A small step for mankind, one giant leap for the series. WRC 5 is heading in the right direction with new owner. It's something between evolution and continental drift. It depends on you how much of a rally-hungry you are before the start of the new season.

The average urban action game does not offer anything that would define it against the competition. Quite good in driving and shooting, also the setting is interesting, but the game soon gets boring due to the annoying repetition of the same actions. It is technically imperfect, but with excellent sound and successful engagement to its story – but again the story itself is mediocre.

Furious and entertaining city action from Saints Row's creators, benefits from popular team actions, but doesn't offer any real team at the same time. The technical issues, non-attractive missions and unbalanced characters spoil the fun.

The new game from the Need for Speed series does not respect your time at all. You should pay it back the same and don´t lose any moment with it. Unprepared and unbalanced free to play mechanics with a strong gambling part destroy otherwise quite usable and somewhat entertaining, though not very interesting arcade.

Fly-proof Bomberman's gameplay never grows old. Even this time it works out well, despite the occasional stumbles over confusing arenas. The biggest issue of the game is its outrageous price.

This is a good basis for a game, but not a full game by itself. There are too many design errors and too little content - and the characters whose destinies you should be invested in are instead bland and uninteresting.

This vastly ambitious tycoon aims to emulate its legendary predecessors, but right now, it’s not even halfway there. It doesn’t really feel like a full game.

Is the Warhammer 40k world completely alien to you? It doesn’t matter. This is still a great, hectic shooter in which you’ll feel as if you’re dancing when you’re actually killing hordes of enemies. You just have to endure the stiff story opening.

An unexpected blend of modern vampire drama and noir detective fiction. The combat is serviceable, but any excitement it offers gets buried under repetitive city wandering and dull quest design. Bloodlines 2 isn’t the catastrophic failure some feared, yet it falls far short of the legend many had been waiting for.

The uninspired platformer has nothing to attract you with and the game is flat and average. It stands out only with its poorly designed levels.

Basically the same game as the first one, but modifications made the experience rather harmful. Sometimes you will be scared, but overall the game does not offer anything exceptional. You better play the first part again.

Flat, uninteresting arcade racing game full of mud, sand, gravel and snow. Gravel is constantly on the swing - the graphics can be astonish you at one moment, in the second it disgusts you. The riding model is funny in one race, while in the other it shows how it’s unfinished. The creators concentrated on a lot of things at the same time, but they managed to finish just a few of them. Not worth the full price, worth only with the Christmas discount.

Mediocre fights and design errors couldn't beat the fact, Dex is a pleasant cyberpunk RPG for the fans of the genre.

This is a hard game, so don’t expect any quarter from it, but defending your castle from endless waves of bloodthirsty enemies is good fun, further served by the coop mode. If only it wasn’t so monotonous.

The industry forgot to call and tell the authors that they are way behind what’s fashionable. There might be a good game hidden somewhere inside but, unfortunately, no one cares. Which, for a competitive multiplayer game, is a death sentence.

Redshirt works as a satire of today's society along with its social networks. But if you approach this game as a fully-fledged one, you will be disappointed. Its gaming actions are tedious and stereotypical, so your initial enthusiasm for it will last probably one evening only. Since that you will hardly return to play it again.

The Good Life unfortunately isn’t very good. It’s a thoroughly average game supported by a few good storylines and the personality of its author.

Charm from the original title is gone. There is not enough humour, technical issues are ruining its gameplay, and even though its developers are trying to mask it, the game's content is not a big thing here. Do not think of it as a prequel to the excellent game, its outcome is mediocre at best.

A well-executed joyful game with entertaining battle system and ton of humour. However, it's "just" about those entertaining battles. Therefore, the biggest alarm here is its stereotype.

Although Etherium is a complex strategy, its tactical fights are boring and global section is trivial. The repetitive nature of the game undermines any other effort, so eventually you will again reach for its obvious inspiration called Empire at War.

