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.

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.

It looks like JoWood didn't learn much from releasing a bug-ridden Gothic 3 game. The new add-on is full of bugs, too. But even without them, the game wouldn't be as good as the other recently released RPGs. At least the quest and the story are well done.

Immortal soldiers, attacking tanks with a pistol? Not in this game. Theatre of War 2 simulates battles between Germany, England and the USA with realistic weapons, true to their WW2 originals. If you are looking for a realistic simulation, here it is.

An adventure game with fresh puzzle mechanics and a well-expressed love story, which, however, inadequately connects both elements.

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.

That's why it's all the more annoying that the game cannot decide what it wants to be in the end. For an Arcade racer with offroad attitude it is too complex, for a race simulation the physics are too exaggerated, the control too spongy and the navigation too imprecise.

Quotation forthcoming.

Six little ninjas have to save animals and fight an evil samurai warlord. Each of the ninjas has its own special ability, like stopping time, playing a flute to slow down enemies or use a hammer to smash opponents. It's a simple game but it's a lot of fun.

It's an interesting idea, a setting full of humor and clearly influenced by the classic Dungeon keeper. A great mix on paper, but in reality the lack of balancing is annoying.

It's no masterpiece, but full of surprises. It may take some time to get into the game, but the different ways to progress in the game are motivating.

Entertaining, but shallow co-op and not really a successor to the RPG series.

Quotation forthcoming.

A low budget action RPG set on Mars, with lots of good ideas, but also with some quirks and problems.

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.

Insane 2 develops all his fun-potential only in multiplayer mode, at least in the abstract. De facto I detect a fellow player on the abandoned servers only in exceptional cases. My advice: Just organize a LAN party once again, as it used to be. Then Insane 2 becomes a guaranteed life of the party.

A lot of content, yet too easy for pros. Disciples enthusiasts better prepare for some adjustments.

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

Return to Moria tickles the Middle Earth nerve of every fan, but overstretches your patience with comfort shortcomings and technical problems.

Alter Ego offers a thrilling story combined with simple puzzles. If you are willing to accept a lot of walking around and old-fashioned graphics you'll be rewarded with an entertaining game.

The game still kind of works because of the KI and the good controls, but that doesn't make up for bad level design and presentation. Alma doesn't cause fear anymore, she's just annoying.

Quotation forthcoming.

Quotation forthcoming.

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.

Solid mix of Metroidvania and roguelike with epic boss battles, but often very conservative and sometimes slow-moving.

Quotation forthcoming.

The single player missions are very similar, but in coop this game is extremely entertaining.

Autentic interactions with the main characters of the series can't change the fact that there's no real freedom of choice and that kills the fun in the end.

It’s more than just a simple game with a move license. The crazy game world is filled with good gameplay ideas, so it‘s easy to ignore the flaws.

Small DLC with a shallowy story and underdeveloped characters, though it does introduce entertaining space battles and a new robot companion.

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

PowerWash Simulator is suitable for some spare time after a long day at work despite the lack of water physics.

Dune: Spice Wars lacks spirit and a story campaign. The solid gameplay foundation alone is not convincing in the long run.

The high random factor in the absolutely necessary restarts in each level, the somewhat too high degree of difficulty for my taste and the associated frustration factor makes from John Wick Hex not a bad, but also not a recommended game.

Despite the good Batman atmosphere and a proper main story, Gotham Knights suffers from repetitive gameplay and a lame open world.

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.

Quotation forthcoming.

The graphics settings are too poor for me as a PC player.

Technically flimsy CRPG with a dense atmosphere and exciting tactical battles. The story and characters are replaceable.

Don't forget to read the small print or else you'll get in trouble like Shrek. What may be the last of the Shrek games is also the best, at least for younger gamers, because it's not a very demanding game.

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

Atmospheric Co-op-Shooter, that spoils its entertaining battles with unfinished game design and a lack of variety.

Solid application with a lot of potential. Delightful pastime for simulation fans.

If you don't expect too much and just take the game for what it is, you can have a lot of tun with it.

Aquatico shines with an exciting setting but offers too little in the long run to compete with the big names in the genre.

Quotation forthcoming.

Creepy mortician horror with believable corpse preservation and procedural demon terror. However, both quickly become monotonous.

Quotation forthcoming.

Ixion delights with its sophisticated construction, but it disappoints with the story of all things. There is also a lack of polish in the second half.

It’s simple, but nonetheless a motivating game with lots of mini challenges and variety. It’s probably more suited for younger fans of the movie.

