Quotation forthcoming.

This is the police is a bold game, innovative and creative. It has an impressive style and a compelling narrative.

The Star Trek saga finds its own online counterpart in this immense title. Despite the very strong and entertaining starship fighting and exploration systems, the shallow gameplay and the terrible on-foot missions prevents this game from being the announced hit that was rumored.

The fast and hectic gameplay is fairly pleasant, but the presence of a single mode, monotonous and with some balancing problem, limits the appeal of the game.

Seven years after the launch of Lost Dimension, FuRyu and the Lancarse studio are back on the scene to impress JRPG fans with dark-hued tactics. Although the influence of Shin Megami Tensei and Persona 5 in particular is evident on the narrative level, MONARK has won us over with a dramatic, crazy and sometimes brutal story, as well as able to make us reflect on the most hidden and primitive desires of mankind. So put aside any skepticism related to the almost unknown name of the Japanese developer and let yourself be overwhelmed by MONARK's excellent turn-based combat system: you'll go crazy!

Where the storytelling is solid enough to take the player along for the ride, the gameplay per se is disappointing, too prone to backtracking and cursed by bad platforming. A shame, because this indie project is pushed forward by sound ideas.

More a board game than a true videogame, it can still turn at-home evenings with friends and amiibos in a lot of fun.

An interesting chapter.

2K Drive represents the link between the mobile platform and a way to create driving titles differently, which aims to offer a more complete product.

King Arthur 2 is a great game with many improvements. It's a good mixture of RPG elements and Total War tactical elements. A must-buy for every fan of the strategy games.

Death Tank belongs to a genre not so popular and common. Even if it is enjoyable and it has simple mechanics, the price is too much onerous. You can find, on the marketplace, a masterpiece of the category (Worms) for many dollars less.

Echoes of the End is only halfway successful. The game boasts impressive technical features and a puzzle quality rarely found in an action adventure. While it's a pleasure to play, the Myrkur Games production suffers from a number of issues, including a rather crude combat system and, more generally, a fairly derivative story. In short, if the development team had been brave enough to take a few more months to iron out the flaws, we'd likely be talking about a product of a completely different caliber.

Serious Sam: Double D is an old school game that revives the genre of side-scrolling shooter. Mommy's Best Games is working hard, but the hilarious situations and the nice graphics are not enough for a game much too short and without any innovation.

The two narrative lines remain a bit too superficial, without ever deepen the ideas that would have deserved more.

By recovering and expanding the game formula developed by Stasis, Beautiful Desolation confirms the talent of The Brotherhood in creating captivating point and click adventures both on the narrative front and on the aesthetic side.

Lucky's Tale is not a traditional platform. Is the demonstration that Virtual Reality can enhance even the classic genres and speak its own interactive language. A great start for Oculus Rift's Line Up.

An interesting indie production, that can talk sweet words to the same public of titles like To The Moon. And don't forget the over the top musical score.

Aesthetically speaking it really interesting, but when it comes to gameplay it really lacks personality.

It's a good starting point to build on. Celebrating 20 years for the NFS brand, Ghost Games delivers an experience filled with content. There's room for improvements in the online and in the AI, but the foundations for a new interesting direction for the saga are all there.

Warface Breakout suffers from a "lightness" of content that tires quickly.

Quotation forthcoming.

It's an exciting journey that of Star Overdrive, a game that, with all its structural limitations, has proven capable of exciting and entertaining, despite the seemingly insurmountable goal that the Roman team of Caracal has placed at the base of the project. It's true, there are some naivety that do not allow it to rise to the level of other great productions of the large Switch software library but it is certainly an excellent starting point for future works, as well as an important spotlight on the crystalline talent of the company. If you are looking for a title that knows how to enhance the exploration of an alien planet, immersed in a sci-fi context inspired by rock and enriched by a series of well-made gameplay and content ideas, the story of Bios and Nous could be for you, especially by virtue of the competitive price at which it is offered.

Not the best possible remake of a largely unknown Mega Drive classic for Western players.

The potential for Bleeding Edge certainly does not seem to be lacking, and indeed the bases for something encouraging can still be seen: it remains to be seen what will be the support for the title in the medium / long term, the only factor actually able to transform what is today a promise with so much personality in a truly noteworthy exclusive.

Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is a fun game, but it's not enough. We appreciate the effort to adapt a sport that was based on other rules to a video game content that must come to terms with the needs of the gameplay. However, we reiterate, that today the content is really too little: the single player challenges are limited and the multiplayer can satisfy you for a few games, but nothing more. More modes, more proposals and a more varied offer were needed, especially in the customization of the team, which instead has few skills to improve. Fans will have their share of satisfaction in whizzing around with their brooms, but the difficulty of the gameplay risks raising the accessibility bar a lot and keeping out all that more casual audience that instead in Hogwarts Legacy had made the fortune of Portkey Games.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD is the perfect remake of the first two chapters of the series. While not adding anything new to the original package, Robomodo has successfully managed to reproduce the settings, modes and gameplay of a magnificent gaming generation.

Super Monkey Ball Banana Splitz do not represent a big debut on the PS Vita. It is surely a funny game but the problems on the level design side of the game show every limit of the title.

Onslaught is a peculiar game: even if it looks like a First Person Shooter, the kind of the action and the enemy routines recall the scrolling shooter of the 80’s. Even the “Perfect Score” philosophy and the outstanding difficulty remind of an “old style” game. The price of the download is not that high, and the multiplayer mode sustain a discrete replay value. Perfect for those who love challenging games and for the Wii owners that suffer for shooters lack.

It remains, after all, a pleasant and quite immersive space adventure, but the scepter of best VR title set in space still remains firmly in the hands of Lone Echo.

A nice kid game, and an unusual tie-in.

If you liked the first Kane & Lynch you can give a chance to Dog Days, but the game still suffer from a clumsy gameplay and inaccurate shooting mechanics.

Black Knight Sword is a little masterpiece by Grasshopper Manufacture.

The Outer Worlds therefore remains a brilliant game, even if in this case its light appears a little dimmer.

Shades of Darkness is a good video game, offering what every good expansion should always propose.

Albedo is, body and soul, like one of those sci-fi trash-cult movies from the sixties. May be rough around the edges, but filled with love and content.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus is not the game for whom has already played the counterpart on PS3 or XboX 360. With that said, the last portable instalment of the series is a good action game for everyone.

Strike Suit Zero is a good game that shows that Kickstarter can be used with profit. Unfortunately the game does not come close to the classic of the genre.

Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves is a perfect preview of the functionality of the Move in LittleBigPlanet PlayStation 2: the union of the classic controls with the management of the pointer on the screen makes the co-operation, above all, always engaging and very funny: the verbal communication between players will be essential to coordinate actions to perform.

Formula 1 is a game developed in a hurry for the Vita launch. That means a substantial lack of precision and refinements that lower the global quality of the production.

The combat system is fun, the gameplay is varied and the growth system works. Better than 358/2 Days, but recommended almost exclusively for diehard fans.

Another Code R misses the chance. The story is not brilliant as the ones of Hotel Dusk and of the first chapter, while the riddles and the puzzles aren't that deep.

Bounty Train is an atypical title, based on the belief that a management may not be completely focused on the pure and ruthless complexity of its mechanics.

The general sense of emptiness of the open world phases is still very present, and we would have liked some found more to differentiate secondary activities.

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis could and should have been the most convenient and immediate solution to review the entire Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, especially given what Square Enix is trying to achieve with the disputed Remake Trilogy. Unfortunately, however, the Japanese giant has bet on a damn confusing structure and a gacha component that risk resulting in the detestable phenomenon of pay-to-win. It's a real shame because, despite the limits imposed by the poor customization of the units, which during battles limits the feasible strategies and opens the door to monotony, the combat system of Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis is very valid and what's more the product can count on a truly delightful artistic direction. If for our part we feel like not recommending it to newbies, who due to the episodic formula would understand little or nothing about the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, historical fans could instead find it a pleasant pastime and, between one mission and another, discover some new details on their favorites.

Tree Of Tranquillity will please both the newcomers and the fans of the brand. By reducing the complexity of some actions and enriching the gameplay’s structure it stands in the series’ high spots. There are some issues: festival are less fun than usual, and the character design differs a lot from the classic. But these are collateral elements, and those who are looking for a solid Harvest Moon experience will find what they want.

Two years after the Japanese release, the only thing that stands out is the pixel-art style.

Ku's exploits clearly do not have the narrative balance of the Greek adventures, and do not add big variations to the gameplay formula, but they prove to be a solid and pleasant extension, a digression inside a very suggestive myth that deserves to be fully explored, waiting for the release of The Lost Gods, the last act of the Season Pass ready to lead us back to Ancient Greece.

