Everything the Viking game does I've seen way too many times lately. [Early Access Review]

Party Animals is a charming mess that guarantees hours of fun thanks to its simple genius.

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

A completely renewed Dragon Age that struggles with some ifs and buts, but above all plays on a very high narrative level.

Bursting with creativity, but also with ambition.

It does not forget the madness of war.

Full of atmosphere, funny and like LucasArts. Part 4 of the trilogy (!) stays true to its predecessors and that's how it should be. Please don't stop!

The Star Trek drought is finally over: Across the Unknown is a great, if not perfect, strategy game.

A faithful sequel to the sci-fi slapstick adventure, though it lacks groundbreaking innovations.

The White March improves the game in some areas and offers an interesting story, but it may disappoint veteran players.

The new air units fit in well with the game mechanics. Superb new campaign, yet inferior cutscenes compared to the main game.

The GTA-clone has his strong points in lots of action and the thrilling setting of occupied Paris during WW2. Amazingly, a GTA-clone can be a great game, too, and if you like a hero fighting Nazis, then this is your game.

Great and thrilling dogfights with a fantastic VR port - but with very limited content.

Consistent further development of the timeless concept. Better than ever before thanks to seasons, production chains and the detailed vehicle fleet.

Quotation forthcoming.

Kingdom Come offers an impressively atmospheric medieval world, which now works a lot better technically after a few patches.

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

A turn-based strategy Rogue-like that offers cool events and tough decisions. Highly addictive and re-playable.

The dense atmosphere and gripping survival action ease the pain caused by the weak story and the unappealing protagonist.

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

Rise of the Ronin is a challenging open-word souls-like with versatile and flexible combat, as well as a fresh setting.

Well crafted and challenging construction game, which gets more complex with increasing playing time, but also brings a few quirks with it.

Not as good as the first Episode, but it works to continue the story. But the next episode should offer more possibilities and real decisions.

Fun, colourful arcade racing game full of content, that leaves a lot of its potential out there on the road.

Intense and gripping, but fair survival horror that is oozing with suspense and a creepy atmosphere.

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.

It's the best Need for Speed in years and a step in the right direction. There's more Most Wanted in this game than in the remake that was published last year.

Action-packed shooter from 2011 with improved graphics and some new features.

The game punishes every error, has a steep learning curve and is not made for beginners, but at the same time it's extremly motivating. Once you're into the game, you won't be able to stop playing for hours.

Solely thanks to its fantastic presentation and the sympathetic characters Broken Age can still warm my heart, but the great love is gone.

As Dusk Falls is an immersive drama in an atmospheric guise with straightforward gameplay. A wonderful alternative for a movie night.

Astonishing action journey through a gorgeous universe with daring flight manoeuvres, cool space battles and an intriguing heroine.

Quotation forthcoming.

Skyrim is still magnificent, but a collection of moderately executed additional content does not justify the new price for an old game.

Quotation forthcoming.

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.

Fun building sim with numerous improvements over its predecessor. The dinosaurs are still the main attraction.

A solid sci-fi shooter with glossy visuals but a subpar storyline and a lack of gameplay sophistication.

Quotation forthcoming.

Quotation forthcoming.

Funny, quirky, creative, and brilliantly staged—a true Simon adventure through and through.

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

It's a fascinating and moving paper chase, but having to walk around so much is quite annoying.

Funny, ludicrous, very colorful and full of action. A nice SciFi-Adventure with a little potential for frustration.

Dynamic, very thrilling battles in the fateful year 1989. Adequate learning curve, also suitable for beginners.

It still plays great, better than FIFA - but we are fed up with graphics downgrades for PC gamers.

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

Solo gamers won’t have that much fun with Demigod, but if you are into multi-player battles, you are in for a treat. Balance needs to be fixed, though. And it’s a bit too expensive.

Driving from A to B to C and back - it's a good job simulation with lots of atmosphere but also with room for improvement.

A carefully preserved milestone of this medium, inviting to start a fascinating journey through time to the beginnings of modern game design.

Great arcade football with a strong concept, however technical execution and uneven balance put the brakes on the fun. Rematch urgently needs a few months of fine-tuning.

Quotation forthcoming.

Consistent and surprisingly innovative medieval spin-off, which loses some of its thrill due to a reduced economy and a weak AI.

The LS25 is a content powerhouse with technical improvements. But buyers of its predecessor may be disappointed.

Ambitious DLC with a great atmosphere and strong ideas, but noticeable weaknesses in its AI.

