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The premise of Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights - part Indiana Jones, part Professor Layton, part Pokémon - hints at adventure and discovery flowing like the Seine beneath 19th century Paris. After teasing a MacGuffin about a mysterious treasure connected with Louis XIV, you're informed that you're far too weak to charge toward the main quest and, in typical video game fashion, side quests are in order. A few hours later, it becomes obvious that Lautrec prefers to focus the overwhelming majority of your time on these scattershot odd jobs.

Gallery: Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights (Gamescom 2011)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsdoctor-lautrec-and-the-forgotten-knightsnintendoMon, 26 Dec 2011 13:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Shinobi 3DS review: The Atomic Sauce Challenge]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/22/shinobi-3ds-review/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/22/shinobi-3ds-review/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/22/shinobi-3ds-review/#comments It's tough being a ninja. Every time you put your feet up and try to relax after crisscrossing the globe in battle, your master betrays you or your girlfriend gets kidnapped or your village gets torched by a rival clan. Before you know it, you're leaping from rooftops again, sword in hand, dicing up rivals and chucking shurikens at levitating magicians.

As it was for Joe in Sega's 1987 arcade hit Shinobi, so it is for Jiro, his father, whose arc of the multi-generational plight we follow in Griptonite Games' 3DS prequel. Both games are conveniently titled Shinobi, and both would like nothing more than to happily accept your money and then kill you. Repeatedly.

Gallery: Shinobi 3DS (Gamescom)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsGriptonite-Gamesnintendosegashinobishinobi-3dsTue, 22 Nov 2011 21:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage review: Going south]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/08/fist-of-the-north-star-kens-rage-review/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/08/fist-of-the-north-star-kens-rage-review/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/08/fist-of-the-north-star-kens-rage-review/#comments If I said, "ATATATATATATATATAT!" and that held any meaning to you, then congratulations: Somebody's made a game just for you! If reading that caused your forehead to crinkle, then buckle up because we're going though the looking glass.

For those lost in translation, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage is a third-person beat-em-up based on the 1980s anime series that begot cartoons, animated features and (ta-dah!) video games. The central campaign follows the conquests of its titular hero, Ken, a battle-axe with a heart of gold and a thing for purple-haired ladies.

Gallery: Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage (10/1/10)

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