Untraditional conception of building strategy promised many, but instead of that, it delivered dys-functional game mechanics and botched gameplay. Urban Empire stands between the two genres, and takes the worst from both – limited building is combined with dysfunctional political part of the whole game.

This is not a Chinese Blade Runner. You might be forgiven for thinking so after the brilliant beginning, but it goes downhill rapidly, folding under the weight of boredom and frustration. Regardless, fans of cyberpunk and absurd humor might find something to like here.

An online team-based shooter that completely overlooks the potential of VR. Firewall Ultra provides a somewhat shallow experience, with matchmaking times often exceeding the actual gameplay, and meager rewards. Despite the relatively limited library of PS VR2, there are better titles available.

Wreckreation is a hybrid of Burnout and Trackmania, but it falls well short of the qualities of either. The driving model is initially punishing in an unengaging way, and once it finally begins to make sense, it becomes clear that the game itself is largely empty and expects players to create their own fun. And that simply is not fun. The dream of a true Burnout successor therefore remains unfulfilled even 17 years after the last entry, as Wreckreation fails to deliver it.

Poetics and esthetics of the French New Wave melted into the melancholic virtual reality, in which you may, or may not experience exceptional encounters.

Spit on the Back in Action title or play it. This game is not better than the old-fashioned Jagged Alliance 2. Nevertheless, it's still quite an enjoyable experience.

If you cannot think outside the new game genres, try at least some unusual combination with the current ones. That's the message of the artistic arcade game Contrast. It's a character-driven piece of work where two gaming styles along with their atmospheres unite. However, it's lacking both in richer content and more enjoyable controls to reach excellence.

A humorous game with a charismatic and totally insane comic hero. However, it has a weak point - the action itself. Like delicious salsa on a stale ordinary tortilla.

A narrative with no juices and no firm hand is the reason you lose your interest in a few hours playing the game, which is definitely a pity. But you see, stealth and tactical combats in the woods are both fun and thrilling, and they use a background that is stylish and functional at the same time.

Action RPG with an interesting tactical potential. Disastrously unconsidered design, however, drags the game into an average.

Cheap Forza Horizon 2 add-on is trying to sponge on the movie license, but consistency with Fast and Furious franchise is almost none.

The Great Whale Road should have stayed in development for a few extra months. It would not only fix technical issues, but perhaps they would work more on game elements. Despite all the criticism, it is a game that has something to offer and will find its players.

The mini-version of popular DayZ acts on a mobile platform as a very imperfect experience. This show of unfinished elements stays below average even with some sparkles of fun.

A rather unnecessary DLC, basically one long quest populated by badly written characters you won’t care a whit about. It’s just more of the same, without surprise or meaningful reward - the only people who will enjoy this are true hardcore fans of the original game.

Saints Row rebooted itself and lost much more of its charm than it’d care to admit. The new heroes aren’t likeable, they aren’t funny, and the whole game feels stuck in the previous decade. And it’s full of technical problems, too.

Tharsis is FTL for real cosmonauts who know problems are solved by random dice throw and by marginal ability to strategize in unclear situations. And it's funny!

Cult series done pretty well into the game. The fun is almost instant, but it also disappears as quickly. If there were more possibilities and environments, perhaps one would stay there longer. For a few plays the game serves fine, but not many players will return very often. Impression is also corrupted by obsolete visuals and technical issues.

On paper, Nitro Kid seems like a fun tactical roguelike in which you build your own deck of cards. It’s utterly unbalanced, however, and therefore frustrating, boring and bland. Even the 80s atmosphere is lacking.

There's nothing to criticize in terms of Oknytt's visual and sound qualities. However, problems reveal themselves while playing the game. Its puzzles are far too simple, and its rune system is downright dull. Both adventure game fans and Norse mythology lovers will scrape out some fun from Oknytt, but for the rest of you there's just a good-looking and good-sounding drag.

An entertaining balancing of a city budget and a flourishing metropolis resulting in a cheerful feeling is being destroyed by its need to build up several cities from the very beginning and by its not so user friendly road / whole city blocks construction.