Buy recommendations rarely fall so easily like this: If you want just more Borderlands, buy the Pre-Sequel.

The Prey-Roguelite is well made and uses an interesting design, but the main game set the bar clearly too high for the DLC.

It's not just a really good adventure game, it's got something to tell about the innocence of a child and the human trait to ignore inconvenient truths. It's more than just entertainment, it's art.

Quirky and entertaining space adventure for patient people with a lot of patience, patience and above all patience.

A thrilling horror game that loses its effect some time after the great beginning and thus falls behind the first game.

It's a typical FIFA Manager with it's great atmosphere, some bugs and with handful of small, but great improvements.

Complex, serious hospital simulation with building, management and diagnostic part. The fun hides behind a bumpy start.

Brutal and action-packed co-op zombie shooter for up to six players. You'll have the most fun when playing with friends.

This is a real heavy-weight in the genre of horror adventure games. Fans of the gerne will be excited.

Logical and inspired.

It's not perfect, but fans of JRPGs will like it if the played the first part, too.

Let Them Trade convinces through its cozy construction gameplay and a good bit of tinkering, but it doesn't really offer much replay value.

It looks like Ubisoft can't leave the prince alone. This game looks a bit rushed and it's the weakest of the series. Nonetheless it's a good game and more demanding than the last one.

Management simulation with steam engine nostalgia and a motivating passenger and goods system. More comprehensive and accessible than the first part.

Endless Dungeon is a strategically challenging genre mix, but it only reaches its full potential in co-op.

This game tries to tell what happened before Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, but may require a few more patches to be able to do so. At least version 1.5.03 is full of bugs, crashes, long loading times, broken save games and design errors, which is a shame because that's what stops the game from being great. Theoretically this could all be fixed by patches and just like with Stalker, this may take a while.

The great horror atmosphere has created constant tension with me.

A well-done revival of Syndicate for real-time strategists with strong nerves. Brains and coordination triumph over fast clicking.

It's better, bigger and more sophisticated than the predecessor almost everywhere - except for the controls and business model.

Breathtakingly beautiful and quite easy puzzle adventure without violence, fights or player deaths.

I doubt that I'll ever see the final boss playing on maximum difficulty, but a few more tries won't hurt.

Telltale managed to tell a story that fits into the movies without losing charme or balance. The puzzles might have been a bit too easy but if you like the movies or adventure games, you have to play this series.

Max Caulfield's return is a gripping story adventure with a high 'feel-good' factor that stumbles over its own narrative in the finale.

A convincing reboot of the popular Thief series in virtual reality with exemplary immersion and clever microphone use.

3D remake of the 1994 classic with 14 races and tons of troop types and spells. Few comfort functions, needs a lot of patience.

Homeworld 3 impresses with groundbreaking space battles but disappoints with a trivial campaign.

Absolver still offers too little long-term motivation, but the combat system and the exciting multiplayer dynamics show potential.

Solid old-school survival horror with an exceptional atmosphere. Suffers from balance issues and a rather mediocre conclusion.

Styx: Blades of Greed is a compelling stealth game with enormous freedom and fun skills, but suffers from repetitive mission design.

Tropico 5 isn't just the best of the series, but simply one of the best games of its kind. The Settlers and Anno series should take note.

Quotation forthcoming.

Silence sets new standards for the genre, simply looks fantastic and just kept us going - at least for five hours.

As always, Telltale Games manages to capture the atmosphere of the movies, but the story of The Muzzle feels artificial and could use a twist every now and then. There are also some camera problems towards the end. But if you like Wallace & Gromit, go and get it.

Grid Legends delights with superb orchestrated, entertaining races, but it leaves a lot of potential untapped in terms of career and team management.

I was initially a little put off. The optics of Jazz Punk are primitive, the humor is anything but subtle. First, the gags seemed to me abundant infantile. But the longer I played, I had more pleasure in the game worlds in discovering all the jokes and some ideas from the developers that are just awesome.

The only bright spot is the graphical and atmospheric implementation.

A sophisticated game that allows for skilful tactics, albeit the tabletop mechanics remove realism.

XCOM Light in World War 2: fast, compact turn-based battles on small maps, with challenging secondary objectives and a solid campaign framework.

Quotation forthcoming.

Atmospheric detective adventure set against a breathtaking backdrop.

Either you like that kind of game with creative gameplay or you thin it's a pure waste of time. It's hard to judge by the usual criteria.