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“Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown offers us to compete at our own pace in a Hong Kong with somewhat outdated graphics in which there is no lack of factions, dealers and guided tuning. An open world proposal that seems to lack a few months of cooking and that is far from being able to stand up to the greats of the genre.”

“Funko Fusion repeats mechanics over and over again in a game offer that leaves many gaps to fill. A proposal that presents worlds more pampered than others and that leaves us with the feeling that between so much shooting and hitting there was room for more. For much more”

“Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II manages to become one of the great surprises of 2024 with a title that will delight veterans of the saga and newcomers who love action. Its way of including strategy in frenetic combats joins its brilliant technical finish and a bombproof performance to sow the ground on which Saber Interactive presents a proposal that you can enjoy alone, with friends and with unknown players. The game's mime to the original game and the inclusion of the Operations and Eternal War modes end up making a rounded experience that does well everything that today seems to be avoided in the industry”

“Monster Jam: Showdown is fun, but little more. It's pretty, some events shine with their own light and the online mode is undoubtedly its best asset for lovers of this show. However, it's not as fun and spectacular as I expected. Yes, it's worth a few hours and the split screen is a great tip to spend a fun time with colleagues but, at the same time, the simplicity of its proposal and the lack of identity of the vehicles in the technical, being all the same monster truck with different costume, ends up leaving us a little disenchanted with its proposal.”

“Critical Hit surprises with a modern graphic adventure in which the setting and its visual work serve as a backdrop to a discourse that invites the player to debate.”

“A44 plays with the history of humanity and mythology to shape its particular world. An open scenario in which we will have to accompany Nor in his fight against the gods and their legions of monsters. Weapons, gunpowder, trenches and magic go hand in hand in a proposal that, without being a powerful triple A, has plenty of reasons to keep you entertained at the controls.”

“Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition takes one of Michel Ancel's best works and recaptures its multi-genre format at a very different time in gaming. Pure early millennium action in a great adventure that mixes mechanics to still feel as fresh and as powerful as it did almost 21 years ago. Ubisoft sets the stage for Beyond Good and Evil 2 with a powerful gallery full of content, a new Speed Run mode and a new mission in the final stretch that better explains the story of Jade and her nature.”

“The Elder Scrolls Online takes us to the Gold Road in the Western Forest, a beautiful new area with three very different biomes, several campaigns and the appearance of two new mechanics: Stylistics and Scribing. With a refreshing approach and a lot of desire to change what we have already seen in Highland and Necrom, Gold Road continues the story arc of Agent of Destiny with a new story and everything necessary to please players who have been living adventures in Tamriel for 10 years.”

“With the focus on the evolution of Appalachia with each new content expansion, Skyline Valley manages to offer its first map expansion. An expansion of the scenario that comes with new locations, missions, raids and even a campaign in which we will be told the story of the shelter 63. With several possible choices and new creatures and cryptids, Skyline Valley is possibly the most interesting expansion of Fallout 76 to date. A large amount of content that comes free to Appalachia and that as veteran Yermenses has managed to convince us.”

“Horror Tales: The Beggar softens the horror component and adds a large handful of surprising mechanics to its sci-fi odyssey. A broken world serves as a futuristic setting for a proposal that develops the lore of the Wine and marks the path towards Coronado's future as a developer. Three and a half hours of enjoyment and bewilderment that demonstrate the author's concern to offer something different from what has already been seen in the genre.”

“Senua's saga: Hellblade II breaks the video game frontier by offering an experience unlike anything we've experienced before, including Senua's Sacrifice. Its bravery in making decisions that are initially unpopular leaves us with a terribly personal and unique work in which Ninja Theory once again shows its veteranship by profiling female and male characters whose strength lies in their fragility and in all the flaws, fears and weaknesses that make us human.”

“SHODAN once again displays all its charm, this time on PS5 and Xbox Series, by the grace of a Nightdive that once again demonstrates the love and respect it feels for the original System Shock. Played on PS5 the result is outstanding with no bugs, performance drops or any other error.”

“At a price of 19.99 euros on all platforms -29.99 in its deluxe version with various skins and motifs for the maze- Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs offers an interesting gameplay but with ups and downs, becoming in the end a game that will make you spend good times between one activity and another, but does not contain the high doses of pique and wanting to keep playing that made us spend coin after coin in the arcade machines of the 80s.”

“Bethesda delivers with a Fallout 4 update that adds elements of true expansion. Completely free on all platforms, Fallout 4's next-gen update includes enough graphical enhancements, new quests, unreleased content and community elements to more than justify a return to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in style. A return that comes in better than ever after watching the outstanding Amazon Prime Video series.”

“Vehicles of all kinds, large scenarios and epic and endearing characters are the keys to Sand Land. A game that may not be a powerful triple A, but has plenty of elements to make manganime fans fall in love with an adventure that is one hundred percent Toriyama.”

“Final Fantasy XVI: The Rising Tide is settled with a story too short in a new area of great beauty, new characters and a leviathan that is the best of the expansion. The combat shines again in an expansion that again makes the same mistakes and successes as the base game and its first DLC.”

“Dead Island 2: SoLA takes us to a music festival in HEL-LA where a mysterious rhythm is creating new types of infected. An excuse like any other to return to the proposal of Dambuster and destroy zombies in a new location full of new weapons and types of enemies.”

“Dave The Diver is a great adventure of underwater exploration, management and improvement that will make you smile at every new step you take in its proposal. RPG and roguelike elements come together to create something different, original and very fun that goes beyond, far beyond what its simple appearance seems to indicate.”

“Outward: Definitive Edition keeps its proposal intact on Switch and adds new content to the existing DLC to make the experience the most complete. Its level of demand and constant saving continue to make it one of the toughest and most surprising adventure games in the current catalog.”

“After several installments that have failed to do justice to the Infogrames classic, Alone in the Dark returns in a new episode somewhere between a reboot and a remake. An original story with an all-star cast that modernizes the classic and offers a new starting point for this mix of Lovecraft and intelligent humor.”