PlayStation Store: Crusader Kings 3 and Weird West

PlayStation Store

Interesting week, the one that is about to end, for the PlayStation Store. After the important announcement of the new PlayStation Plus, with its three subscription plans that will also include a wide selection of games for PS5 and PS4</a> in the most expensive tiers, we are witnessing the long-awaited debut of the console version of the excellent Crusader Kings 3.

The strategy developed by Paradox Interactive, which had thrilled fans of the genre on PC so much, arrives on PlayStation 5 with an edition that boasts the same, full-bodied contents of the original package but a redesigned interface for controllers, able to make the experience equally fun and exciting.

We then have the release of Weird West, the action RPG signed by Wolfeye, the new development team of the former Arkane Raphael Colantonio, that catapults us into an alternative interpretation of the wild west of a dark fantasy matrix, leading a team of gunslingers who do not hold back even in the face of the most insidious and surprising threats.

It is not fi nita here: the long-awaited expansion The Kaito Files also arrives this week for Lost Judgment, the horror game inspired by Japanese folklore Ikai and the next-gen version of Tropico 6, the latest episode of the famous strategy series produced by Kalypso in which we will have to take on the role of El Presidente again.

Crusader Kings 3

Crusader Kings 3, an official artwork The wait wasn't short, but finally here we are: Crusader Kings 3 (PS5 , € 49.99) is also available on the next-gen Sony platform, with an edition that doesn't spare itself in terms of content and which therefore gives us the same, extraordinary RPG experience that PC users have appreciated so much, but with a redesigned interface for controllers and some additional features such as automatic mode.

In the game we will have the task of leading a noble family starting from the Middle Ages and accompanying them towards glory and riches over the centuries, exercising the will of the kings who will succeed each other on the throne of the kingdom and supporting their ambitions of conquest on the battlefield, participating directly in the clashes or providing important strategic advantages.

Crusader Kings 3, a look at the interface The system is confirmed as deeply rich and multifaceted also on PS5, with an important narrative component, an unprecedented focus on dynasties that renews the experience compared to previous chapters and a gameplay characterized by complex and multifaceted strategic mechanics, which however are widely digestible and surprisingly immediate in this Console Edition.

As you have read in our review of Crusader Kings 3: Console Edition, the end result is a terribly fascinating and enduring product, with no d different from the usual doubts, which reveals new aspects even after having already grinded tens of hours and which therefore proposes to accompany you on a long and engaging adventure.

Weird West

Weird West, a fighting sequence Made by Wolfeye, the team founded by Raphael Colantonio after the farewell to Arkane Studios, Weird West (PS4, € 39.99) finally arrives on PlayStation 4 to catapult us into a very particular scenario, namely a reinterpretation in key wild west fantasy in which cowboys are faced with supernatural threats between monsters and magic.

The protagonist of the adventure is the "branded", a man who through a mysterious ritual takes possession of the bodies of four different characters, each featuring a unique story and skill set, following their stories as they intertwine and alternate between main and secondary missions.

Weird West, one of the characters explores the sc enario Compared to the tradition of action RPGs with a three-quarter top view, Wolfeye's title introduces an unprecedented degree of environmental interaction and a sophisticated physics engine, which allows you to field various strategies during the combat phases and even proceed silently, in a stealth way, to eliminate some enemies without alerting their companions.

We reviewed Weird West, being struck by the ambitions of this project, by its fascinating setting and by a narrative sector that promises great things, despite some uncertainty on the technical front and some annoying bugs.

Lost Judgment: The Kaito Files

Lost Judgment: The Kaito Files, the protagonist Masaharu Kaito In a completely new way for the productions of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, Lost Judgment has received a narrative expansion that puts us for the first time in the role of Masaharu Kaito, the friend and partner of the shrewd in private investigator Takayuki Yagami, engaged in a highly personal investigation while his colleague is away on business.

The Kaito Files (PS5 and PS4, € 29.99) offers an alternative point of view to that which we enjoyed in the main campaign and talked about in the Lost Judgment review. Kaito is in fact a notoriously gruff and action-packed character, a former Yakuza who nevertheless hides secrets and will find himself forced to reveal them for the occasion.

Lost Judgment: The Kaito Files, a fighting sequence A man asks him to find out what really happened to his wife Mikiko, who disappeared two years earlier and left for dead, and he chose Kaito not by chance: he and the woman had a long relationship before the affairs of the Matsugane family ruined forever their relationship. Feeling too involved, Kaito at first rejects the case, but then someone convinces him to reconsider.

Set in the traditional Kamurocho district of Tokyo, the expansion introduces some novelties on the fighting front, thanks to the peculiar styles of the new protagonist, both on that of the investigations, with Kaito who also resorts to smell and hearing to identify evidence and clues at crime scenes.

The other games

Ikai, one of the scenarios of the Ikai game (PS5, € 13.29; PS4, € 12.99) is a first-person horror game set in the Japanese Middle Ages, which draws heavily on Japanese folklore and its legends to tell the story. story of a priestess struggling with the evil spirits that haunt her temple. Featuring passive mechanics, which do not involve fighting, the Endflame title is preparing to scare us to death: we tried Ikai a few weeks ago.

Tropico 6 (PS5, € 49.99) does not need any great presentations: the strategic branded Limbic Entertainment debuts this week also on next-gen consoles, and does so thanks to a revised interface for the use of controllers and a system that is confirmed as solid and interesting, capable of offering a degree of deep and multifaceted simulation. The Tropico 6 review.

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