Below is a great indie game which can mix genres and mechanics to tell a story that is worth playing. It could have been a real masterpiece, with some more balance between the combat system and the survival gameplay.

Not the amusing fair you were expecting. This Carnival Games revival is a complete disaster.

Book of Demons, with its wonderful game design and inventive, is an hack’n’slash that respects the time of the player. It’s ironic, fun to play, and challenging. The card system is solid: we hope to see it improved in future "Return 2 Games" installments.

Mario returns to his beloved two-dimensional world. A well-crafted and fun collection of games.

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition is the remastered version in high resolution for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC of the original game, released 10 years ago. It adds two new playable characters and unpublished costumes in the West. It offers excellent cel shading graphics, anime-like cutscene sequences and a very dynamic real-time combat system.

It could have been a fantastic VR porting but this version of Borderlands 2 lacks any previously released DLCs and PlayStation Aim controller support. Too Bad.

Quotation forthcoming.

On PlayStation 4, Subnautica has maintained loyalty to its original spirit, but has not corrected some technical limits and issues. In any case, it's an interesting first person survival, with a strong identity and a good balance between exploration and storytelling.

Pathfinder: Kingmaker is a competent and efficient classical RPG that introduces a new interesting managerial aspect but is also affected by a lot of boring and uninteresting moments. Crashes and bugs also don’t help.

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics is a barely sufficient tactical experience that brings few novelties to the table while severely limiting both the depth and the longevity of its own gameplay.

With the new DLC dedicated to the X Games, Steep is now complete. After two years, the gameplay offers mechanics for both type of gamer: extreme or technician. This DLC is the right content at the right time, although limited by the gameplay design.

Guacamelee! 2 is a fun metroidvania, with wonderful gameplay choices, a lot of irony and beautiful music. It’s not a surprise, because everything in the game improves the already good Guacamelee! Playing this title in portable mode will give you a lot of satisfaction.

Iris. Fall is an indie game that offers a good variety of puzzles and a design that hits the mark. Its communicative power is demonstrated by an intriguing story told without a single line of dialogue, matched with an effective soundtrack.

Yokai Watch 3 is a role-playing game developed for the Nintendo 3DS by Level-5, which is the sequel to Yo-kai Watch 2 and Yo-kai Watch Blasters. The game introduces a new battle system called the Tactics Medal Board. There are over 600 kinds of Yo-kai you can make friends with and use in battle.

Ashen is an excellent souls-like action-rpg, with a silent, mysterious narrative and a technical combat system. Maybe it's a bit 'too much derived from souls of From Software, but for quality and quantity of experience is a product of undisputed value, also thanks to a fascinating art design.

Earth Defense Force 5 is a game with a loyal fanbase that certainly does not want revolutions in the genre. However, this is not an excuse for creating a lazy product, without an attempt at improvements yet still full-priced.

Quotation forthcoming.

Gigantic, monumental, colossal. Fresh and easy for newcomers, deep and challenging for seasoned players. After Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it's really hard to imagine how this series is going to improve in the next entries.

Ride 3 is the third installment of the bike racing series by Milestone. With 230+ different bikes and up to 30 tracks and a solid physics engine with nice graphics, this game is a real masterpiece for all the bikers, both amateurs and pros.

Ideal for a very wide audience, demanding at the right point, embellished with a stimulating plot, as long as you do not expect a new milestone of the genre, The Room will entertain you, thanks to a design of the puzzles really successful.

Mutant Year Zero is a splendid romp through an apocalyptic world in which tactical stealth battles are the meat of the experience served with a deep, fascinating and carefully crafted world, inhabited by funny and interesting characters.

Avalanche wraps an even more explosive Just Cause title, with extreme weather conditions that produce stunning effects on the island of Solís. Just Cause 4, however, can’t manage to overcome the critical aspects of the past chapters, mostly for the uncompelling plot.

Assassin's Creed Rebellion is an experience with a functional and rather canonical structure, which makes use of all the devices necessary to integrate into the mobile market. However, the formula is effective, thanks to a progression that is not excessively slow and to amusing missions.

Tetris Effect recycles features and gameplay mechanics already seen elsewhere. Yet we are faced with an amazing, beautiful and gorgeous patchwork. One of the best titles on PlayStation VR.

One of the toughest platform-shooter ever made, graphically renewed with a beautiful cartoon style. Can be frustrating for those who prefers a more relaxing challenge.

Abzû is a short but intense, aesthetically inspired experience. Its message has multiple levels of reading and says a lot, without a single word. Journey's inspirations are present and evident, but the title manages to maintain its own identity.

Quotation forthcoming.

