STACK #147 Jan 2017

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GAMES PREVIEWS

with Amy Flower

GENRE: RPG PLATFORM: PS4 RELEASE: 24/01/17 MULTIPLAYER: NO

KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 FINAL CHAPTER PROLOGUE

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.

If you liked this, you may also like... Final Fantasy XV, Tales of Zestria

DIGIMON WORLD: NEXT ORDER

GRAVITY RUSH 2

GENRE: RPG PLATFORM: PS4 RELEASE: 27/01/17 MULTIPLAYER: NO

GENRE: ACT/ADV PLATFORM: PS4 RELEASE: 18/01/17 MULTIPLAYER: NO

If you’re still busy going the Poké, stop! It’s 2017, time for the Digi! OK, so it may not be as exotic, seeing as there’s no accent, but this latest iteration of Digimon is everything that a dedicated collector could want. Of course there’s extra purpose to your quest, as there’s all that saving the Digital World stuff. Yes, as always there are consequences – after being rescued by two rather

You’re Kat and you have a cat, Dusty. You revel in thrusting a middle finger skywards at Isaac Newton as you totally mess with gravity. Sound familiar? It should, it’s Gravity Rush, and you likely gleaned that from the heading. But, somewhat appropriately, that ‘2’ there allows Kat two further ways of giving gravity performance anxiety, by swiftly switching to become lighter (quicker) or heavier

helpful Digimon, you 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!

(erm, guess...). They’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...

If you liked this, you may also like... Dragon Quest Builders, World of Final Fantasy

If you liked this, you may also like... InFamous: First Light, Mirror's Edge Catalyst

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