Stronghold Crusaders II follows the lead of its (old) predecessor. It's a nice strategy game coming from an ancient golden age.

The Saints Row reboot offers a fun experience, made even more varied by the numerous Criminal Enterprises and capable of bestowing smiles, given the presence of crazy weapons to discover and out of the ordinary Skills. In addition to the journey of brotherhood at the base of the story, the real element that pushes to extend the stay in Santo Ileso is the boundless customization, which will allow you to have the last word on the look of characters, weapons, cars and the Saints HQ. Anchored in some ways to stylistic features of the past, the latest Volition effort is affected by some critical issues both on the playful and purely graphic front and more generally fails to make the series reach new evolutionary peaks. That said, if you're a lover of chaos and easygoing, manageable criminal travels, get ready to end the summer with a bang.

An RTS without strategical depth. Sharp look, nice unit design, ad an impressive amount of extras, but a complete failure on the gameplay side.

Slender: The Arrival confirms the many doubts emerged during the preview, showing obvious limitations dictated by the lacks of a gameplay structure that deviates from what we saw in "Slender: The Eight Pages", its predecessor.

Kirby Fighters 2 is, however, the definitive confirmation of the fact that there is nothing left to squeeze out of the old Kirby minigames and that it is therefore time to move on, possibly once and for all.

Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered is a product similar in objectives to the previous work of Aspyr Media and, due to some of its limitations, it may not be appealing to new generations of players. That said, net of the critical issues related to the original experiences, the work done by the developers is more than appreciable and will delight all fans with a few more years on their shoulders eager to get back to grips with the classic iterations of Tomb Raider.

It might appear as an easy game to play, but there's depth in the mechanics, and the visual style is just right.

Quotation forthcoming.

If only Ash of Gods had not been crushed by excessive ambitions, perhaps we would be grappling with a worthy heir to The Banner Saga.

It remains an interesting operation with its own dignity, especially due to the fact that it is an IP that arrived in the West for the first time in 35 years, which is always a moment of discovery and curiosity.

MXGP 2 desperately needs a new graphic engine. It's a solid motocross experience but there aren't many improvements from the previous chapter.

MillionHeir is a very singular game. It has a good graphical and acoustic system and, most of all, it has an unique style, linked to “objet trouvé” and “ready-made” aesthetic wave. On the other hand, the gameplay mechanic is a little bit linear and repetitious. If Big Fish Games had offered more diversions to the central formula, MillionHeir would have been a great game, suitable even for the graphical adventure fans, and not only for extravagances lovers.

The story is even touching, introspective, infused with details and curiosities that widen the knowledge of the dark machinations of the Niflheim Empire.

Rustler is a fun pastime without particular pretensions that succeeds discreetly, and at a low cost (on Steam it is in promotion for only 14 euros), in order to entertain the player with a series of characters and events beyond all logic.

The idea is sound, but controls sometimes lack precision, and there's much frustration paving the road to full completion.

Despite being part of a series that has always stood out positively in the microcosm of isometric action RPGs, Torchlight 3 proved to be a mediocre, confusing and incomplete game.

The second opera of teedoubleuGAMES, Immortal Planet wants to be a tribute to the kind of souls-like, a title that makes the core of the combat system, but leaves many cracks.

Dillon's Rolling Western is one of the best 3DS eShop Games, with a delicious graphic style and a gameplay that mixes strategy and action in a functional way.

Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce tries to refresh the saga but a new online mode is not enough to do that. Srikeforce is a hack 'n slash with only one purpose: slash furiously between ranks of defensless enemies pushing only the same two buttons. Playing with a friend may be funny, but the solo mode soon become boring.

By partially abandoning the arcade style SEGA has made a bad choice. Virtua Tennis 4 is flawed in many ways, from its unresponsive control scheme to the poor use of the motion controls. Not the best way to enjoy tennis on Wii.

A very artistically inspired title.

After the excellent Monark, it seems that FuRyu is struggling a lot to hit the target. To demonstrate this, Aquria's latest effort has unfortunately proven to be yet another half-successful action RPG: a galvanizing combat system that pays attention to customization is counterbalanced in this case by a narrative structure devoid of character, a defeatist level design and, more generally, from a graphics sector that is a few generations behind. Add to the cocktail a limited longevity and the shortage of secondary content, and you will hardly be able to justify the outlay requested on day one by the publisher NIS America.

