• Platform: Nintendo Switch
• Score: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Scarlet Pokemon And the Violet They are two-sided games. On the one hand, they shook the old one PokemonA good formula, by trading in everything old-fashioned for a great sandbox that you can explore on your own. I’ve never felt like playing one before PokemonA game like exploring the world.

On the other hand, the game is full of problems. It was never unplayable in our tests, but the choppy visuals are annoying to watch.

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• Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
• Score: 4 out of 5 stars

excise is a passion project from Microsoft studio Obsidian, which combines the elements of role-playing games and point-and-click adventures into something special. It’s the 16th century, and the Renaissance is beginning to creep into the remote Bavarian mountain village of Tassing. The local abbey tries to prevent the arrival of Protestantism and the printing press, but when a revolutionary-minded baron is murdered in the abbey, the village is put on edge.

You play Andreas Mahler, an itinerant artist working in a monastery. Because one of his friends is being blamed, he decides to act as a detective. In every part of the day you can do a search with the name Andreas, but the number of days is limited. So you need to think carefully about what you want to find and who you want. There are really no good answers.

The graphic style is reminiscent of the way old books were illustrated and gives this game a lot of atmosphere. Even the lines in each character’s speech bubbles give you an idea of ​​who you’re talking to, though those lines can also be turned off for those who don’t mind.

excise It is a special game based on its story, which eventually extends over several decades, both in terms of atmosphere and location. The pace is slow so it can get boring. But for those who can surrender to the slow, rustic world of Tassing, there’s a lot to find fascinating