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52 JANUARY 2017
GAMES
PREVIEWS
with Amy Flower
M-I-C, K-E-Y, M, O, U, S, E! We can’t help it. We
see those lugs and we’re earworming it like we’re
still stuck on Disneyland’s ‘It’s a Small World’ ride
(We wanna get off!). One of the more curious
cultural collisions in gaming times, the Kingdom
Hearts action RPGs – which take Unca Walt’s
beloved creations and bangs them together with
the Final Fantasy and The World Ends With You
universes – has to be one of the most bizarre...
and one of the most brilliant! Much like the two
fabby Kingdom Hearts HD Remix collections on
PS3, remastering is the game here. Uh, as well as
the actual games. The star of the show (other than
Mickey Mous... DONALD DUCK!) is a big screen
HD version of Dream Drop Distance from the 3DS.
It doesn’t hit the disc alone, however, as two new
releases – the ninth and tenth in the series – keep
it company. Kingdom Hearts x Back Cover is a
cinematic that fills in bits of the story not seen in
the games, while Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth By
Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage (those title people
must be paid by the syllable) is a new playable
tale from the point of view of Aqua (no, not the
Scandinavian popsters), which takes place after
Birth By Sleep. Need we say this is a must-get for
series fans? K-I-N, G-D-O, M, H, E, A, R... erm, TS.
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Final Fantasy XV, Tales of Zestria
KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 FINAL CHAPTER PROLOGUE
GENRE: RPGPLATFORM: PS4
RELEASE: 24/01/17 MULTIPLAYER: NO
you’re still busy going the Poké, stop! It’s 2017, time
r the Digi! OK, so it may not be as exotic, seeing as
ere’s no accent, but this latest iteration of Digimon
everything that a dedicated collector could want. Of
urse there’s extra purpose to your quest, as there’s all
at saving the Digital World stuff. Yes, as always there
e consequences – after being rescued by two rather
battle Machinedramons to discover a path back to the
real world. With over 200 Digimon, there’s plenty of recruiting, training and
battling action, and you can now partner up with two at a time. Threesomes
have never been so much fun!
DIGIMON WORLD: NEXT ORDER
e Kat and you have a cat, Dusty. You revel in thrusting
ddle finger skywards at Isaac Newton as you totally
s with gravity. Sound familiar? It should, it’s Gravity
, and you likely gleaned that from the heading. But,
ewhat appropriately, that ‘2’ there allows Kat two
er ways of giving gravity performance anxiety, by
tly switching to become lighter (quicker) or heavier
’ve also squandered the ‘3’ they could have used on
the next instalment by popping in that many times the missions of the
original world-bending action/adventure. Those nasty Nevi are back, but
you’ve more baddies to worry about with soldiers, mechs and bloody big
demons. Let’s get physics-al, physics-al...
GRAVITY RUSH 2
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Dragon Quest Builders, World of Final Fantasy
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InFamous: First Light, Mirror's Edge Catalyst
GENRE: RPGPLATFORM: PS4 RELEASE:27/01/17 MULTIPLAYER: NO GENRE: ACT/ADV PLATFORM: PS4 RELEASE:18/01/17 MULTIPLAYER: NO