Four Spider-Men in four parallel worlds is no guarantee for four times the fun. If the game was comic, we would skip ahead to the cool bits.

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

Blade & Soul offers an action-packed battle system and fantastic PvP. But a lot of grind, too, and crafting is boring.

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.

Charming puzzle action-adventure with novel vacuum cleaner alien-slime mechanics. It can be completed on a cozy evening.

Seven is a very good steath game with an interesting story in a vibrant cyberpunk world.

Quotation forthcoming.

60 Parsecs sometimes feels unfair, but because of the entertaining adventure-survival-mix you always want to try again.

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

Even as a remake, Outcast: Second Contact isn't up to date, but offers a very purist open-world experience.

Very accessible Soulslike with an intriguing setting, yet it suffers from technical issues and balancing flaws.

The experience points system and the succession unlockable diagnostic tools are a step in the right direction.

Tabletop tactics game with a half-baked mix of real-time-gameplay and card decks. Overall it looks unfinished and has too much idling.

It's extremely detailed - a bane for casual gamers, a bliss for expert gamers.

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.

Mothership Zeta offers new opponents, weapons and areas. Whether the expansion pays homage to Mars Attacks, Aliens and Star Wars or most of the important elements have been copied from them, it's fun nonetheless.

Colourful pirate adventure with delightful naval combat. In the long term, large distances and tedious quests take the wind out of its sails.

Quotation forthcoming.

Neverending Nightmares could be an interesting horror-adventure, but fails on the most important element: the horror.

Citadelum initially reminds us of the great Caesar series, but quickly wears off due to a lack of depth.

Quotation forthcoming.

Quotation forthcoming.

Under the great bodywork there's a lame engine. Need for Speed looks great, but the races are lacking.

A good, fast, accessible, and - thanks to unit gathering and nuclear arm - motivating strategy game.

With a bit more time, this could have been a great game. But now it's just a hint of what could have been.

Marvel's Avengers could have been a much better game if Crystal Dynamics had relied more on its own strengths instead of emulating mainstream trends.

Improved visuals, the typical Resident Evil feeling and zombies. If you can accept the shortcomings, you should give it a try.

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.

It's still a very good game, just not a particularly original one.

Behemoth is one of the most impressive VR role-playing games (so far), but comes with a few rough edges in terms of story and combat.

Gorgeous sci-fi shocker for genre fans, but it suffers from some massive design and technology shortcomings.

The Evil Within has achieved something that not many games have lately: It scared me. Thanks for Mikami-san!

Battlefield 2042 contains a great multiplayer shooter sandbox that is buried under half-baked game design, bugs and performance issues.

Challenging roguelike space-tactics that presents a dangerous and thrilling journey in a different way each time.

An unusual racing game that offers realistic, challenging drift races and a wild plot – but nothing more.

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

Quotation forthcoming.

Somewhat negligent VR implementation of the series with so much untapped potential.

Two friends, two game pads and Virtua Tennis 2009 and you'll have ten minutes of maximum multi-player fun. But the career mode is boring, because it’s too easy for far too long and the game suffers from a sloppy conversion. It's a great multi-player game, but could have been much more.

It's not as good as Mount & Blade: Warband. There may be a story driven campaign, but less complexity. The captain mode isn't what it's meant to be and there are still some bugs to fix. And there are better and free mods, so why pay for that one?

Absurdly rectacular: Genital Jousting presents itself as a satisfying quickie.

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

Explosive open-world spectacle in the form of a playable B-movie. Graphical weaknesses and boring missions lower the score for Just Cause 4.

This one is hard to judge. It's annoying to play the same mission again and again and not being able to advance or when AI soldiers ignore orders. But then the careful planning and being able to finally complete a mission after several tries... that's very satisfying.

Yes, just like in 2001 this game can be fun and will be remembered for consequently reducing the game until there’s nothing left but shooting things. In a way, that’s simple and honest and worth playing – once. This is a modern version, but graphically not up to date.

If you like exploring, this is for you. If you prefer survival games, don't expect too much.

Simply lacks power and depth.

Inspired by the classic Alpha Centauri, it looks like a modern version at first glance, but lacks the depth and long term motivation.

Old-school trading simulation with clumsy handling. The real-time sea battles of the predecessors have been replaced with turn based combat.

Technically great upgrade of an average action game.

Rogue Mage demonstrates why Gwent and roguelikes are not a good combination.

Entertaining indie JRPG with a great combat system, adorable characters and some immature game mechanics.

Quotation forthcoming.

