It’s a title where difficulty isn’t just about advancing mission after mission but doing so with as few casualties as possible. This makes Engage the perfect gateway to the series, as well as a handful of good memories for those already familiar with it. A game which perfectly balances periods of action with quiet, enjoyable interludes in which to chat with other characters, play minigames and try out new weapons.

This SpongeBob game is tremendous fun to enjoy, even for someone from a generation before his television success. The Cosmic Shake is a pretty solid platformer that offers family fun and a fantastic approach to several of the game genres that young gamers will run into later in life. And to do so from the hands of Bob and Patrick is, in a word, hilarious.

It’s a hack and slash with a combination of platforming for the whole family. From the start, its presentation, its plot and even its controls say it all. Its playtime is perfect, and you can play it as many times as you want. However, the button-matching stages can be tedious if you struggle to keep up, as well as a couple of bosses whose mechanics are unclear during the battle. Otherwise, Hi-Fi Rush is just flawless.

In the end, what seemed like a fairly average, slow-paced indie metroidvania ends up charming you by combining a creepy fairy tale with some unique ideas, all under a beautiful visual finish. Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon may not be the most user-friendly for a 100% playthrough, but it definitely is a tale worth playing on its own merits.

Road To Devadatta is a challenging puzzle game that will test your patience. Full of original trials, it has a great setting filled with references to Buddhist culture that are scattered across the length and breadth of the map. Despite some minor flaws, if you’re looking for an Indiana Jon-esque adventure, with plenty of challenges and mysteries, Road To Devadatta is a title you should definitely try.

Minecraft Legends is a strategy game that takes place in a closed map full of villages and strongholds, where you must defend the first ones and assault the second ones. In addition, points of interest will appear on the map, where you will have to investigate in order to increase your skills. However, it’s a game with hardly any mechanics nor exploration, something that may not be a problem for newcomers but will sure be for the fans of the genre.

The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story is an extremely fun and enjoyable game, perfect for both League of Legends fans and newcomers. It stands out as a unique and individual game, and might even attract some people to the famous MOBA, as its beautiful story and charming environments will surely draw the attention of more than one RPG fan. Despite its flaws, its experience is highly recommended since it will only take you about 12 hours to complete it.

Minabo has a beautiful art design, with the turnip characters’ animation extremely well accomplished, and the music and sound design are certainly a strength, which keeps you in the game cycle beyond the premise of overcoming objectives. The problem is that people aren’t going to take Minabo that seriously, and it can’t counter with a compelling gameplay proposition that goes beyond the joke.

It offers a fun, well-balanced experience full of possibilities. It’s a game that will keep you glued to the screen while you’re precisely glued to the screen while watching the monkeys. This sequel offers many improved stuff the original game didn’t, and which certainly deserves the opportunity to be played.

Decarnation is a game that carries you to the end precisely because of the appeal of its narrative and the way it illustrates the difficult issues it deals with, being the main reason for players to give it a chance. On the other hand, those looking for a more interactive experience may find that Decarnation just scratches the surface.

After Us is, in every sense of the word, an independent game in its production, gameplay and narrative. It’s a title with a powerful message that everyone will be able to play and understand, but not necessarily enjoy. After Us wants (and actually succeeds) to convey a very concrete message about the calamities of the modern world, our disconnection with nature and primal energies. However, this powerful message partly hinders the experience and fun of the game, which suits it well, but it can take a while to capture attention.

Harmony: The Fall of Reverie features striking character design and a vibrant art style, with a great grief experience that is mostly in 2D. It’s a game with great voice acting that will make the player reflect on current, but also more primitive, issues. However, it’s not a game that encourages to be played again and has some plot holes.

Finally, while the narrative is exquisite, the story is sometimes slow and of little interest, and we only understand what has happened when we see it reflected in the diary at the end of the day. On such occasions it can cause the player to become disconnected from the plot. Overall, Frank and Drake is a beautiful story with its secrets and moments, masterfully drawn and looking better on a big screen than on a portable.