Godfall is such an average game. It doesn’t stand out in terms of visuals nor in terms of the combat system. Wait until it’s free on the PS Plus in a few months, then download it and never play it.

Only its relatively decent narrative along with its fine soundtrack buoys the Lost Planet 3 title up. Otherwise, it's just a shooter full of frustrating bugs. A game you've played innumerable times before.

An open-based action RPG where cyberpunk, Dune, Equilibrium and online grindcore meet each other, and they miss almost everything you would call 'user friendly' – to get the local rules and learn them properly often takes hours of frustrating gameplay. However, if you put your time in it and embrace yourselves with patience, you'll get rewarded with unmatched experience of the old school gaming.

This classic RPG is one you can afford to miss. Despite its well-executed stylization and intriguing setting, it doesn't have much to offer. The story is uninteresting and often downright misleading. Continuity is so broken that most of the time you'll be wondering whether it's just poorly written quests or if something has gone terribly wrong. The moral compass is too restrictive, as are the outright illogical quests. Unenjoyable battles are just the proverbial rotten cherry on top of this stale cake.

An entertaining and functional enhancement, which, however, must build on the original game's not very stable foundations. It's more of a quantity and building diversity extension than an answer to the game's most poignant problems along with its limitations.

Three levels constantly repeating; together with lousy controls and 3-hour gameplay can't satisfy even the biggest fans of platform games.

A hilarious retro dungeon crawler mixes traditional ways of gameplay with fresh combat system. Handheld origin of this game sadly carries some negatives, such as problems with the user interface and not very appealing visuals. Nonetheless, it is a title that will reward tolerant players with a long evening, full of entertainment.

The promise of "game about dwarves" is fulfilled only from a half. Written story is accompanied by physical engine in the battles, but those are confused just like sleepy dwarf, unfortunately.

Hired Guns + Commandos + Brazil + Grim Fandango + Thief = PROFIT! Well, if you get over its initially confusing controls along with its mediocre artificial intelligence.

This is a sample of an average hack and slash game of the ancient Rome era with the overpolished graphics, that gets on PC thanks to the well-made conversion. Unfortunately, on the inside it is still that empty game like it was a year ago.

Payday 3 tries really hard, but good intentions alone can't guarantee a fun experience. While many individual elements may seem appealing in terms of audio and visuals, as a whole it just doesn't deliver as it should.

Not a remaster, just a port for newer consoles and PC. This is the original 2004 game with just a few tweaks so don’t expect to be blown away by the experience. Still, a good product for retro fans and true connoisseurs of the Sword Coast.

Dead Island: Riptide is not a surprise. It has its dynamic gameplay with a great cooperative mode, however, those Poles might think of a different story next time. And above all, improve its gaming controls along with its interface.

An atmospheric walk through the beautiful worlds soon become a routine stereotype because of very poor game mechanics. It's also drowned by its technical flaws. It can bring some brief relaxation, but isn't immersive enough for deep and long gameplay.

Intentionally, Evoland is evoking memories on some of the most amazing games in the solar system, but the game itself is not the amazing one. Half of it is an illustrative and funny excursion to history of the video game industry, half of it is dull as ditch water. So it's about fifty-fifty.

Redemption Reapers is a competent turn-based RPG with a rather awful story and flat characters. It’s not very pretty either, even though its soundtrack is excellent. If you really enjoy this genre you’ll find things to enjoy, but there are many better options among the competitors.

An alternative to the legendary Pirates! could use its potential way better. Cool war multiplayer is present in this contradictory sailing game but a stereotype is also there in the moments, when no one is left to sink.

Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is unequivocally the best Hellboy title to date. It's captivating, featuring an intriguing world and a narrative that pays homage to the universe crafted by Mike Mignola. However, the slow and monotonous combat system significantly hinders the game's overall appeal.

Instead of the promised successor to the classic RPG with the editor we have tedious Diablo-clone with nice visuals and music, but also with disastrous voice-acting, an average story, dull fights and miserable AI. Although the editor is available, it is so limited it’s almost unusable.

