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Game Focus: Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom Review

Game Focus writes: "Chances are you've played Mahjong Solitaire. Also known as Shanghai Solitaire or more simply as Mahjong, Creat Studios brings the classic Solitaire game to the Playstation Network. While Mahjong Tales will cost you ten dollars, similar version's come packaged with some computers or can be found on the internet for free. So what makes Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom different from past iteration's? Nothing."

Pros

+ Multiplayer and Motion add a unique twist
+ Local and Networked Multiplayer with Private and Public Games
+ No lag or difficulty finding players in Multiplayer
+ Lots of Options available for Classic play
+ Infinite Number of Puzzles available

Cons

- Control Mechanics falls victim to analog control
- Game would seem to be designed for Wii or PC/Mac
- Story seems fragmented
- Four game modes but all basically the same game repackaged
- Tiles and writing are hard to read, some impossible
- Sleepy Soundtrack for the faster action Multiplayer seems mismatched

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DHGF: Clearing Out the Backlog: Duke Nukem Forever, Mahjong Tales, Robin Hood & Tetris

Diehard GameFAN: Well, my column about March is coming in at the tail end of April. Why is this one so late? Well, in April alone I’ve written twenty articles. This is my twenty first and Mortal Kombat for the PS Vita will be my twenty-second, so as you can see I’ve been extremely busy. I haven’t even remotely touched my backlog this month, so there won’t be a “Clearing Out the Backlog” column in May. That said, I’m taking all of May off, so June should have a pretty long column – most likely filled with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and Skylanders. Both of which should have been played in March but…personal stuff happened and I ended up being up able to play any console games for most of March and April.

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There's never been a better time to join PS Plus

A clumped mass of games is hitting PSN next month, and a lot of it is free to PS Plus subscribers. Including Awesomenauts, the multiplayer battle arena style game from the creators of another former freebie a la PS Plus called Swords & Soldiers.

The list of free games goes on and on, most likely totaling somewhere in the range of $100 worth. For PS3 gamers that have not yet signed up for a Plus subscription may want to consider next month as the best time to do so.

Remember though, nearly all PS Plus freebie are only free for a one week period, thereafter going for the full price, so you want to be punctual.

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Emilio_Estevez4377d ago

Trine 2 and Rock of Ages is pretty great.

Outside_ofthe_Box4376d ago (Edited 4376d ago )

I thought I was the only noticing the sudden wave of good PS+ deals. So many things I've wanted to get in the PS store are PS+ only. I'll never be a member though. I refuse to pay for online.

PirateThom4376d ago

It's not paying for online, it's paying for game content up front.

Outside_ofthe_Box4376d ago

^^^ Not necessarily as not everything is free. But whatever you want to call it I refuse to pay. I'm glad that I have the option to choose.

Bathyj4377d ago

I think I'll have to get Max Payne.
I just wish it was a HD remake.

dboyman4376d ago

Looks promising though Sony needs more PSN Plus "goodies" for PS Vita...

catfrog4376d ago

they also need to bring cloud saving for ps+ to vita

Ducky4376d ago

I'd say this month's free Shift2 and Shank2 were a better time to join.

Hicken4376d ago

Shank 2 is a yes. Shift 2? I could do without that game ever touching my PS3 again.

goflyakite4376d ago

I think they're still there so if you sign up before next Tuesday you'll have everything.

KosmoCrisis4376d ago

Both Shift 2 and Shank 2 are previously released titles. May's freebies are comprised of several NEW releases. Tallying the monetary value in the two months so far shows May as the better month, but as @goflyakite said, newbies could get everything if they get on now.

Der_Kommandant4376d ago

If Max Payne doesn't convince you to go plus, maybe nothing will.

badz1494376d ago

If later on there will be GTA 3 or Vice City or San Andreas HD free for PS+ user? GTA V is on the way, there is every possibilities that it can happen! If it does happen, MEGATON and if it still can't convince people to go Plus, only then I think nothing else will!

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Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom Achievements

SuccesFull.fr has just published the achievement list for Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom.

The game features 12 achievements and will reward you with the usual 200 points.

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