Fast and easy to grasp RTS which has a lot to offer for Halo fans and PC strategists alike.

Unique, sick horror with a remarkable Alien style and innovative huge puzzles, but too few enemy types. Only for very strong stomachs.

Spore is a simple game and the add-on doesn't change that. It can only offer simple adventures and there's not much use for thousands of them if ten are enough already. Instead of improving Spore, Galactic Adventures promotes the weaknesses of the game.

MySims was created for very young gamers, but is more than just "Sims Light" with cute graphics. It's actually quite complex, especially for children. The rewards and challenges are very well done. If you're less than 10 years old, this may be for you.

When I think about what Thief could have been if it had just had the courage to want to be something, then I get annoyed .

Quotation forthcoming.

Posh PvP carnage featuring a for the genre exceptional combat system. Plot, PvE and endgame are however more limited.

Improved textures and revised balancing complement this terrific action-RPG classic, which, however, features too many generic side quests.

Quotation forthcoming.

A surreal and nightmarish adventure with great art design and intense atmosphere, but not very challenging.

A fun stealth game that lacks fresh ideas.

An unconventional psychological adventure with grand ambitions and significant flaws, which piques curiosity at the beginning but leaves you feeling bored by the end.

Better than the predecessor, a solid game, but still a bit of a disappointment. Mods could change that, though.

The Whispered World is a stunningly beautiful adventure game with a great story for adults. It makes you smile, touches your heart, makes you sad and thoughtful. A little masterpiece with a small, but great hero.

If you can look past the bland setting and the repetitive gameplay, this well-balanced genre mix could be your thing.

Sudden Strike 4 is one of these strategy games where victory and defeat are so damn close together.

On its own it's an entertaining game, but compared to The Sims 3 it's a step back and a lesser game.

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.

More of the traditional Serious Sam gameplay that gets to the point faster than the main game, whereas it still runs poorly.

Great setting, but it's more or less another Call of Duty clone with some nice ideas. But everything feels like the game just had to be released, so a lot of potential hasn't been realised yet. Maybe that's something for the sequel.

if you like to spend a lot of time thinking about organising an army and love historical accuracy, then you might add 10 points to our review score. But if you want to go to battle and prefer a logical system for research and economy, try the demo first.

Quotation forthcoming.

Quotation forthcoming.

Fortunately, the accessibility of Halfway provides an easy introduction.

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

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

I have to praise for Arcane, the level design has really pleased me despite backtracking.

Ambitious sci-fi investigation for clues about expatriates on Mars, which technically doesn't meet its own standards.

A rock-solid RTS with mass battles, but only for fans of multiplayer and skirmish. The campaign turns out to be a sad affair.

The Definitive Edition has fulfilled its most important goals. It revives the first Age of Empires in a more beautiful way than in the memory of the most nostalgic - and removes enough of the legacy that I can enjoy today just as much as it used to. Above all, I can hardly wait to see what the developers will do with the Definitive Edition of the second part.

Jumping lacks a little bit of precision, but if you can ignore this, you’ll get a engaging, albeit short package of fun.

It's just as thrilling as the Nintendo DS version. It may have only 150 different units, but offers lots of varied missions, motivating side missions and officers.

Fishing: Barents Sea has plenty of idle time, but also cool ideas - and is anything but a sea cucumber.

Rainbow Six Extraction offers an atmospheric co-op experience with clever gameplay mechanics that make up for its minor flaws.

The game offers 25 songs from Aerosmith, but hits like „Crazy“, „Cryin‘“ or „I don’t want to miss a thing“ are not included. There are 15 more songs from other artists like Lenny Kravitz, Joan Jett or The Cult. It’s still fun, but if you are an Aerosmith fan, you’d like to play the hits, not second rate songs.

This sequel ignores the less popular Broken Sword 3 and 4. One the one hand that's great, because it revives the atmosphere of the first two games and it works. But technically it's not up to date and the important puzzles are too easy to solve. But there's hope for part 2.

Ghost Recon: Wildlands offers an ingenious open world but a uniform mission design. Playing creatively in co-op offers the most fun.

It's hard to understand why the main problems of the part one haven't been solved. It's basically Magicka 1.5 with some improved graphics.

A good sequel to a classic that too often forgets its own virtues.

Quotation forthcoming.

Quotation forthcoming.

Now Crytek has jumped onto the remaster train and is stepping into the trap it has built for itself: To release a new edition of a 13-year-old game in 2020, which again needs a really expensive PC for full graphics power, is a crazy idea.

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

Simple interactive adventure game with lots of emotion and atmosphere.

Beautiful to behold, but gameplay-wise undemanding feel-good escapism with a great sense of freedom that invites you to relax and dream.

Despite a very atmospheric world and fun basic idea it requires a huge amount of grind and is suitable especially for players with a lot of patience.

If you are a cycling enthusiast and need up to date season details, then regrettably there is no alternative to this game. Everybody else should ignore this expensive update that doesn't offer a single relevant improvement.

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

The graphics may be from 2011, but the story and the combat system are great. It has everything you can expect from a Final Fantasy title.

Beautiful theme park manager with a clear focus on the great presentation of dinosaurs. Micro-managing fans get a raw deal, though.

Quotation forthcoming.