This game doesn't prove to be the next Fable adventure, however, for those Kinect lovers it's still an enjoyable, although forgettable, experience.

A visually breathtaking boxing trip to neverland. However, the original game's concept has not fundamentally changed, and even with few of its innovations the game does not appear confident enough.

If you're looking for undemanding and pleasant entertainment for a few afternoons, Phoning Home is the perfect candidate. Despite a few mistakes, it is a game that deserves your attention.

The original and surprisingly entertaining game, which unfortunately is a drag very quickly. Moreover the game is flooded by annoying technical issues.

The gripping story, great gameplay and rich content. That’s exactly what is missing in the Beyond Eyes project. Its authors tried to introduce the world of blind people to us but they have forgotten that the mere idea doesn’t make a good game.

Rogue Trooper got new, slightly better visuals but left almost everything else in the old way, including the retired engine and the unfortunate AI of enemies. Waste of time for veterans, newcomers recommend only if they are fans of original comic book and nostalgia.

A trivial hack and slash action with very little RPG thrown in the mix, which could be fun but only for a short period of time. From the story through graphics over to gameplay and game mechanics – Hunted is just above the edge of average, which is mostly due to a solid co-op mode.

For every Elden Ring, there are many Dolmens. That doesn’t mean you should waste your time playing them.

Fight Crab is an awful game that you’ll fall in love with. The controls are terrible, the physics are laughable, the graphics are outdated. But there is so much fun to be had with the brave crustacean gladiators.

Synduality: Echo of Ada is deceiving. Despite its fresh facade, it offers absolutely nothing of interest—just boredom, monotony, and frustration from the completely unbalanced biomes. Add to that a dull crafting system that disregards your time, and you have a game that feels utterly meaningless. I love mecha games, but I also love games that have a purpose. And Synduality completely lacks one.

Do you feel like shooting something? Are you enjoying action games? Do you wish to be with other people in a world that's evolving not in the game itself but in its TV series as well? In that case feel free to try Defiance out. Just be expecting nothing more than some solid action that hardly holds your attention for a long period of time.

The weakest launch title of the new Xbox One, suffering from the form over content victory. While Ryse has a fine look, its head is empty, and it flourishes a wooden sword in front of your eyes. It's able to entertain you, indeed, but it cannot reach the stars of the genre.

The restart of the Black Mirror adventure series has failed. Not only that the curse of the Gordon family is a bit cliché, but mainly it's wrapped in an interactive movie that doesn´t worth much and is troubled by a lot of technical problems.

An utterly average dungeon crawler with surprisingly solid RPG elements, but very boring, repetitive gameplay and bland graphics.

1849 is a management strategy game with an interesting theme but very narrow-minded and monotonous gameplay. It might suffice for mobile platforms, however, you will soon feel bored on PC.

A decent management strategy game that is charming because of the managerial strategic principle, its unusual environment and humour. However, it suffers because digging to another floors is badly transparent, the game is not variable enough and it does not offer as much as the similar titles.

Challenging but funny game with interesting concept and a few issues uses dwarf race in an unusual way.

Promising, but unfinished in every direction. That's Symmetry. A survival game without which you can definitely survive.

This love letter to the JRPG genre looks beautiful and its combat is very well done. There are many problems, however – awful animation quality, a clumsily paced story, an empty world and cringey dialogue.

A frantic action shows how the Wild West really looked like. Funny top-down bloodbath has a perfect multiplayer mode. If only there were a bit less of a visual chaos.

This experience will be worthwhile only for the most hardcore of Cyanide & Happiness fans. It’s not a very good adventure game and it’s not very funny.

Wanna walk the walls and ceilings? Rotate with your head in all directions? Feel dizzy? Constant C will gracefully give you all of it. However, the game lacks more sophisticated scenery and depth. It could have been a so much better platformer.

I understand why, once upon a time, this game was a fan favourite but it simply isn’t good enough by today’s standards. The gameplay could be quite interesting even now if the remaster, or rather the port, wasn’t so incredibly bare-bones.

