Custom-built to satiate the gamer need to explore; to push against every boundary to find its limits; to suss out solutions by intuition and trial and error.
Tekken takes the cake with its ridiculous web of intrigue that makes sense of pandas battling ogres, and a ballooning roster of dinosaurs and robo-girls.
Many of the characters from the original game have been tinkered with, adding new moves and adjusting their power balance. Everything you want in an expansion.
Levels are straightforward, combat is one button and can’t-lose, and puzzles aren’t going to stump anyone. A great fit for young or inexperienced gamers.
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations again puts you in the shoes of master assassin Ezio Auditore as he explores Constantinople as an older, wiser killing machine.
Super Mario 3D Land grabs the torch from Galaxy 2. You’ll be hopping on end-of-level flagpoles and collapsing bridges under Bowser’s feet like the NES original.
Has a lot of things going for it, but precision isn’t one of them. A blast in bursts; just don’t plan to be raging in the long-term unless you’re a devotee.