13 years after the ship disappeared, you're boarding the nuclear-powered Russian ice-breaker North Wind to find out what happened. The game tells two stories, the present and the past, using interactive cut-scenes, soul-journeys and visions, while a constant sense of menace fills you with fear. But the hardware requirements are too high and there could have been more graphical diversity.

It's so fast and crazy, every fan of action racing games will love it. At least for a few hours, because then you've done everything and there's nothing left to motivate the player. Still great for a little fun in between.

Quotation forthcoming.

Quotation forthcoming.

A lot of fun for Ghostbusters fans and nostalgists, but it runs out of breath in the long run.

Millennia starts like Civ, but offers good mechanics such as alternative eras and construction sim elements. Weak AI and graphics.

Without any announcement, Electronic Arts released Battlefield Heroes. Why the secrecy? The free online shooter turns out to be an entertaining game. It's a casual game with almost no tactics to speak of, but it's fast-paced and funny.

My first thought when playing was "Okay, there is not enough content here, but for a cheap indie-diablo, it's okay."

Quotation forthcoming.

It stats a bit slow, but once Nathan has learned all his special attacks, the fights turn out to be quite a show – despite their occasionally high difficulty. Once you manage a jump combination without touching the floor once, you'll feel euphoric.

An endearing J-RPG in the tradition of Chrono Trigger.

Passing, scoring opportunities, tactical depth – PES 2017 is a soccer masterpiece. The PC version suffers from very outdated graphics.

PvP-heavy survival game for gamers resistant to frustration, with weaknesses in construction and discovery.

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

Mediocre shooter sustained by its incredible, gritty humour - but only if you're open to it.

Allods Online doesn't re-invent the wheel, but manages to mix old and new extremely well. Once you own your first ship it doesn't feel like a WoW clone either. But it needs a lot of time and friends to play with.

The amazing open world of Shadow of Doubt deserves a better game. [Early Access Review]

A solid sequel that thanks to its co-op mode offers some variety, but still doesn't have the courage to try enough new things.

I respond to the countless explosions only with copious yawns. The action game is not really bad, but it's just not particularly good either.

Order of War is like a popcorn war: fast and tasty, a nice little snack, but not a full meal. It's too easy for veterans and not impressive enough for casual gamers. But if you are looking for occasional fast battles, it's a good choice. It won't get less complicated than this.

Quotation forthcoming.

A refreshing old-school building strategy game for patient players, which only displays its charm and potential after a few hours of playing. It's love at second sight.

The idea with the Tamagotchi-space-dogs is already absolutely amazing.

Decent medieval strategy with turn-based battles and a pleasant soundtrack. However, the low budget is somewhat noticeable.

Dark fantasy RPG with highly tactical and intense turn-based combat, but weaknesses in city building and character development.

Despite the flaws and the unused potential, the game is still a lot of fun as a casual game. But as a dogfighting game doesn't offer enough realism or a big enough plane selection.

Wonderfully action-packed multiplayer shooter with plenty of Aliens vibe, it is however only really enjoyable with human players.

The Siege of Paris simply delivers another Northman adventure that doesn't stand out in any way.

The purchase is basically only worthwhile if you have not played the predecessor yet...This lack of innovation is all the more disappointing for me because the developers of Undead Labs had originally planned their game as a zombie MMO, where we were to fight with hundreds of players on a map together for survival. And now, instead, they deliver a mediocre co-op mode.

Only the fleet magic system, although it has its flaws, is a real highlight for me.

Entertaining action platformer for a small price. The points needed to unlock certain levels feel are an unnecessary limit.

State of Mind pursues a thematically exciting idea, but fails due to trivial gameplay and weak staging.

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

Quotation forthcoming.

It's a very sloppy port and even 4K doesn't improve the old fashioned graphics. But that doesn't mean it's a bad game, it's still a rich and easy to learn beat-em-up. Those are rare on PC.

Syndicate leaves me cold at almost all levels. And where it will not let me cold, it repels me.

With its innovative color boost mechanism Trailblazers provides a tactically inspired racing pleasure, especially for team players.

Accessible crossover fighting game with FX-rich, extremely fast battles, which feel tamer in comparison to its predecessor.

Cities XL plays like Sim City from 1988 of City Life from 2006: Building streets and industrial, residential and commercial areas. But once you start building, you realize that a lot of things don't seem to work - because they only will after you've bought playtime. And only then you will be able to buy extra packages. To be fair, one month is included already.

An unnecessary sequel that is miles behind the original in every regard.

It's an entertaining simulation, but the developers changed only small details and ignored the bigger problems of the series.

An old-school and very vivid business simulation with limited depth. Motivating station building, annoying humour that lacks subtlety.

Galactic Civilizations 4 is a competent 4X turn-based strategy game, but it doesn't offer any reasons to choose it over its competition.

Versatile survival game in the Hyborean age with a lot of variety for construction enthusiasts, adventurers and explorers.

The faultlessly working speech recognition of Tom Clancy's Endwar achieves its objective: you really feel like a military leader - at least for one hour, because in terms of speed and precision the human voice is still inferior to controlling the game with a mouse. The game itself resembles World of Conflict, but doesn't come close. Especially the game balance needs to be fixed.

Quotation forthcoming.

Solid clone of Age of Empires with technical mishaps, which barely offers single-player content, but varied factions and strategies in PvP.