Nier Replicant is a great renovation of the cult classic. The revamped combat system is more user friendly, but even so it is the story, played out by a great cast of characters that carry everything. There is nothing quite like Nier Replicant.

Oddworld: Soulstorm seems dated. With everything from the controls and AI, and lack of variation, this is an uneven experience.

Not one boring second during battles, and getting new gear never gets tired. Outriders works very well.

Monster Hunter Rise is another great installment in the series.

Evil Genius 2 is absolutely... genius. It offers loads of super villain charm in a seamless, rewarding package.

It Takes Two is a charming, playful, tight, and extremely varied platformer which manages to stay fresh hour after hour, in a way few other games can.

At times charming and fun, but the design behind the game feels dated.

An interesting story is hampered by too much filler. The combat system is great, but pacing issues makes the game less enjoyable.

Maquette is colorful and sometimes quite smart, but the trial and error gameplay is frustrating.

Persona 5 Strikers is a solid action game whose combat only gets better with time, but the pacing is bogged down by a central mystery that's only so-so, lack of player agency and frequent story beats that drag out for way too long.

3D World remains as charming and fun as ever, with Bowser's Fury serving as an appetizing and unique, but also surprisingly cumbersome side dish.

Little Nightmares II is game that thanks to great puzzles, exceptional visuals and some truly chilling soundscapes almost manages to make the player ignore its somewhat clunky gameplay. Almost.

Destruction AllStars has a bunch of great ideas and unique twists on the standard car combat genre, but it's severely lacking in both content and gameplay variety.

Bonkies is a straight forward fun and chaotic party game with an easygoing demeanor and charm. You could play it by yourself, but it really excels when played in a group setting.

Hitman 3 is a good conclusion to the World of Assassination trilogy. IO Interactive has fine tuned the Hitman formula through three games, and this third game offers some of the best moments in the series.

Sunlight manages to offer a quick, but effective, relief with its dreamlike story, painteresque forest and gorgeous choir rendition of Tchaikovsky's "Hymn of the Cherubim”.

Beyond Light is approaching the quality of both Forsaken and The Taken King.

The Pathless is exceptionally pretty, with great flow and even greater art design. The game loses some of its emotional punch thanks to the open world and the lack of clear pacing, but it's nonetheless a great experience.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is a fun and energetic trip to Hyrule. The heroes are all different and a joy to play, plowing through hordes of enemies while showering the screen in fireworks is a sight to behold.

Cyberpunk 2077 is many things, but polished is not one of them. Its strengths lie in its amazingly realistic world, its side stories and beautiful characters, and while the gunplay and driving mechanics are fun enough, the game sadly tells a rather uninteresting main story - one mired in massive technical errors and other shortcomings.

An atmospheric co-op game that offers just enough of a challenge to keep the players engaged.

A mediocre platforming game with some good ideas and a great amount of charm.

Empire of Sin has some great concepts, but it rarely feels good to play – be it as a role playing game or a strategy game. In time it might get patched up.

Shadowlands lays down the foundation for more MMO fun, but the expansion needs to deliver more than this to really wow the fans

With its big, engaging world Immortals Fenyx Rising should be the start of a new franchise for Ubisoft. We need more colorful games like this. The humor needs some work, though.

Dirt 5 is an at times gorgeous and fun racer, but the uninspired campaign and a lackluster multiplayer mode leaves much to be desired.

Despite its incredible art design and fluid combat, Godfall is simply too shallow to make a lasting impression.

While the concept behind Bugsnax is fun and whimsical, the game comes up short in its execution. Hunting for the many different types of walking food begins as a charming exercise, but quickly devolves into a slow grind as you work to find out which of the game's many tools will solve the next tedious puzzle.

With an incredible amount of superb music to play and unlock, Melody of Memory serves as a fun, albeit not very integral, part of the ever-expanding Kingdom Hearts universe.

Demon's Souls Remastered kicks off a new generation of console games with a bang. This recreation of FromSoftware's original Souls game is nothing short of stunning, though at times a bit too faithful. Despite some rough edges the experience still holds up well, and reaches all new heights thanks to Bluepoint's amazing attention to detail.

Cold War offers its share of highs and lows during the net exciting campaign, and familiar multiplayer. The best moments are when the developers allow themselves to slow down the pace, and let the player feel the tensions of varying aspects of the Cold War.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a massive game that really picks up steam and becomes an engaging adventuer after the first few hours.

If you’ve yet to jump into Pikmin 3, then the Deluxe version is a great way to experience the charming game.

This remastered edition of 2010's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit shows how aged the game has become. The graphics are slightly better, but the driving and missions truly remain all those years back.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is the perfect entry point for anyone curious about either the Yakuza-series or JRPGs as a whole. It's a fantastic game with a great story, great gameplay and myriad little distractions.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales is less ambitious than its predecessor from 2018 but builds a great new adventure that works as a great middle chapter.

Astro's Playroom is maybe not a game that can fill the shoes of a full title, but as a pack-in game it delivers on more than we expected.

Manifold Garden offers an unusual gaming experience, with a good set of puzzle challenges surrounding its incredible impossible architectural universe.

