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

If you prefer creating things instead of destroying them, please forgo Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. Playing a mercenary in Venezuela you blow up multi-story buildings, restaurants, hotels, factories, cars and boats in several missions. The controls could have been better, but it's still fun, and instead of complaining about the shortfalls of the game you could always just go and blow up something else.

Co-op buccaneers will have fun with Sea of Thieves, but without a character development and more variety regarding missions the hunt for treasures gets boring quickly.

Thymesia offers a fantastic combat system, which, however, can hardly unfold due to the short play time.

An atmospherically dense, but narratively weak tactical game that can't hold a candle to its outstanding predecessor, Mutant Year Zero.

World War Z is a third-person mix of Left 4 Dead and Killing Floor 2 with the biggest enemy hordes I've ever seen in a game. This is really impressive, but at some point you get fed up with it and what's left is a zombie shooter like many others - mind you not a bad one, but not one that absolutely must be played.

With its artistic and creative approach, Bulwark offers a genuine experience, which may however quickly become boring for some types of players.

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

Hero shooter for solo players. Despite gameplay flaws it convinces with a diverse heroic war, great campaign and plenty of self-irony.

Cities Skylines 2 is an outstanding transportation simulation, but as a city-building game it still doesn't feel as polished as its predecessor.

This extremely difficult indie RPG in the style of the 90s offers a lot of depth but no comfort features.

This solo work demonstrates that a linear shooter campaign can be as entertaining as the largest open-world.

If you like pure action, just add another 10 to 15 points because of the atmosphere. Everybody else should prepare for a extremely linear action game, but it's still a lot of fun.

A fine strategy game to spend some leisure time, yet the gameplay mechanics lack profundity to facilitate a more serious examination.

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

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

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

Easygoing building sim for production chain aficionados, which, however, suffers from campaign flaws and a lack of long-term stimulus.

Bright Harvest provides an interesting challenge for Anno 1800, but that is not enough, even for a DLC.

America's Army 3 can be really good if you have a good connection to the server and if you can find other motivated and cooperative players. But it can take hours until you are able to find that combination. The US army should fix the problems if they want to make a good impression.

A truly groundbreaking experience is not the mish-mash of clues, uninspired fireworks and quite appealing story with a rather lame ending - but for answering difficult questions, you have to beat The Sinking City more than just on the back.

Boyfriend Dungeon offers a fresh take on dating sims but skimps on scope and storytelling.

Ara: History Untold dares a lot, but many things still don't work out as planned. It still falls short of its role model, Civilization.

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.

A challenging historical detective game with a few twists and turns that will really make your brain cells and notepad work overtime.

Quotation forthcoming.

The fusion of real-time strategy with tower defense rules works surprisingly well.

Surprisingly good compared to Sniper Elite 2 and great fun for sniper fans.

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.

It takes quite some time to get into the game and a lot of it will be spent loading saved games, but once you're over that stage, Hired Guns offers a lot of fun. The game feels like a graphically enhanced Jagged Alliance 2, which isn't bad - quite the opposite. Hired Guns has its weaknesses, but is appealing nontheless.

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.

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

Quotation forthcoming.

If I had tried to play this in my spare time, I would have given up after a few hours. Until then it's just confusing. But as a tester I had to play on and later on it's much better, more diverse and a motivating story.

RPG fans who have the stamina and who are after a singleplayer role-playing game that does not rely on the old-school could still have fun with Greedfall and should give it a chance. And even if it is only to love the extraordinary world design.

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

A scaled-down Stellaris look-alike with Star Trek flair that would have deserved more love and scale.

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.

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

Fun village builder in a well-made historical setting. However, the game suffers from heavy grind and a lack of endgame variety.

It looks good, it's cool to play, but the singleplayer feels stretched and there are not enough different opponents to balance this.

It has strong points like stealth gameplay and co-op, but all in all it's just average. A focus on stealth would have been better.

It's quite similar to Panzer Corps but it's still fun to hit the orcs and their boss Ghazghkull Thraka right between the horns.

The hotseat mode manages to capture the boardgame atmosphere for a fair price. But don't expect a complex strategy game.

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.

It's a great mix of a classic detective movie, science fiction and a post-nuclear world with lots of weird characters.

