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Soccer simulations really aren’t my thing, but what’s here is perfectly suited for those who love them.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D is an adaptation of the PSP version, itself a continuation of the last generation PlayStation 2 PES games. From what I gather, the PES games on the PlayStation 2 are some of the favorites of the soccer sim community, thus making this 3DS adaptation a continuation of the better games of the series… with 3D. I’m not fully versed with said games, but I can say that PES 2011 3D provides an extremely deep soccer simulation that clearly caters to hardcore fans of the sport. This isn’t entirely appealing to me, due in part to the aggressive, nearly insurmountable AI (for a beginner) and my general disinterest in the sport. However, the game is occasionally enjoyable and with some of the best stereoscopic 3D of the launch 3DS titles, it does a great job of validating how great the 3D effect actually is.

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Either shooters have gotten harder or I have gotten worse; my ego is going to go with the former.

Let’s get this out of the way: Hard Corps: Uprising by Arc System Works is hard -- unapologetically hard. All I could think every time I died was that they should have called it Impossible Corps, which made me think of that awful “This is not mission difficult” quote from Mission Impossible II which only made me angrier. To keep the story short, Arc owes me a new controller. Anyways...

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"Welcome to Review!"

Magneto, we meet again - only this time, I don’t need quarters to beat you. Your hordes of henchman and sub-bosses with cheap unblockable attacks - no longer a threat to my allowance! Having to conserve my wonderful, room clearing mutant attacks that eat into my life energy - not this time. You’re getting beaten down as many times as I want, and I only have to spend $10 once, as an electronic transaction. The day is mine!

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It's unbelievable that this game is outclassed by a decade old N64 game.

I've been out of the wrestling game market for a couple generations at this point. Back on the N64 I put some significant time into both WCW/nWo Revenge and WWF WrestleMania 2000 from AKI and THQ. I'm sure you can imagine my surprise when I booted up Lucha Libre: AAA Heroes del Ring and found gameplay that was absolutely no better than what was available back on the N64. Don't get me wrong, the gameplay isn't terrible, but it has seen no advancement, and as a matter of fact, when compared to WrestleMania 2000, which was even suceeded by yet another title, WWF No Mercy, the gameplay is clearly not as advanced. Given that Lucha Libre doesn't even match up to a series of games from the N64, it's tough to cut it any slack.

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