Based on the lore of Persona, the gameplay is intuitive and its difficulty will meet all kinds of players' skill.

Based on the lore of Persona, the gameplay is intuitive and its difficulty will meet all kinds of players' skill.

OkunoKA is a brilliant 2D platform addressed to hardcore gamers. It takes the core ideas behind some of the greatest games of the genre, adding some great ideas to create a unique gameplay and a wonderful experience.

My Hero One's Justice is an ideal fighting game for fans of the series. Unfortunately, the not particularly refined gameplay makes it a repetitive game in the long run.

Project Warlock is an instant old school fps, frenetic and fun, which pays homage to the origins of the genre, rooted in the 90s. It is, however, a playful experience that due to its repetitive and little varied nature may not find the right response in a more general, young and modern public.

Darksiders III is what a Darksiders title should be, even with its flaws. The improved gameplay and the astonishing level design make the game worth playing, even if the main story will not be remembered as one of the best in the franchise.

Despite the excellent foundation on which it is based, Overkill's The Walking Dead is a mediocre production. Although it can still be saved, at present, the excessive repetitiveness and the artificial difficulty imposed by the developers make playing and progressing simply frustrating, ruining the experience.

Bethesda has betrayed Fallout's spirit to create a game full of bugs and without a soul.

World of Final Fantasy Maxima is a sensible project that finds a precise dimension on the Nintendo Switch. It is an excellent opportunity to enjoy or recover (even in mobile) a surprisingly effective and deep title, despite some slight technical limitation due to a less reliable hardware.

Unfortunately the game is an unrefined mess, full of bugs, framerate drops and bad physics. It’s more a puzzle-platformer with stealth and some basic rpg elements instead of an rpg dungeon crawler, and it’s not so immersive and free as the developers think. Maybe it will be improved, in fact the graphic it’s good and so the locations design, but right now it’s not the spiritual successor that backers deserved.

A smart adaptation that use Switch full potential. A great game that is fun to play both with touch and analogic controls.

Quotation forthcoming.

The classic, super fun, Just Dance. The Joy-Cons works wonderfully, while more readable menus make the user experience more satisfying.

A gorgeous looking game filled with fairy tale narrative and easy gameplay elements... maybe a little too easy.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a remake to be considered as a reworking of the original games. The work done by the development team is commendable, they not only recreated the stories of the American team with a new look, but they also enriched them in details and in the gameplay. Insomniac's work has stood the test of time, and thanks to the work of Toys For Bob, it is reborn, beautiful as ever, and able to give hours of fun to those who played it two decades ago as well as those who never had the chance.

Battlefield V is a solid experience crafted from BF1 for BF1’s fans. It’s a great start for a game that in the next months (hopefully) is going to show its true potential.

Somewhere in the middle between a regular Pokémon episode and an entry-level spin-off, Pokémon Let’s Go manages to entertain both the seasoned player and the newcomer. It’s easy, OK, but not less fun, and returning to Kanto is a treat.

Somewhere in the middle between a regular Pokémon episode and an entry-level spin-off, Pokémon Let’s Go manages to entertain both the seasoned player and the newcomer. It’s easy, OK, but not less fun, and returning to Kanto is a treat.

The second chapter of the recent Hitman (2016) is a “more of the same”, with some minor adjustments and more multiplayer support. IO abandons the episodic format but the sensation of playing a fragmented game is still there. Except for this, Hitman 2 presents spectacular scenarios and some challenges worthy of note. The level design is still wonderful and compensates for a certain lack of innovation.

Just like Valiant Heart from Ubisoft, My Memory of Us tackles a heavy subject with the tenderness of a friendship and (too) easy gameplay mechanics.

Steel Rats is a title that we want to promote, thanks to a successful hybridization of playing styles that are not too simple to match and an immediate, amusing and at the same time varied and satisfying play structure. The smudging of the title is mainly linked to an excessively minimal narrative segment and to a sometimes ineffective sense of progression. Nonetheless, these are rather marginal aspects in the calculation of such an immediate, frenetic and enjoyable experience.

Wet Dreams Don’t Dry is funny but, like its main characters, lose in the ending. Its not particularly innovative or wit, but it’s well built and try its best to revive its icon with a new, updated look.

A fascinating narrative VR adventure partially ruined by too linear gameplay and poorly conceived puzzles.

Diablo 3 is back and now you can play the complete collection wherever you go, with a bunch of new features and content.

Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk deserved a second chance, especially for a deep and rich turn-based combat system. Unfortunately the plot is not told with the right rhythm, and the technical department is backward. Recommended for old-fashioned dungeon crawler and GDR fans.

A dark and gothic take on the survival RPG genre, in which cooperate is the only way to survive.

