Dragon's Dogma is one of the freshest experiences in this genre we've seen in a long time.

One of those typical Nintendo games that won't be remembered for being innovative, but for using a proven formula where fun is the only priority.

Diablo III is one of those games capable of keeping you addicted for weeks or months, a feat available only to a few.

After almost ten years waiting, Max Payne 3 is still a linear and repetitive experience. But... is this really a problem when the game is so incredibly majestic?

A great mix of strategy and 2D platforming.

Datura wanted to be an adventure, but its control prevents it from succeeding.

If you like games that allow you to be as crazy as possible, you should play Prototype 2.

It's not the disaster many expected, but Fable Heroes is a simplistic game that takes advantage of a well-known name.

It's difficult to explain with words what makes a game so great that actually doesn't use them at all.

Trials Evolution can be really annoying, but it's impossible that you won't like it.

The Walking Dead is not a traditional adventure game nor a survival horror: it's more like an interactive novel that complements the comic and the TV series.

A sad example of style over substance. Bloodforge looks cool with its over the top violence, but actually it's a boring, uninspired and repetitive game.

An interesting blend of strategy and action, although it really needs more enemies, more missions, more scenarios and more units.

A celebration of the European soccer championship that only offers a few new game modes and updated rosters.

Five or six years ago The Splatters could have been one of the most addictive games on Xbox Live Arcade, but nowadays there are much better options.

Kinect's lack of accuracy is again the root of all problems. The dance minigame is cool, but the rest of the game fails because it's never clear which kind of audience it tries to appeal.

The obsession to recollect every object in the game causes an extremely slow character progression. It has its audience, but Risen 2 may not be very attractive for those who like story-driven RPGs like the ones published by BioWare.

Although it's not exactly the indie revolution many expected, there's more talent in a couple of Fez's levels than in many entire triple A games published in recent years.

Although the price is quite attractive, bear in mind that this collection mixes great games like Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix or Final Fight: Double Impact with some that are not as good, like Flock or Rocketmen.

Speedthru's biggest mistake is being a mediocre puzzle game that's not addictive enough.

Great production values are not surprising in a game coming from Crytek, but it's a shame that Fibble confuses 'casual gaming' with 'too easy gaming'.

A nice and unexpected goal for a handheld living the end of its cycle.

A nice and unexpected goal for a handheld living the end of its cycle.

A step forward for Pendulo, a talented studio that celebrates its adulthood this year.

This is the worst HD remastered collection published until now. It's a shame, as a great franchise like Silent Hill deserved much better than this poor effort.

Exactly the kind of the change needed by the franchise, although this new game depends too much on luck and randomness.

An unstable product. It tries to be complete and original, but ends up being too simple.

The remastering process is not as good as we expected, but those three games are still quite fun and addictive.

A great game, and a must have for shmup fans.

Ninja Gaiden 3 is quite spectacular, but not as fun as the first two games.

Although it's made especially for Yakuza fans, Dead Souls is also an unconventional mix of Japanese eccentricity and undead mythology.

A great hardcore action game, with surprisingly deep difficulty and customization options.

Exactly what you'd expect from a Total War game. Fall of the Samurai is a great standalone game, even if you did not play Shogun 2.

A very nice cross between the gameplay styles of Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Street Fighter IV.

More of the same, but not better. Dynasty Warriors Next doesn't boost the strategy elements and insists on its boring and tedious action.

It has very good ideas, but somehow the game derailed while on its cursed development.

One of 2012's most refreshing and stimulating videogames: easy to pick up, spectacular and very enjoyable.

Only for Eiichiro Oda fans. The rest should better try Ken's Rage, also from Namco.

BioWare couldn't have provided a more satisfying ending to the trilogy. Mass Effect 3 is more a work of iteration than innovation, but sometimes that's just the right path to achieve excellence.

Journey is something that purely relates to who we are and what we are, an experience that will give you as much as you give to it, that needs to be absorbed and processed.

The worst thing about Lumines is that it doesn't come bundled with the PlayStation Vita: like Tetris for the Game Boy, this is the kind of puzzle game that defines a new handheld.

In Warp your manual skills are more important than your intelligence, something that doesn't seem quite right in a puzzle game.

Binary Domain is like a Frankenstein of ideas and concepts that work well, but it ends up not being better than many other games.

It can be incredibly exciting, but also quite boring. We like it because it's brave, but even if it tries to Asura's Wrath is not exactly what we'd call a videogame.

The new Syndicate works especially well in its cooperative mode, where the whole reboot idea is completely justified.

Even if the multiplayer mode is missing, Rayman Origins is one of the best games available for Sony's new handheld.

SSX is a great game for anyone who loves videogames, not only for those who love snowboarding: the snow is just an excuse to provide you a lot of fun.

The social component, bizarre customisation and arcade gameplay are the main elements that shape Reality Fighters.

Mistwalker has made a great effort to add new ideas, but the game falls short of its own ambitions.

This is the best soccer game available for a handheld, but being based on FIFA 11 it's a bit annoying to readapt yourself to the old controls if you play a lot with FIFA 12.

The story is good enough to stand the comparison with the other Uncharted games, and that should be the only reason you'd need to go and buy this one.