Crackdown 3 wastes its potential in both the woefully boring campaign and the completely uninteresting, barely functional multiplayer. The open-world city is just as empty as the game itself.

Great atmosphere meets awful technical state. Cleverly designed environments meet dumb enemies. Ideas both good and bad meet each other. In Terminator: Resistance, you don’t fight just against Skynet, but sometimes against the very game as well. This is not a perfect game, but still one of the best in this troubled franchise.

How to Survive is more or less a minimalistic RPG bringing nothing new to the table. Fans of the zombie theme will like it as long as they are not bored by the game's repetitive setting, limited combat system and wasted potential of crafting.

This game is, unfortunately, buggy and broken. It was unable to fully utilize its time in early access, but you can still find moments of genuine fun if you look hard enough.

A successor to the legendary combat flight simulator video game insults its name and its fans by its state of the released version. The game can be partly forgiven for the upcoming revisions that are to improve its gaming experience. I dare say this game is going to be truly great in the following year. Unfortunately, now it's suitable only for those lovers that are patient and loyal to the combat flight simulator games.

Beneath the entertaining action and well-performed characters lies an average looter shooter in which you repeat about five activities endlessly. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League could have worked as a short action spin-off of the Arkham series. However, as a game you'd return to regularly, it completely falls short.

Less content. Censorship. Broken promises. Achtung! Do not touch this heresy.

A great remake? An excellent legacy to the Amiga history? Maybe. However, the new Carrier Command game is also full of frustration and at the same time it doesn't fulfill its potential. When the game's artificial intelligence is fixed by Bohemia Interactive, then the action-strategic magnum opus will be a true smash hit.

Is Dontnod Entertainment a one-hit wonder? It seems so, judging by those past few years. Twin Mirror is a bang average adventure game you’ll finish in one forgettable afternoon.

It could be a great cheesy robbery, if the ideas were not stolen from the competition. Ethan: Meteor Hunter is a solid platformer, but it lacks the character and exceptionality.

A Soviet world supremacy has combined with a tale of a saved space female dog. The Sun at Night is a wonderful mixture of real history and fantasy. Nonetheless, a mere idea won't make a great game. Its frustrating gameplay that has been caused by design failures should warn you.

This is the definition of unfulfilled potential. Vambrace: Cold Soul may look competent at first, it may even spark your interest, but underneath its nice visual overcoat hides a bad story and unappetizing gameplay.

The wait for Skull and Bones was exceptionally long, leading to both exaggerated and non-existent expectations. The outcome falls in line with this mixed anticipation—enjoyable at times, particularly when engaging in sailing, battles, and exploring the world. However, it's hard to ignore the missing elements, the heavy grind, and the overall repetitiveness, coupled with some notable bugs. It's not a game for everyone, certainly not the game of the decade or a dream come true for treasure hunters and pirate role-players. There's a feeling it could have been much better. Yet, with more immersion, especially if you enjoy the theme and don't mind the action-grinding style, it can be surprisingly rewarding. The real test will be in the coming months to see if additional content justifies sticking with the game.

An average survival game, with a functional but unremarkable gameplay offering nothing we haven't seen repeatedly elsewhere. It fails to captivate through its story or combat, with its only real strength lying in the immersive environment and the portrayal of the Lord of the Rings lore. This means that if you're not interested in Tolkien's world, Return to Moria isn't worth your attention.

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 is a mix of disparate game genres that often do not make sense. Atmosphere and action gameplay are not bad, but instead of graceful ballistic dances, it rather shoots its own legs with technical issues, ugly graphics, poor optimization, and a miserable story, which results in a title that has nothing to offer.

Unknown 9 shows potential, but never comes close to realizing it. It smugly drowns in a flat story, with awful, repetitive combat. The enemy possession mechanic is too simplistic and underutilized, and the stealth sequences feel like a rehash of countless other games. Despite the actors doing their best to sell it, you never get to truly explore or connect with its intriguing world.