities without bite that do not quite do justice to the care with which the game world is instead created. A really underwhelming artificial intelligence deadens the shooter phases and does not stimulate the search for different approaches to deal with the situations in front of us. Redfall is also playable alone, but the playable characters are clearly designed to act in groups and that is the best way to take advantage of all the synergies.

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