Akaoni Studio has managed to produce a title that is simple but closed in its proposal. In which only an easily ignorable defect in tone slightly weakens a game that has a good rhythm and makes you have a good time. All of it is correct, no more and no less, something that many more pretentious games fall short of.

It is true that you'll find a good number of barren wastelands with little to do other than extracting some resources and take off to more interesting places, but again it really depends on how you want to play. There's so much to do, so many systems and abilities to explore, missions to complete, spaceships to loot, and species to catalogue, that I honestly don't think there's anybody who thinks that exploring every square meter of this universe is the better way to enjoy Starfield.

Despite its rigidity and lack of innovation, investigations are okay and story is fine, and keeping in mind that it focuses on younger detective-trainers, it comes as a decent introduction to the genre.

I could say so far that everything I've collected about AC Mirage is positive, but as with pretty much every other title, light casts some shadows, and literally in this case. Performance mode works fine at 60 fps, but visual glitches are pretty annoying. AI hasn't evolved much either (...) but all in all this mild return to the series' roots feels very convincing. It's not revolutionary, but clearly keeps the flame alive.

Despite its poor finish, the game works. My kid has enjoyed the characters (with the series' original voice actors), and the fact that it's an explorable open world and that every pup had its abilities and goals. It's thus good fun for the little ones and an interesting "my first open-world video game".

Switching between characters ends up being anecdotal in reality. Respective subplots aside, it's the story that drives who to play as and when, which prevents from witnessing events from a different point of view, let alone playing them. This is frustrating and establishes an awkward linearity in an otherwise fantastic open-world game. (...) But it doesn't leave such a bad taste, as it's got fun combat, brilliant traversal and tons of fan-service.

With the progression and gameplay tweaks, Nintendo EPD manages to make playing something we had played many times before more fun and interesting. It also looks and sounds much better, and together with its innate charm and its unique proposal, it just became the game of the summer for me.

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE is undoubtedly the beginning of something big. A bet by its creators to make a visual novel 2.0. The mystery, the dialogue and the construction of iconic characters follow the usual line of the studio, which is excellence, but also begin to add new elements that better the gameplay.

Is this the ultimate edition of Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective? I wouldn't dare claim as much as some elements still feel a bit off coming from the original, but it is perhaps the best way to play today what is a true classic of graphic adventure, more so on the Nintendo Switch.

Perhaps its dungeons aren't as good as the best ones in Twilight Princess or Skyward Sword, while the sage avatars aren't the most elegant solution, and it could feel a bit too familiar if you don't take advantage of the range of new possibilities. However, all the new features make this a better driven adventure, one that is more diverse, entertaining, and with a whole lot of ingenious ideas that could very well come from the mind of a crazy inventor like Robbie. Even if it doesn't break the mold like its predecessor, you won't find any other game like this.

Resident Evil 4 lacks a little bit of care and polish to deliver as a modern remake as it is, both visually and gameplay-wise. I enjoyed its old-school fun and most of the changes are for the better, but it breaks its own rules and just isn't optimised as of yet. Fortunately, most of its issues can be fixed.

Without further inspection one could have feared that this was another one of those many quick ports coming from Wii or Wii U with HD graphics and little more to fill in an empty calendar, but nothing would be further from the truth, as both the restoration work and the added value make this a game as well-rounded as Kirby himself.

The experience, while good, was somewhat uneven. The empty storyline and narrative don't live up to the feeling of pure, frenetic action, which is the best thing about the game. Wanted: Dead hits the mark with its action, but loses solidity with the story.

A first-person masterpiece that now looks, sounds and plays better than ever. An effort more like Ocarina of Time 3D than Pikmin 3 Deluxe, a pity it didn’t get the honours it deserves, but Retro should be proud, and now we want to see the full trilogy like this and to keep getting excited about the prospect of Metroid Prime 4 finally progressing.