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A few thoughts on this week's games:

Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten IMPORTANT (thanks @themcnoisy)

Dishonored - VERY IMPORTANT

A late-gen new IP that turned out to be an absolute gem of a stealth game and one of my favourite titles of the generation. Heavily influenced by Thief, it similarly makes use of a variety of supernatural powers - here ranging from short range teleporting (a fun way to move around unseen) and possessing rats - as well as traditional weaponry such as swords, crossbones and hidden blades. Each level is a wonderfully built mini sandbox with a myriad of ways to go about completing missions and a nice variety of side objectives that encourage exploration. Non-lethal methods often turn out to be the most fun and it's clear that a lot of thought went into mission design. Direct combat is however a weak point, so playing carefully and stealthily is the way to go.

The dark and grimy Dunwall, which seems to be based in part on Victorian London, is a great setting. Levels range from the imposing headquarters of Dunwall's religion and its surrounding streets, to a brothel, to a giant bridge based on Tower Bridge. The world building elevates the game, with a wide variety of lore dotted about, and a feeling that Dunwall has a deep and interesting history. Interestingly Dunwall is designed by Victor Antonov, who also designed Half Life 2's City 17. An all-star cast, including Susan Sarandon and Brad Dourif, give good performances - particularly Sarandon as the spiteful and deranged Granny Rags.

DmC: Devil May Cry IMPORTANT

Dante's bizarre redesign irked a lot of long time fans, and the shift to 30fps gameplay was unfortunate, but DmC (a title that will never cease to annoy me) is actually a pretty good hack n slash game. I haven't personally played it, but my friend enjoyed it a great deal.

Dragon Age: Origins IMPORTANT
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening EXISTING
Dragon Age II IMPORTANT - Thanks @RogerRoger for your feedback on the game!
Dragon Age: Inquisition IMPORTANT
Dragon's Crown IMPORTANT
Gorgeous 2.D artwork. I love Vanillaware games.

Dragon Quest Builders IMPORTANT

I played this on the Vita. My personal favourite game of 2016, Builders is a delightful and skilfully crafted hybrid of an action RPG and Minecraftian building sim. It has all the whimsy and charm you'd expect from a Dragon Quest game, bolstered by a wonderful and hilarious script.
You play as the builder (you're repeatedly reminded that you're not a hero) and must collect materials from each map to restore light and rebuild the ruined world. Builders has an excellent structure, with the game divided into chapters - each with a discreet sandbox - so you're never left with no clue what to do. Outside of a few mandatory tasks in each chapter, it's entirely up to you how you go about building the various towns - and building is a lot of fun. At the end of each chapter you must fight bosses whose attacks are capable of ruining your towns, so fortifying your settlements is an absolute must. Watching your beloved creations get destroyed is rather upsetting.
Whilst building and crafting is the main focus, there's also a lot of enemy battles, which are easily the game's weakest element.
Another downside is that between each chapter you lose everything (including stamina), so must start from scratch. However, the process of doing this is actually rather rewarding, with new armour, materials and inventory items available in each part of the game.

DuckTales: Remastered UNIMPORTANT
Foul, ugly 2.5D and off physics are the order of the day. I really quite disliked this game. Yuck.

Das Duell – Männer vs. Frauen: Partyspaß Total! - POINTLESS

Was this released anywhere but Germany? Watched a trailer anyhow (there doesn't seem to be any gameplay videos) and it looks like a pretty ugly, naff mini-game collection filled with the joys of motion control. It has 25 mini games. Good value? I can't tell.

Duke Nukem Forever POINTLESS
Notable for its protracted, notoriously troubled development and changing hands a number of times, before finally being patched together for release by Gearbox. It looks messy, dated and hideous on all accounts.

Duke Nukem 3D EXISTING
An important and influential game when it was originally released, but in terms of the state of the genre on the PS3, it was rather dated.

Dynasty Warriors 6
Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires
Dynasty Warriors 7

I do enjoy Musou games, but haven't played any of these.