At the end of the month, NU.nl will discuss the most important games that have appeared. This time come Stray, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, As Dusk Falls, Coromon in Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 offer.
By: Bastiaan VroegopStray
- The platform: PlayStation 4 en 5, PC
- Score: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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In Stray you play a cat with all the skills of an average house cat. You clamber over rooftops, push cups from tables and gradually explore a large, futuristic city.
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That’s great fun for most of the game. Stray exudes atmosphere and the environments are usually fun to explore. And although a cat as the protagonist at first seems like a gimmick, the game is very original because of its alternative hero.
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But we would have liked the creators to have done a little more with this concept. The cat sometimes feels like a somewhat forced character. For example, it’s crazy that a pet wants to save a city and it feels a bit silly that he can talk to the city residents, because they happen to be robots. In addition, the game is not very long: after five hours you are through.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Platform: Nintendo Switch
- Score: 4 out of 5 stars
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A grand, immersive role-playing game exclusive to Nintendo’s consoles. It takes quite a long time to Xenoblade gets going and has explained all his game systems. But once this is done, this is one of the best roleplaying games for the Switch.
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Read the full review of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 here
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As Dusk Falls
- Platformen: Xbox One en Series, pc
- Score: 2 out of 5 stars
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A beautifully crafted, interactive adventure that explores the boundaries between games and movies. You follow the story of two families, after a robbery goes completely wrong. The game revolves around the choices you make: do you flee or do you fight? Do you go left or do you go right?
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That idea is not entirely new and the story of As Dusk Falls is at most okay. But the drawing style in which everything is shown keeps your attention.
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But at no point does the game match or surpass its peers. And as a film, it’s not super strong either. This makes the game neither meat nor fish and at most interesting for a lost evening, provided you play it for free via a Game Pass subscription.
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Coromon
- Platformen: Nintendo Switch, pc
- Score: 4 out of 5 stars
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This Dutch game is very similar to the first one Pokémongames. Here too you have to catch monsters and make them stronger to then compete against others. The game was already available for PC, but this month it also appeared on Nintendo Switch.
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‘s pixel style Coromon looks fantastic. Small animations on monsters make them appear lively and not as two-dimensional, static pictures. Even the accompanying music seems from an old Pokémongame to come.
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Coromon contains some nice ideas. For example, stronger monsters in the wild have a slightly different color and you know faster whether they are worth capturing. But at its core, this is an old-fashioned Pokémon. If that suits you, this is a must.
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Azure Striker Gunvolt 3
- Platform: Nintendo Switch
- Score: 4 out of 5 stars
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The makers of several classic Mega Mangames have had a spiritual successor for quite some time now. The third part has been published this month. Azure Striker Gunvolt is a fast-paced, sleek 2D action game, in which you only get a high score by crossing the game as quickly as possible.
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The game is especially challenging when fighting bosses. You have to dodge complex attack patterns to get the maximum number of points. You can also ignore that and cross the game with low scores, but then you’ll be through it quickly. This is a game for those who like to play the same levels several times to perfect them.
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