Europa Universalis 5 is brilliant, but still very buggy.

If you like those kind of games, it's probably the best of the last 25 years. It's a game of extremes, the graphics are simply annoying, but it can keep you playing one level for a whole day.

Genshin Impact is a very good and entertaining action role-playing game, which manipulates itself with its monetization in the endgame.

Currently, I still hope that a simple replacement function for user-generated challenges or even entire campaigns will be available again.

It doesn't really manage to combine brains and entertainment. That's a pity because it could be a great game.

The Remaster is a joy for C&C Veterans, but delivers less than it could in almost every respect.

Charming and colourful pixel action-adventure with a lot of heart, solid combat and puzzle dungeons, yet apparent deficiencies in the narrative pace.

Where Origins and especially Odyssey still had a clear mission towards roleplaying, Valhalla seems like a half-hearted step backwards. Yes, there is now real action again, and deadly sneaking. Yes, in its best moments Valhalla has exactly what I want from an Assassin's Creed. But instead of focusing on the highlights, Ubisoft buries the strengths of the game under boring open world stuff.

It's half-time for Tales of Monkey Island. The third of five episodes is good entertainment, but the puzzles are getting worse. Most of the fun comes from comical situations and the weird characters, not from the game itself. Instead of getting harder, it gets easier.

Quotation forthcoming.

DSC: Black Shark is full of technical details and you should read the 488 pages of the PDF manual, because the tutorials only show a handful of the functions. It's a tough and realistic simulation with 130 missions and a mission editor and especially fun in co-op missions over LAN or the internet.

It may have some old fashioned charm, but its age clearly shows. Controls and game design are out of date.

Quotation forthcoming.

At its core, this is a fantastic port oft he Alien franchise into gaming. However, the almost too-strong Alien can be frustrating at times.

The Witcher could have been a much better roleplaying game if it wasn't for it's long loading times, unnecessary traveling, uncomfortable handling and bugs.

If you were hoping that Tales of Monkey Island would at least end in some kind of fireworks of ideas, you will be disappointed. Dull and without creativity, this is how Telltale ends the series. It's well meant, but disappointing. It's not bad, but just not enough for Monkey Island.

Vessel annoyed me at first with the more sub-optimal control, but the more I've played, the more fun but I had it.

Songs of Silence manages to convince with fresh ideas, but their implementation still reveals weaknesses.

It can be fun, even addictive, but the overly complicated controls and bugs prevent it from being a great game. Wait for patches.

A game like a comic book, driven by its snarky story. Gameplay suffers from weak gunplay and repetition, though.

The time for original concepts and new genres is not over yet. Defense Grid: The Awakening is a highly motivating game, it's not easy, but not unfair and there are always new elements added to the game. There's no story and the controls are not perfect, but the game can still glue you to your chair for days.

At its core, a superb Battle Royale that currently suffers from technical issues and some unfortunate design decisions.

I would recommend Ground Zeroes without hesitation were it not for the extremely short playing time.

Did you spend countless hours with tower defense games? Anomaly: Warzone Earth turns the tables and offers tower offense. Presentation, controls and mission design are well done, so it's well worth the money.

Reneimal is a horror fairy tale that captivates with its atmosphere, but leaves much of its potential untapped in terms of puzzles and co-op play.

Broken Arrow manages a brilliant tightrope walk between strategic depth and action-packed presentation, but struggles with unnecessary difficulty owing to the lack of a save function, among other things.

Worldplay, grog and atmosphere, but still quite weak puzzles - the fourth episode of Tales of Monkey Island offers good entertainment, including the well known problems of all episodes so far. Only the great presentation prevents the game from mediocrity.

Quotation forthcoming.

A mechanically solid, but also strangely artificial-looking DLC that mainly boosts your in-game bank account.

Railgrade is one of those games that get weaker over time.

It starts like a great game with a fantastic horror atmosphere, but then turns into a B-movie with a convoluted story and absurd puzzles.

Quotation forthcoming.

It's a good adventure game, but for veterans of the series it's still disappointing. It's obvious that Telltale tried to make the best out of a small budget, but Monkey Island deserves better than that. It hurts to see the greatest adventure series being cut into little pieces.