Wandersong is a title we recommend. it is an adventure that hits straight to the heart. If you are looking for a breath of fresh air, consider this.

A lovely Castlevania-like adventure with intriguing time-control mechanics. It also looks and plays great.

A wonderful work built with good taste and an intriguing – although simple – plot. A very responsive and functional menu helps during the difficult investigation, the graphic shows inventiveness. Sounds and Voice actors are overall great.

Fire Pro Wrestling World is an ode to the past of videogames and to the past of wrestling, but just a small number of players will love it. Japanese wrestling is not so popular in the west, and the gameplay of Wrestling World is enjoyable only if you are into retrogaming.

Luigi's Mansion was pure Nintendo magic on the GameCube and it's still an entertaining gem on the 3DS, which adds some cool new features.

Football Manager 2019 is a good step forward for the series, thanks to a system enriched and expanded in the capillarity of its structure. The new management tactics and training allow an even deeper and more precise approach in the preparation of the team and individual matches. It is, therefore, the usual immense and encyclopaedic football managerial experience, which certainly will not disappoint enthusiasts. We would have expected, however, a clear improvement regarding some of the historical problems of the series.

Call of Cthulhu is a game with so many flaws but nevertheless it's a really different kind of RPG, a unique kind of game in which the player really feels like the main character of a compelling lovecraftian tale. If you are an avid fan of the author from Providence this is easily an 8/10 and a must have.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is not only a masterpiece of design philosophy and open-world expertise. Is a whole new world for the videogame industry: it does things that are unprecedented in entertainment media, and it does them perfectly.

The Bard’s Tale 4 is a splendid and fresh take on the RPG genre. Production values are very high and the experience never fails to entertain. Bugs and glitches abound but are being hunted down by the devs.

Again, a Remastered version comes for the Nintendo Switch, this time bringing the Miyazaki’s masterpiece on a new console. The Switch is powerful enough to render every texture in HD but the framerate is not so stable as the last Remastered on PlayStation 4. Maybe not the best version, but the only one that allows to bring Dark Souls with you outside.

Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a side-scrolling action stealth video game developed by Klei Entertainment. This remastered version has the contents of the Ninja Special Edition and supports 4K. Mark of the Ninja remastered is a must for all lovers of the stealth genre.

Graveyard Keeper adds an interesting theme to the successful Stardew Valley genre. Unfortunately it also adds some inconvenient UI and UX issues and an atmosphere that fails to really involve the player.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas is a promising new IP dedicated to younger players, allowing them to explore a vast and fascinating universe. Despite the bland story and a certain repetitiveness, we were conquered by the compelling gameplay. If Ubisoft is able to fix the weaker aspects of the game, the future of Starlink could be promising. Sadly the decision to sell separately every single element of the game could keep the players away.

Warriors Orochi 4 is a conventional and aseptic title, able to reveal perfectly the controversies of an eternally debated videogame subgenre. It is an action hack'n slash experience that will not dissatisfy those related to the carefree and shallow depth of products of this type, extremely and purposefully conveyed on a pure and immediate fun. It is, however, also a title that fails to renew itself too effectively, and which preserves a too repetitive gameplay and an obsolete technical compartment.

NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 is starting to show its true potential. Few minor changes in the gameplay and more game modes could transform a good game in the true NBA Jam successor.

Frozen Synapse 2 is an average attempt at bettering a masterpiece. It actually makes few things worst introducing a bland open world and filling it with bugs and glitches a ton. Still good fun in multiplayer though.

Thronebreaker is different thing from the good old Gwent. It’s a puzzle adventure mixed with some RPG choice, introducing a spin off story with Meve the warrior queen and many recalls to the main storyline, lived in The Witcher series. As a spin off, it is worth the shot, and the budget price sounds right.

Lamplight City is a successful point-and-click graphic adventure in terms of storytelling and with a convincing and pleasant retro – pixel art style. The almost total absence of enigmas, together with the lack of interactivity, prevent him, however, to aspire to the top of the genre.

The first Disgaea game is back in a great HD remake. All assets are rebuilt from zero and the game now features all the additions of the Nintendo DS and PSP versions. If you never played the first chapter of this funny jRPG series, this is the perfect chance to remedy, and it comes in a retail version too.

A non-sense indie arcade game that recalls Katamari Damacy's gameplay style but falls too short to be remembered.

Beautiful on a normal TV, amazing in virtual reality, Transference is an experiment that only a few will appreciate. Difficult to understand, enigmatic and complex, it proposes thematic that make you reflect. Poor in terms of play, fascinating in terms of art design.