Even though Ice Age 3 is definitely targeting a very young audience, it is still fun to jump through the levels. But it lacks the funny bits – except for Scrat – and the story of the movie. Still, it's one of the better licensed games out there and probably worth a try if you're looking for a game for the kids.

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.

Buggy and unfinished.

Extremely addictive despite some weaknesses. A captivating world of model railroads.

This spinoff doesn't need to hide in the shadows of the other titles of the series. This stealth 2D platformer is very motivating with diverse gameplay.

Quotation forthcoming.

Simulation with an unusual zombie scenario, which nevertheless leaves many opportunities untapped.

Nobody had expected Below in 2018 anymoe - and even more unexpectedly the low-poly Roguelike is one of the hits of the year.

Great mud-parcours for fans of enormous green diesel monsters - needs a bit more "game" though.

It takes two or three hours until the game really takes off, but then the thrilling story with lots of objectives unfolds with nightmarish drama. The inventory system is one of the dumbest every created, but if you like thrilling adventures you should give it a go.

Enough for me but not enough to motivate in the long run.

Offering battles for magical artifacts on nine different battlefields, Microsofts multi-player shooter is the first game to bring PC- and console-gamers together, - driving both of them crazy, while charging for it.

Quotation forthcoming.

Outdated shooter with a dinosaur bonus. Only retro fans with too much money to spend will be thrilled.

The atmospheric shooter never rises above its station as a fascinating proof of concept.

Fight, level up, explore, conquer, build. Even after 20 years this still manages to glue you to the screen. Incredible.

I hate this game. And I love it. No other game managed to motivate me so often to have another go. But the crashes and some unfair situations are frustrating.

Being in the hands of several developers and publishers is usually bad for a game, but not this time. Codename Panzers is surprisingly good and the missions are designed brilliantly. If you don't need to be in the thick of it and prefer controlling highly specialized units, then this Cold War is for you.

Quotation forthcoming.

With great quests and an even greater world Elex turns out to be the best game by Piranha Bytes since Gothic 2, but inherits the flaws of the latter.

Martyr catches the original theme stylistically well, but fails due to generic gameplay and the weak story.

Call of Cthulhu is no classic horror game, but a clever detective game with an exciting plot and a great atmosphere.

The huge world of FUEL is fascinating, but not much more than just a backdrop. There should be better reasons to drive around for 30 minutes than just unlocking a new paint job for your car.

A motivating and visually appealing bus game for beginners, which will make hardcore simulation fans gasp.

A game like a blockbuster movie: nicely done, quickly forgotten. Neither story nor characters are parts of a meaningful whole, but it's good action entertainment anyway.

Monotonous tactical battles without depth, combined with a rudimentary building part and repetitive missions.

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

Surviving the Aftermath offers sound building sim gameplay, but it loses a lot of potential due to grind and missing content.

The basic gameplay is always the same: send your fleet to the east, sell your goods, buy goods, send the fleet home and repeat. Except for a sea battle from time to time, there's not enough diversity, no special missions, no hidden areas, no buried treasures.

Splendid strategy surprise with gripping campaign and minor flaws.

The varied, but technically tame action-adventure appeals to Souls-like beginners. It also offers a refreshing ageing system and puzzles.

An exciting mix of construction sim and real-time strategy, which unfortunately forgoes depth for this balancing act.

Alone in the Dark is not particularly good as a shooter, but it does a lot right as an excellently designed puzzler.

Codemasters couldn't deliver a decent military simulation, so it just created a gane that's meant to be funny and entertaining. Don't expect an alternative to games like ARMA, but it's still a good game, just not a very good one.

We Are Football succeeds in carrying over the strengths of the old soccer management games into 2021, but it fails to develop them further.

Solid oldschool turn based tactics game, based on the Netflix series. Lacks any highlights, both gameplay- or storywise.

Although Killing Floor 3 is a well staged co-op shooter, it still lacks variety and a lot of polish before its release.

Challenging rally simulation with Loeb bonus, but inferior to Dirt Rally in all aspects.

An atmospheric police patrol simulator with promising elements, yet it never truly evolves beyond the daily grind of police life.

Age of Mythology is a good game. Even today. The mission design is still exciting, the balance between the people and the units is true, and thanks to the numerous combinations of gods and nations, there is always something new to try.

Quotation forthcoming.

Quantum Break is an action experience with great presentation, but on PC it doesn't look as spectacular as on Xbox One.

More of the same, but still very entertaining. Who would have thought that musicals and hell fit so well into the Saints Row universe?

LEGO Horizon Adventures has less depth than the original, but makes up for it with humor and a creative blockbuster world.

Quotation forthcoming.