Seen purely as a game Valiant Hearts is average at best. But it's not just a game, but an interactive and therefore sustained-history lesson about one of the darkest chapters in human history.

It does not want to be a modern shooter, of course, but a little more depth would not have hurt.

Visually compelling teen horror spectacle that, despite a high degree of freedom of choice, runs a bit out of breath at the end.

Nightreign is stressful, merciless and sometimes unfair, even for an Elden Ring. It's a shame, because there's a good game underneath.

We expected much more from this game. It's a bit short with just 12 hours from start to finish, but it has a certain charm. It's fun to play around with abilities and upgrades and the story is entertaining, but the game itself is just slaughter and violence with a lack of variety.

Quotation forthcoming.

As much as I like the oppressive atmosphere of the Space Station in Observation, the game works effectively for me only in the moments when the game takes control of me and I am a passive observer.

iRacing is a very tough simulation and can only be recommended to gamers immune to frustration. Only real motoring fans should pay a monthly fee and even more for additional packs. The graphics give the impression of an unfinished beta, but at least the atmosphere between the players is always friendly.

This little game is an insiders' tip and clearly worth the small price. A few real puzzles would have made the game even better.

Soccer fans can't ignore FC 26 – but despite some innovations, it's still only a small step forward.

Exceptional action spectacle with grandiose drawings and environments, extremely bizarre monsters and teen drama.

System Shock is a very faithful remake that sacrifices a lot of potential for modernization for its nostalgia.

An atmospheric sci-fi adventure that suffers massively from questionable design decisions.

Atmospheric adaptation of the story as interactive visual novel. Overall a bit too lengthy and static with little gameplay variety.

The quality of the Rainbox Six-series has reached an all-time low. The AI opponents don't take cover properly and then don't even realize when they are hit. The story doesn't seem to be connected to Rainbow Six: Vegas and some scenes in the game are simply absurd. It feels like Vegas 2 was made out of bits and pieces that didn't make it through quality control when the predecessor was made. Great controls and game mechanics can't save the game from being mediocre.

Star Wars: Dark Forces does a lot right in its remaster, but also wastes a lot of potential

Mageseeker delights with action-packed combat if you can overlook the crude story and some superfluous features.

This is the PC conversion of the console game Birds of Prey. It's a bit short for an action game, doesn't offer enough options to be a simulation and still it's worth playing, mainly because there are no alternatives and Wings of Prey has great graphics worth seeing.

Undemanding story adventure with the inspirating theme about dying and the profession of a undertaker.

Imagine Earth is a solid strategy sim with Civilization elements that lacks esprit and reflection on its theme.

It's longer, funnier and more diverse than the first game, so it's simply better. But we really want to see a better character system – or more of that kind of humor in Diablo 3.

On the one hand, there are the open world and the freedom to do what you want to do, on the other hand, the world is lifeless. It's a great game for some people, but the opposite for most.

A solid VR shooter with dense atmosphere and alien bonus that lacks the finishing touches.

Decent tactical battles, which however quickly become boring, have no greater connection and fail due to camera and AI problems.

Star Trek fans can't miss this experience, but the lacking content and some problems leave a bad taste in our mouths.

An unshakeable gameplay core and some minor innovations save this technically completely outdated game from being a complete letdown.

Space strategy game with massive and vibrant galaxies, enormously motivating - if you can overcome the high entry hurdle.

ARMA 2 doesn't seem to be a finished game. The AI is cheating, physics and controls are out of date and the game is full of annoying bugs. That the game manages to look great from time to time doesn't help much. Hopefully Bohemia Interactive will release some patches soon. The game still has a lot of potential.

Zeno Clash offers a really good combat system, good AI and a real innovative design. But instead of seeing more of the world, you're back in the arena after taking a few steps. The story raises more questions than it answers. In the end, it's just a few hours of mandatory boxing.

Clever gameplay with changing worlds drives the action role-playing game, but long-term motivation fails to appear.

One Piece Odyssey is a mediocre JRPG with slow progression. The charming adaptation still makes fans happy.