Watch Dogs Legion is unfortunately a boring, middling game without much creativity to speak of.

An unique atmospheric horror game that offers plenty to chew on.

The most complete and engaging game Supergiant has ever made. By playing with the genre the developers have found unique variations and solutions that almost makes it difficult to call this a roguelike.

At its best Star Wars: Squadrons offers some fun, but it could have benefited from more content.

FIFA 21 is a good, but simple enhancement. Everything is at its right place: FUT, Volta and the other game modes are as they should be, with small adjustments. The career mode has gotten the most attention, and it shows.

With a clear understanding of what makes Crash Bandicoot great and unique, Toys for Bob has captured the spirit of the best games in the series and made a truly worthy sequel.

Mafia: Definitive Edition is one of the most visually stunning games out there, but the beautiful city streets and cars are held back by the outdated shooting and fighting mechanics, as well as a story which never really manages to tell a heartfelt and unique mafia epic.

Easily digestible beat ‘em up action with some areas lacking.

Crysis Remastered is a lackluster update that, while it does manage to do some good for the aging game's graphics, doesn't do anything for the incredibly outdated gameplay, AI and story.

Who would’ve thought that a Norwegian island far, far north could be so idyllic and memorable?

Spelunky 2 is as brutally challenging as ever – sometimes to the point of exhaustion – but manages to keep the player engaged thanks to small but clever modernizations and the same incredibly creative universe.

Wasteland 3 rounds up all the good old aspects from classic PC role playing games and wraps it neatly up in a modern and updated package.

A tremendous nostalgic package for those that grew up with and loved the first few games in the Tony Hawk series.

Marvel's Avengers tells a surprisingly gripping tale and has gameplay that packs enough of a punch to (almost) make you forget about the messy loot system and less than stellar performance.

Crusader Kings III is a massively engaging grand strategy game, delivering beautiful visuals and a UI which is much more pleasing to the eyes when compared to the previous title.

A honorable attempt to breach multiple difficult and complex issues.

In trying to please both simulator and arcade players, Project Cars 3 fails to truly master any of the two playstyles, but the game's variety in tracks, challenges and cars still makes it a racing game worth experiencing.

Mortal Shell has a bunch a great ideas, stellar gameplay and a truly interesting universe, but ends up feeling more akin to a short and easy prologue than anything else.

Factorio is really about continuously improving your factory, and each improvements makes it a bit easier for yourself. Instead of using a god-perspective, the player is personified creating a more tense gaming experience. As technology progresses, hard tasks become trivial, but planning is getting more and more important.

There is a solid fundament in Skater XL, and there is a hit of a potentially formidable skating sand box. But there is a heavy layer of polish that needs to be applied before the game is noteworthy.

While Helheim Hassle doesn't quite reach the heights of its predecessor, Manual Samuel, this platformer offers up plenty of clever puzzles, bad jokes and hilarious characters. The core mechanic of disassembling and reassembling the main character to get through Helheim's neverending supply of platforming puzzles is good fun, though the clunky controls often cause problems during the game's more stressful segments.

No matter if you're a super serious flight sim enthusiast who could find yourself flying a passenger flight across the Atlantic and land the plane using a real flight map, or just want to play around in light aircrafts over the Alps, Microsoft Flight Simulator has a lot to offer.

A Total War Saga: Troy is an exciting and interesting addition in a series that has been running for 20 years now. Fun mechanics that make every faction unique makes for campaigns that we seldom see in other Total War-games, and the stunning visual style makes the game a joy to play.

Fall Guys is a quick breath of incredibly fresh air, being both fun and infuriating but always hilariously amusing.

Paper Mario: The Origami King offers a surprisingly charming and fun adventure with some fun platforming mechanics. I only wish the game had focused more on the role playing aspects or simply cut them away, as the battles become too dull to enjoy after the first hour or so.

There are times when Deadly Premonition 2 strikes that same charming chord as its predecessor. There are times where you see hints of a coherent and functioning game. But all of it is unfortunately let down by unforgivable framerate issues, terrible pacing and severely lacking gameplay. Apart from the few characters you have meaningful interaction with, the world is void of life. The action sequences are repetitive, frustrating, and offer no challenge whatsoever.

A solid return from one of the funniest games in its genre.

Ghost of Tsushima is a stunning homage to the mystery of Feudal Japan and the Samurai warrior. Sucker Punch's world is a sight to behold, offering up plenty of excitement as you walk the path of the honorable samurai or the cunning Ghost.

The new Trackmania is a blast to play. It's beautiful and chaotic in a lot of the right ways, but it's also thoroughly surrounded by bad design choices and a general lack of guidance.

Emperor is a worthy addition to the EU4 roster of expansions, adding much-needed depth to the Holy Roman Empire, Catholicism, and more.

Desperados III marks a triumphant comeback for the classic real-time tactics franchise. Helping Cooper and his gang of misfits distract, assassinate and sneak their way past countless enemies is highly satisfying, as you slowly learn to unleash their skills with perfect timing and precision.

Isle of Armor is big, colorful and filled with familiar faces and feelings, but there's a real lack of brand new content.

