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|'''<font color="#39b54a">Bayonetta</font>'''
|'''<font color="#39b54a">Bayonetta</font>'''
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|Action/Adventure
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|Hectic action game by Hideki Kamiya in the style of ''Devil May Cry'', starring an immortal witch with utterly ridiculous powers. The fighting is more focused on dodging than ''DMC'', but the formula is similar in general, with droves of challening enemies and insane boss battles. Everything about this game is turned up to eleven, including the story, set pieces and fan service. Beautiful baroque decoration on everything. Quite a bit of optional content. PS3 version suffered bad loading times and slowdown but that has been fixed (somewhat) with a patch.<br />Bayo 2 is Wii U only and not out yet.
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|Hectic action game by Hideki Kamiya in the style of ''Devil May Cry'', starring an immortal witch with utterly ridiculous powers. The fighting is more focused on dodging than ''DMC'', but the formula is similar in general, with droves of challening enemies and insane boss battles. Everything about this game is turned up to eleven, including the story, set pieces and fan service. Beautiful baroque decoration on everything. Quite a bit of optional content. PS3 version suffered bad loading times and slowdown but that has been fixed (somewhat) with a patch.<br />Bayo 2 is Wii U only and not out yet. Physical copies will include a Bayo 1 port.
|[[File:Bayonetta.png|150px]]
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|<font color="#39b54a">'''BioShock Ultimate Rapture Edition'''</font>
|<font color="#39b54a">'''BioShock Ultimate Rapture Edition'''</font>
|FPS
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|Contains BioShock 1 & 2 on disc, and includes over $40 worth of bonus content.
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|Contains BioShock 1 & 2 on disc, and includes "over $40 worth" of bonus content.
BioShock is the spiritual successor to the System Shock series, an FPS set in a destroyed objectivist underwater utopia. Focuses on plasmids (basically magic, such as lightning) as much as guns. Noted for its fantastic atmosphere.
BioShock is the spiritual successor to the System Shock series, an FPS set in a destroyed objectivist underwater utopia. Focuses on plasmids (basically magic, such as lightning) as much as guns. Noted for its fantastic atmosphere.
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|'''<font color="#39b54a">Dark Souls</font>'''
|'''<font color="#39b54a">Dark Souls</font>'''
|Action RPG
|Action RPG
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|Spiritual Successor to Demon Souls, and arguably harder. It improves over every aspect of its predecessor, being at least twice as big and featuring a fully streamlined world, scarcer resources (no more carrying 99 of each grass). The tendency system gave way to a new faction system, with each of the 9 covenants having it's own mission and thus expanding a lot the way the multiplayer system works. A world of both frustrating and rewarding challenges awaits as you fight your way through tons of incredibly atmospheric dungeons. And you will die in every one of them, multiple times. And you will like it. A lot.
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|Spiritual Successor to Demon Souls, and ''arguably ''harder. It improves over every aspect of its predecessor, being at least twice as big and featuring a fully streamlined world, scarcer resources (no more carrying 99 of each grass). Focuses on a more open world design over Demon Souls' disjointed levels. The tendency system gave way to a new faction system, with each of the 9 covenants having it's own mission and thus expanding a lot the way the multiplayer system works. A world of both frustrating and rewarding challenges awaits as you fight your way through tons of incredibly atmospheric dungeons. And you will die in every one of them, multiple times. And you will like it. A lot.
''Also availabe on the Xbox 360 and PC.''
''Also availabe on the Xbox 360 and PC.''
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|'''''<font color="#39b54a">Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten</font>'''''
|'''''<font color="#39b54a">Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten</font>'''''
|SRPG
|SRPG
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|Arguably the best Disgaea in terms of gameplay, MC, and extras. This one has a brand new HD animation system and everything, which looks awesome. Also has a level editor mode, but it's been gimped in the NTSC-U and PAL versions to avoid "naughty" maps or some shit.
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|''Arguably ''the best Disgaea in terms of gameplay, MC, and extras. This one has a brand new HD animation system and everything, which looks awesome. Also has a level editor mode, but it's been gimped in the NTSC-U and PAL versions to avoid "naughty" maps or some shit.
|[[File:Disgaea_4_US_Cover.jpg|150px]]
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In Ico, you control a boy named Ico, and have to solve architectural puzzles to aid Princess Yorda in your joint escape, with occasional, shallow combat sections. The game's atmosphere is a big part of its critical appeal and timelessness. Plays very different from SotC.
In Ico, you control a boy named Ico, and have to solve architectural puzzles to aid Princess Yorda in your joint escape, with occasional, shallow combat sections. The game's atmosphere is a big part of its critical appeal and timelessness. Plays very different from SotC.
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In Shadow of the Colossus you play as Wander, and must seek out, climb, and slay sixteen Colossi. These long, awesome, puzzle-like battles form the bulk of the game, and are the only enemies. Very atmospheric.
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In Shadow of the Colossus you play as Wander, and must seek out, climb, and slay sixteen Colossi. These long, awesome, puzzle/platformer battles form the bulk of the game, and are the only enemies. Very atmospheric.
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