This is the second episode of Tales of Monkey Island. It's as good as the first part, no more, no less. It's fun for 3 or 4 hours, but the puzzles are too easy, the graphics and the controls could be better. Where are the long and challenging puzzles? Where's Monkey Island?

An enjoyable co-op shooter that doesn't know what it wants to be - other than taking your money.

Quotation forthcoming.

No Hearthstone killer - yet. But with improved quests and the promised new card sets it could soon be one of the best games of the genre.

The Void has its fascinating sides, lucid colors on dull grey, bizarrely warped beings, floating bodies and bare breast. Surrealism plays a huge role in this otherwise quite simple game. Using an out-of-date function like time limits is simply annoying. But the game manages to surprise from time to time and is still worth giving it a try, despite the weaknesses.

Quotation forthcoming.

Ghostwire: Tokyo intrigues with Japanese mythology and a gorgeous open world, whereas its gameplay is not fully developed.

Quotation forthcoming.

The online RPG The Chronicles of Spellborn suffers from a lack of players, so there is hardly any PvP and some tasks are almost impossible to be done alone. There are still too many bugs to attract more players, but once they are fixed, the game could be a nice alternative to the main players of the genre.

A very dynamic game. The fights are challenging, the puzzles and skill tests are entertaining. Sure, most of the gameplay elements have been taken from other games, but that doesn't hurt. If you are looking for a good action game, you'll have fun for sure. We just missed a combo counter.

It's a solid and entertaining classic RTS event though it's hard to identify yourself with some grey slime.

Despite a lack of gameplay variety, Remothered is a gripping horror experience due to its dense atmosphere.

The Sims Medieval is a funny game for explorers, full of little gems, but the everyday life of the Sims has been simplified and feels routine very quickly. It's very entertaining for a while, but too shallow to motivate for long.

Quite an usual game. Changing landscapes may sound dull, but it's amanzingly motivating due to the great physics. It's a shame that the presentation is quite dry and the game may be too difficult for beginners.

Tempest means storm, the name says it all: if you venture in, you'll experience a unique adventure or you will be blown away by the wind.

Tacoma is a playable science fiction movie with exciting ideas, but gameplay and emotions are lacking.

Long live trash! Raven Software proves that even absurd stories can be entertaining, as long as there's a decent game to back it up. But there was a lot more potential.

The best Robocop game up to this date is a solid shooter that loses itself in plain battles and too much triviality.

Quotation forthcoming.

Airborne Kingdom constitutes a negligible game around an unusual city-building idea.

Short free campaign for fixed co-op groups and fans of the source material, but unusable for solo players and full of balance problems.

A thoughtful overhaul of two classics that nevertheless leaves a lot of potential untapped.

Sins of a Solar Empire 2 delivers exactly what it promised: a good skirmish mode, better technology and not a single polygon more.

NBA 2K19 is a complete upgrade from 2K18 and therefore a top sports game. But Pay2Win, cheaters and technology quirks are extremely annoying.

Innovative shooter mix of base building and dungeon crawler, where creativity is punished of all things.

Quotation forthcoming.

Stolen Realm may not impress with its graphics and staging, but it does with its entertaining battles and a diverse roguelike mode.

As an RPG, however, Shadowrun Returns falls flat on his stomach.

Gripping point and click adventure with some unintuitive moments and an unsatisfactory conclusion.

Old game, new graphics. Story? Who needs one? Mission targets? Nope. Just go and shoot everything until your hand hurts. The new graphics can't hide the fact that this game is hopelessly out of date.

It's quite surprising that a strategy game with only one kind of unit can be that entertaining. If you'd like to play something different, give this one a try.

On average, Fright of the Bumble Bees is as good as Telltale's Sam & Max adventures: a lot of humor, great dialogue and a charming style. But experienced adventure players may find the puzzles to easy and the game too short. It's still good value and we're looking forward to the other three parts.

Excellent story, magnificent look: Forgotton Anne is a delicacy for anime fans who can do without complex gameplay.

Legend of Keepers is a witty tactics game, nevertheless frustrating through too much randomness, it also lacks long-term motivation.