Choplifter HD maintains the concept and the same level of challenge of the famous original version, although burdened with some choices of game design and an inaccurate targeting system. Frustrating at times, this remake by Inxile Interactive is undoubtedly still fun.

Ambitious and extremely intelligent in creating a playful and narrative system that is always coherent, Twin Mirror proved to be a fascinating title.

Tomb Raider Reloaded is a simple and fun product that can keep you entertained for a few hours. After that, the problems that distinguish most of these free to play productions begin to emerge. The flow of gameplay is abruptly interrupted upon completion of the third location, a moment in which an insurmountable barrier is revealed that requires hours and hours of grinding or the use of a credit card to be able to be circumvented. The title of Emerald City Games is also less generous than other of its more illustrious colleagues and the lack of mechanics such as the automatic completion of the levels makes progression even less easy. In short, it is a perfect experience for a game every now and then, but which in the long run shows all its limits.

This is a good (re) starting point (re) from which to form the final phase of the videogame.

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 is the most successful episode of the saga. Despite the many flaws of the combat system the game is able to amuse and entertain.

It really mirrors the flaws of the original games. The level design is superb, but the gameplay feels flat and repetitive after a little while.

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is a fair product. It still shows some quality difference between the various disciplines, and its AI is not well balanced, but it's worth to play it with friends or family, as it can give moments of fun and lightheartedness with its multiplayer mode.

It's really short, just a couple of hours of entertainment, but at the same time the gameplay is original and interesting.

Stormling tells a story with undoubted potential, without however supporting it with a careful management of textual narrative and good game design.

To fully exploit its potential, however, Dark Eclipse needs a close-knit community and constant support from developers, with the aim of changing the gaming offer and guaranteeing a quick matchmaking for online matches.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 boasts a wealth of content that's probably unmatched in the series, though some of its components aren't as qualitatively up to par with previous installments. The campaign is, without a doubt, among the worst ever seen in the series, and the endgame mode, while fun, currently has little to offer. Fortunately, multiplayer and Zombies, with their blend of tradition and innovation, manage the difficult task of carrying the weight of a product that, more than ever this year, is struggling to establish itself on the market.

Phantom Brave: The Triangle Hermuda is undoubtedly a good turn-based strategy. Unfortunately it is too similar to the original and doesn't have the same quality of Disgaea.

It might not be cheap, but it's still a good remaster of a legendary game.

Fortunately, not just a GTA clone. The strategic interaction with your personal "crew" and with the city add a nice twist to the classic Free Roaming mechanics. And the plot is good enough.

It can be quite fun when enjoyed with friends, but it lacks content and originality. Especially when it comes to the stealth mechanics, which could've expanded the gameplay's scope, but don't get enough value in the final mix.

It's a perfect mobile game, much less enjoyable on big screens. Structured in riddles, the touch-and-go gameplay experience feels diminished from a more constant approach.

If you are looking for a title that is difficult but you know how to curious and enjoy yourself, the few hours spent with Atomega may still be worth the cost of the ticket.

In short, even after seven years, Rebellion hits the target again.

One step forward and two steps back. The handling model and the graphics at last received a necessary overhaul, but the game presents itself stripped of career and alternative modes, slightly bugged and still missing a convincing collision system. It will still please fans of the saga who don't care about progression, but for the full package we'll probably have to wait until next year.

The pace of the narration is too slow, plus there is an avalanche of bugs, glitches and technical problems that contribute to undermining the experience.

The playful component is also ludicrous, which has proved boring and devoid of intriguing tricks, especially for a shooting component made too roughly.

Despite not being able to revamp itself, Wii Party U remains a decent party game for a great evenings among friends and relatives. Its aggressive pricing makes it even more attractive.

Waiting for the return of Diablo, this new Hack'n'Slash pleases the gamer, thanks to the great variety of situations and characters.

The Driving model is almost perfect (even better than GT5 Prologue's?), and there is a great number of game modes, cars and tracks. Unfortunately, AI is terrible and the visual look not so sharp.

A lot of quests, characters, dialogues and huge world to explore: those who loved the previous chapters of the series will find everything they was expecting. Still, there are no improvements to the formula: Risen 3 maintains a faulty combat system and a not-so-shiny engine.

Not always fascinating.

Lovely retro-style, interesting new game modes.

Sonic Adventure 2 has aged well. Nevertheless its purchase should be considered carefully, because of defects that already penalized the original version.

Future installments will need to do more.