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.

Fortunately, the accessibility of Halfway provides an easy introduction.

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.

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

A daring reboot for the horror franchise that does many things right, but hinders itself too often with poor design choices.

Diverse arcade racer with an impressively huge game world, but the enormous potential isn't used enough.

Experimenting and trying things out shows: physics can be fun, especially when building weird machines. But it needs more tutorials for beginners and better controls.

It's as entertaining and thrilling as a good horror movie, but it lacks some variety.

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

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

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

Rebellion removed the most important feature from the game: panic. Instead of being in danger or afraid all the time like in the classic game, it’s now easy to beat aliens to a pulp. It’s still thrilling from time to time, but the single-player-part has lost most of its appeal.

Good remaster of a trashy space opera with its own special charm that lacks demanding combat as well as variety in sidequests.

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

Warfighter is well-made, has been set elaborately staged and looks good enough to eat in places. However, I constantly feel we have been through the whole spectacle in three dozen other shooters.

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.

Solid in terms of content, but unstable in terms of technical execution. FM26 demonstrates where the series is trying to go, but it still has a long way towards reaching its goal.

Quotation forthcoming.

A better weapon balance, more victory conditions, more diplomacy options and ground assaults that are not at least completely soporific - there is still a lot that could be improved.

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

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.

Fresh setting with style, but the clumsy infrastructure prevents a well-rounded, fun gaming experience.

Forget logic or the laws of physics, you won’t need them in this game. It’s an absurd action feast where you play a super ninja called Ken Ogawa. The only problem with this game are frequent crashes which are annoying because you the game is only saved after completing a mission

It gets really scary towards the end of the game, when the madness slowly takes over.

By today's standards the shootings are too static for my taste. In combination with the annoying graphics bugs, it is difficult for me to make an unreserved recommendation. If you just want to experience an adult story again that takes itself and its character seriously, then don't hesitate. But if you also hope for a dynamic gaming experience, there are certainly better alternatives by now.

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

Quotation forthcoming.

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.

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

Cyanides Space Hulk is close to the board game, but suffers from sluggish control and too short a campaign. Best played against a buddy.

Sherwood Builders uses the Robin Hood brand well when it comes to gameplay, but is an outlaw when it comes to presentation.

CoD Modern Warfare 3 hides one of the best multiplayer modes in years between a crappy campaign and an insignificant zombie mode.

Innovative but quite repetitive horror adventure. Blindness as game mechanic is fascinating, but can't really shine.

Doom VFR is a short but entertaining hellride. But the bloody VR fun lacks the ease and elegance of the original.

Quotation forthcoming.

An atmospheric medieval excursion whose narrative ends far too abruptly.

The single-player campaign is only eight hours long, but full of spectacular and varied scenes. It's a lot of fun, but too linear, and the use of generic weapons, imprecise controls and inconsistent graphics show a lack of fine-tuning.

The underlying principle is indestructible, but compared to its predecessors, the F2P restart disappoints with a lack of content and improvements.

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

Compared to the ageless original, Back in Action is indeed not a milestone of the genre - but it's certainly a solid tactical game. Because the plan & go mode works, the selection of mercenaries and weapons is huge and I'm engaged for weeks with the liberation of Arulco.

It’s like a mediocre clone of the Splinter Cell games, but not as good as far as level design or free roaming are concerned. But the story is captivating and it's a refreshing change from all those WW2 action games.

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.

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

Although this foundation is stable enough for a big game, it actually shakes tremendously in the higher floors.

It may look a bit dry and Whitechapel could have been filled with more life, but it's fun to hunt Jack the Ripper with both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Watson is more than just a sidekick this time, even though both heroes are played quite similar. The best Sherlock Holmes game from Frogwares so far.

Life as a caravan leader is tough and demands a lot of time. Vagrus masterfully tells a story, but it suffers from technical issues.

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.

Quotation forthcoming.

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

Interesting adaptation of the popular tale with well-done additional parts. However, the main character Poirot has serious weaknesses.

Pure Farming 2018 is a gameplay alternative to Farming Simulator. Get on the field.

The developers' love for detail, which is apparent in the characters of the Jericho team, is missing otherwise: the levels are linear and sometimes monotonous, the enemies always act the same way.