2011年1月27日星期四

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The winter's lack of Kinect games continues, while Sony releases its first major Move-only disc game in a while, PlayStation Move Heroes (PS3), a sort of mini-game round-up starring heroes from the Sly Cooper, Ratchet & Clank and Jak & Daxter series.The month has several interesting Japan-related games, including the not-made-in-Japan Shogun 2: Total War (PC, March 15) which continues the acclaimed large-scale war simulators from Creative Assembly. Made in Japan is Patapon 3 (PSP), the sequel to a replica Tissot T60158851 Men's Watch superb series of side-scrolling.

Formerly made in Japan, a b-movie gaming series about killing giant ants gets a U.S. made sequel in Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (Xbox 360, PS3). Huge in Japan and finally arriving a year later in America is the next installment of Sega's gritty crime saga, Yakuza 4 (PS3, March 15). And somehow the people at Capcom have replica Tissot T60152152 Men's Watch managed to make what looks like a fully-featured sequel on the Nintendo DS to Okami, its acclaimed painterly PS2/Wii game about a mythical wolf, in the form of Okamiden (DS, March 15).The month also offers more tennis with Top Spin 4 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii) and another competitor to World of Warcraft with the massively multiplayer online game Rift (PC).

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March (through March 20)MLB 2011: The Show (PS3, PSP, PS2, March 8)What It Is: The Show is traditionally one of the best sports games of the year across all forms of competition. This year's edition includes optional 3D and motion control but, more importantly, analog-controlled pitching and hitting as well as co-op play.Should You Play It: First, you have to care about baseball. If you do, and own a PlayStation platform, replica Tissot T01218532 WoMen's watch you can choose between this and MLB 2K11 (Xbox 360, PC, PS2, PS3, Wii, PSP, DS, March 8).Dragon Age II (PC, PS3, Xbox 360, March 8)What It Is: It's a sequel to the original dark-fantasy Dragon Age game released by the BioWare studio a couple of years ago, though it's not clear if this game will be more of a uniter or a divider as it adopts a conversation system similar to that of BioWare's Mass Effect and exhibits a swifter flow to its combat.

Should You Play It: Given BioWare's track record and the fact that the studio isn't outsourcing the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions this time, console gamers have a promising anti-dragon role-playing game here. It's PC gamers whose faith hasn't been universally attained yet, as this sequel excludes the throwback tactical perspective of the replica Tissot T01.2.385.72 Ladie's watches earlier PC Dragon Age: Origins while still including narrative depth and complex character progression.The Sims Medieval (PC)What It Is: Why, it's a medieval version of the Sims. At last, players can torture their Sims using actual torture devices. Or they can steer wizards, kings and other medieval characters through adventures and experiences of the old days, while expanding a castle.

2011年1月17日星期一

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