Track Lab is an original and unique game. It is not the best puzzle game you will play, the editor is limited and rudimentary. Nevertheless, music lovers will find it fun and interesting.

WWE 2K19 is one of the best wrestling games of all time, just because it doesn’t have all the problems suffered by the last chapters of the series. With a renewed Career, hundreds of wrestlers and an enjoyable gameplay, the game is a must for every WWE and wrestling fan.

Astro Bot is easily the best platformer of the VR era and one of the best ever made on a PlayStation platform.

Space Hulk Tactics is a splendid conversion of the tabletop game. New mechanics, high production values and a ton of content and modes make this version the must-have for all the ‘aficionados’ of the series.

An eclectic and unconventional videogame, which combines a rather original game structure to a salacious and sarcastic self-mockery.

Swery's the MISSING is a touching game, with original thoughts behind a good and surprising plot. A mysterious and mystic adventure through classic puzzle-platforming. Sometimes is slow and unrefined but the good atmosphere deletes the pains of backtracking and dead times.

Black Ops 4 is one of the best Call of Duty games to date. The multiplayer and the Zombies experiences are excellent, but Blackout needs more personality and a different economic model to try to steal Fortnite and PUBG players.

A little bit better, rich and original than the last LEGO games but still far from the best outing of the series.

After 10 years, The World Ends With You is still an original game. OK, gameplay wise we’re not getting the full experience on Switch due to the lack of a second screen, but nonetheless the option of playing in local multiplayer all by ourselves manages to recreate some of the original feelings. The HD graphics are spot on, but the overall experience isn’t as good as we remembered, and the price point seems a bit off given the age of the game.

So, here’s the plan: invite your friends over, order some take out, crack open a cold one and have fun! Super Mario Party offers a wide variety of (generally) fun minigames, more than enough game modes and a couple of interesting ideas on how to use both the Joy-Cons and Switch’s features. It’s a great party game that will entertain the seasoned gamer and the newcomer as well.

Mega Man 11 arrives as part of 30th anniversary celebration of the series breaking up from the classic gameplay and 8-bit style and finally offering something new to the mix. Mega Man 11 is in many ways a crossover between the main series and the X one. The brand new double gear system opens the door to new gameplay styles and it feels very enjoyable. Even die-hard fans will have a tough time with this new chapter, and newcomers will be happy to find easier difficulty settings…maybe too much easy. Challenges and time-attack modes offer lots of repeatability, though soundtrack is not very memorable.

Lost Paradise fails to bring Hokuto No Ken's fans the masterpiece they were hoping for, but it's still an enjoyable game with a twirled story and lots of content for Yakuza lovers.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is one of the best chapters of the series, and will delight any fan. Too bad for a limping technical optimization, which spoils the performance of what could have been the best Assassin's Creed ever made.

Engaging, graphically impressive, enriched by an excellent level design. Firewall Zero Hour is one of the best games available for PlayStation VR. Recommended for lovers of online FPS.

A beefy stand-alone prequel DLC with the same lights and shadows of the main game and a fresh twist on the combat system side.

The 2nd Runner – M∀RS brings back the gorgeous arcade shooter gameplay of Zone of the Enders, with an adrenalinic VR twist. Welcome back Jeuthy.

My Brother Rabbit is a rather canonical point and click puzzle game, whose lack of originality in the structure of the enigmas and whose low level of challenge stain an artistic and narrative sector, on the contrary, full of good ideas, able to engage the player with an exciting fairy tale plot.

An entertaining Diablo-clone with some clever gameplay ideas and a solid combat system. The lack of any kind of multiplayer is quite disappointing.

Immortal: Unchained is a souls like third person shooter game developed and published by Toadman Interactive. The idea of a souls like with guns is amazing, but the way it is developed, it looks like a set of beautiful non-original ideas stuck together.

A smaller, dirtiest and less smart version of the good game available on the other platforms.

Playground Games has gone further, improving the already huge third chapter in every single component. The dynamic seasons, the shared world, the magnificent graphics and the fulfilling driving model are enough to wipe out the competition and make Forza Horizon 4 a must buy for all Xbox One and PC owners.

Super Seducer 2 is a sequel that's not required, considering that due to the limited development time, the gameplay is full of bugs and errors in foreign language versions. The quality of the scenes and acting do not improve the situation.

Death's Gambit is only a souls-like? At first glance the answer is definitely yes but it is also a lot more. White Rabbit manage to create a great but nevertheless fragile game which despite the flaws and the lapse of taste in some situations deserves your attention.

Star Traders: Frontiers is a fantastic open adventure in a space in which we can basically do whatever we want. The final product is much more than the (sometimes not perfect) single mechanics involved.