It takes its time to get things going, and it shows its age in multiple areas, but when it all comes together it’s hard to put down Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.

The Last of Us Part II is just as good as the original. The writing is consistently great, making for a dark and deeply emotional story that paves the way for incredible character growth and tons of exciting stealth gameplay. Parts of the game could be more streamlined; looting tends to detract from the moment-to-moment drama; and the environments lack something in terms of variety, but almost everything else is really, really well made.

A great way to experience two of the games that defined real-time strategy in the 90s.

Funky music, stellar combat and beautiful art makes this a nostalgic throwback that truly embraces what made beat 'em ups fun way back when.

A great introduction to action role playing games like Diablo.

A fun game with an entertaining story about revenge it’s hard to put down despite some failings here and there.

A surprisingly good game that avoids feeling like DLC. Firaxis succeeds in making a more story driven and different XCOM.

Trials of Mana is a great example of how to rebuild old games from the ground up.

Beside horrible matchmaking and a plethora of technical faults, Predator: Hunting Grounds is awfully unbalanced, looks downright ugly, severely lacks variety and is simply unpleasant to play. The game does have a lot of clever nods to the movies and a bunch of great ideas throughout, but the execution is generally really, really bad.

The Room works just as well in VR as outside, with the same somber mood, cleverly detailed environments and expertly crafted puzzles. It does however lose some of its flair by being too safe, having a handful of obnoxious puzzles and generally being way too lacking in content

The remake of Resident Evil 3 is, like its predecessor, a technical marvel that through effective use of light, dark and intense resource management builds real, palpable horror. The campaign is unfortunately a bit short, lacking both in puzzles, truly memorable environments and replayability – especially when directly compared to last year's remake of Resident Evil 2. The multiplayer, Resistance, has a lot of good ideas, but needs some balance adjustments before it is truly great.

The core story and the combat are fantastic, but it's a shame Square Enix felt the need to bloat the game with a ton of nonsensical new elements. Tone it down, not up.

Despite missing its multiplayer component and the past decade's worth of refinement in shooting, Modern Ware 2's campaign is a thrilling and epic as ever, well worth another plunge for nostalgics, or a first dip for newcomers to the game.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is an ideal continuation of a established series that delivers all the right improvements without sacrificing the good feeling of homeliness.

Frustrating, passive and pretty all mixed into one. This should have been so much better.

DOOM Eternal is an fast-paced, gory and excellent game. The weapons feel great, the new systems and gadgets make the combat flow even better than the previous game. The levels are bigger and easier to navigate, and when the combat flow hits you nothing is better. Shooting, freezing and blowing up hoards of demons have never been better.

While the first Nioh game was a more unique and brave twist on the Souls formula, Nioh 2 is a more polished and precise version of that same formula.

Warlords of New York gives players another excuse do dive back into The Division 2's outstanding combat, preferably with a friend or three. However, the quality of the campaign is slightly marred by some odd design choices, and the new progression system won't be enough to keep players hanging around.

Wolcen has the potential to be a good, possibly even great ARPG at some point. But the solid and heavy combat, versatile class system and number of possible character builds is littered and held back by bugs, unbalanced abilities and a game that just doesn't run that great. Beautiful graphics and animations only go so far when the game stutters, combat lags and abilities and talents plain just don't work. Maybe it will be good at some point, but as it is now the bugs just ruin almost all the fun Wolcen has to offer.

Dreams is wholly unique in that it gives the common player the tools to create virtually whatever they want. The unfortunate part is that the creations - at least so far and including the levels made by Media Molecule itself - are just not that fun to play. It will, however, be very exciting to see where this game will be in the upcoming months and years.

So then we are left with Warcraft III, only with a bit nicer figure models and surroundings, and a small bunch of removed elements. If you have the old game from before, it is difficult to say that this renovation is worth the money. And when everything that's gone in Reforged is additionally removed from the old version of the game, it's hard not to scratch our heads and wonder what we're paying for. What's the point?

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot fails to provide the spectacle the story demands and becomes a boring and unimaginative slog.

Ancestors is one of the most exciting games of the decade. Despite some frustrating elements, Ancestors is an incredible experience and a tour de force of game design.

Mosaic is a game that tries to ease the player into a melancholy atmosphere, only broken up by small glimpses of light. There are no typical challenging gameplay systems or problems to solve, but that is kind of the point of the game.

Darksiders Genesis is a completely mediocre, somewhat boring game. There is good entertainment for a few hours, but then the variation ends and it becomes very much the same enemies, the same level, the same mission and you do more or less the same thing for the rest of the game.

The eight generation of Pokémon games is far from the astounding leap one might hope for when transitioning to a full-blown home console, but it still offers a hell of a lot of engaging, colorful and charming fun.

The eight generation of Pokémon games is far from the astounding leap one might hope for when transitioning to a full-blown home console, but it still offers a hell of a lot of engaging, colorful and charming fun.

The eight generation of Pokémon games is far from the astounding leap one might hope for when transitioning to a full-blown home console, but it still offers a hell of a lot of engaging, colorful and charming fun.