SEGA tries to fit as many minigames as possible in a little cartridge, but actually only a few of them are really worth your money.

The idea of Remedy using the time loop concept as a key narrative tool sounds great, but actually it does not work as well in a videogame as it did in films like Groundhog Day or Donnie Darko.

Arika succeeds in translating the Tekken experience to Nintendo's handheld, but the lack of content makes other offerings like Super Street Fighter IV or Dead or Alive: Dimensions much more recommended for most players.

A surprising effort by EA Sports. In its current state Grand Slam Tennis 2 is clearly behind Top Spin 4, but with interesting ideas, like the Total Racquet Control scheme or the Classic Grand Slams, it promises to become a serious and strong contender if EA believes in its product and keeps polishing it.

Not as good as we expected, but Reckoning will appeal RPG fans with many hours of fun.

A nice remix between the rules of Risk and Scrabble.

One of the best games you'll play this year: adult, intelligent and very refreshing.

A solid shooter with innovative mechanics, although its level design is not so inspired and it could be a bit more dynamic in its narrative.

A step in the right direction and a great fighting game, although it's difficult to compete against the current king of the genre, SSFIV.

Neverdead's problem is that, albeit being original and fun, it soon gets repetitive due to the abuse of its procedures.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is better than its predecessor, but it's also a game made especially for fans, for those who were not ashamed to admit that they liked FFXIII.

A real challenge: Dustforce is the hardcore Flower, pure zen meditation for hardcore gamers.

A great compilation that nobody who loves videogames should miss.

Although it tries to recover the survival horror feel of the first games in the franchise, Revelations is much more focused on action. This may annoy some fans, but it's a great game anyway.

It probably won't be as succesful as WoW, but SWTOR seems to be on the right path and BioWare can make something huge if they fix some bugs and add a few things. Its main appeal, though, is that this MMO seems like a giant Star Wars themepark for fans.

In an era of downloadable and indie games with complex mechanics, All Zombies Must Die doesn't seem to be aware of its own limitations.

Boom Street would have worked well as a board game, but as a videogame it does never seem to find its place.

Even Tekken fans can be offended by this. Charging almost forty euros for a ten year old game remake, a demo and a crappy movie is unacceptable.

Pure classical gameplay, a first person shooter that's more like the original Doom than a modern game.

To the Moon is more a narrative experience than a game, but a quite touching one.

Extremely simple, but also extremely addictive. For less than a dollar it's a steal.

Sonic Generations offers exactly what fans want: the classic speed of the Genesis games.

The premise is original and attractive, but the result is not that great, mainly due to a poor use of Kinect and the fact that this should have been published as a downloadable game with a lower price point.

A must have for Nintendo's handheld. 3D Land is a search for the roots of what made Mario the king of the platform genre.

One of the prettiest 2D platformers of this generation.

This might be the best portable RPG published this year, plenty of quality and personality.

This a game aimed towards fans: if you've never played a Disgaea before you'll find it dense and difficult, as it lacks an explanation for many of its concepts.

Bigger, badder, better. WWE 12 is the game that depicts best this brutal sport, although it still has some flaws in its control that should be polished next year.

A worthwhile addition to the Gears universe especially appeling for fans, as it lets you visit some unexplored past events of the war between humans and Locusts.

Solid gameplay, inspired design and great graphics. Mario Kart 7 is not a revolution, but it's exactly the racing game that 3DS needs.

You'll have to go all the way back to 1993 until you can find a game that delivers this much fun. Telltale, this is how you should have done when you resurrected the adventure genre. Beware, you're not alone anymore…

It may not beat Dance Central 2 och Just Dance 3, but The Black Eyed Peas Experience is worth checking out if you like the genre and love the group. The presentation and career mode makes a good impression, and the intricate dance moves compensate for the lack of variety.

Entertaining for fans of Tolkien's universe, but too repetitive and linear to appeal anyone else.

The Third is probably the funniest sandbox of this generation. It required three games, but finally Saints Row shows its true face.

A game that had a lot of potential but seems to be cut in half. It lacks what excited us when it was first announced at E3, as if the developer wasn't brave enough to bet for what it made it different.

Not a total disaster, but we expected much more from it. Reloaded is a game that doesn't stand out in anything and will be easily forgotten in the most competitive genre of the gaming market.

It could have been great as a DLC for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, but as a standalone game it doesn't work that well.

It's a shame that now that it would be possible to do a great Dragon Ball videogame we only find products like this that only exploit our love for the manga/anime.

A great opportunity to revisit the most influential first person shooter of the last decade.

A master class in videogame design.

While Just Dance is fundamentally a social game, Dance Central 2 is a proper dancing game.

It's this simple: Daytona USA is the perfect console port of an arcade legend.

This is probably the best Modern Warfare ever published. The campaign is not as fresh as we hoped, but every new touch in the multiplayer is indisputable.

The greatest thing about Skyrim is that Bethesda has created a world where our imagination does not have to fill in the blanks: you just have to explore them and live them.

Pure grindhouse and stupidly fun. Not very recommended if you already played it on the Wii, but if not you will probably like its irreverent and adolescent attitude.

Not a new step in the genre, but Rocketbirds shows a refined formula that works beautifully.

Sonic celebrates its 20th birthday with what can easily be the best game in the franchise in many years.