Consistent improvement of the series, in which you can sink dozens of hours with the right mindset.

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

Only two months after releasing SBK 09 Milestone starts selling the next racing game – no wonder it feels a bit rushed. It rarely manages to come close to similar games like Race Driver: GRID. It's not a bad game, though, and good enough for a few laps at lunch break.

Despite the name it’s neither dark nor empty and not even filled with lots of fun, either. Sure, it’s fun for some time, but doing the same things over and over again, using the same weapons in levels that are very similar, too. It could have been much better, now it’s just a mediocre game.

A stunning ingame world filled with tons of entertaining tasks is clashing with too many systems that suffocate Where Winds Meet.

It's great fun, but after 15 it looses it appeal. But that may change with mods.

I definitely had fun with Retro City Rampage, that much is clear.

Once you're over the especially steep learning curve you'll be able to play around in an extremely huge space sandbox.

A real fresh setting that let's you forget that it's just a game character that's being hunted. A great achievement for a game so unsightly.

Technically impressive open world in the Alps, but the winter sports simulation lacks long time motivation and diversity.

The Universim starts off great and then flattens out to the point of boredom.

Space - spectacular and boring. The first few hours give the impression of playing one of the best online games ever. So it's even more disappointing that Black Prophecy sinks so low afterwards. The story just stops, the quest are boring and ships and talents should be more complex. Let's hope for new content soon.

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.

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.

The search for the best angle to take a shot, the good controls and smooth gameplay combine into a fast-paced foray, which ends just as fast after only four hours. There should have been a multi-player mode, the father and son characters almost demand a co-operative mode. The game is cheaper than usual, but it's still too expensive for a game that short.

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.

The initially gripping chases lose their effect quickly. When I hear the very well-written dialogues in comparison, I would rather spend much more time with Ada, Tesla and Co. and learn more about them.

What's the worst that can happen to a fighter jet game? Playing it feels like sitting in a slow train. There's no difference between Mach 2 and the speed of a mallard, no difference between the F-117 Nighthawk and the Mirage III, and to crash your plane, you need to deliberately go for it. Only when there are far too many enemies, H.A.W.X. poses a challenge and never exploits its full potential.

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.

Before We Leave is a lovely indie builder that slowly loses its appeal after a cosy first few hours.

Without the Wii U gamepad it's just a half-baked port of a solid but out-of-date survival horror game.

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

The PC port has its problems, but Toy Soldiers: War Chest still offers some entertaining hours of tricky Tower Defense fun.

Fine retro shooter in the Warhammer universe that would be even better with automap, editor or multiplayer mode and more enemy variety.

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

Payback has the ingredients to be an entertaining arcade racer, but poor game design choices and lame gameplay prevent that.

It sounds like a good idea: co-operative missions, heroes, a fresh setting. But Worldshift fails, mainly because of bad design that ignores the standards of the genre. Having to control every single soldier manually because there are no group controls isn't acceptable. Different heights, trees, houses and even whole rock formations are ignored or can be shot through. The three factions are well balanced for multiplayer, but the single player campaign basically consists of "go from A to B" and "try and error". Even the best ideas won't work if you get the basics wrong. Maybe it's better to wait until Black Sea has ironed out the problems.

Unexpectedly lovingly designed sandbox full of chaos and destruction, fun gadgets, ridiculous gags and Easter eggs.

At its core, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 is a solid shooter that stumbles over the sloppy technical adaption and lots of little problems.

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

Quotation forthcoming.

It's fun, but not for very long. The ideas deserved a better game, but it's still a nice change from the typical first person shooter and it's not expensive at all.

Solid revival of the Commandos series that feels too slow in terms of gameplay at times.

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

The pretty magic adventure quickly runs out of breath because it lacks of creative features and - above all - motivating elements.

Fast-paced AA-shooter-action with an impressive level design and a great setting, however, its story and presentation cannot keep up.

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.

It's a two-faced game that seems to be too complicated, old fashioned and unfair to new players. But it has a fascinating part when well-organized gamers play co-op and multiplayer matches.

This action-adventure offers fun gameplay mechanics, exciting exploration, fast-paced platformer sections and combat. However, it suffers from technical deficiencies.

There'd be nothing wrong with the “more of the same” approach of this DLC, if only the story didn't feel so incomplete.

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

Painting by numbers in Stellaris. The latest DLC is a must-have only for the passionate psionics.

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

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

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

Europa Universalis 5 is brilliant, but still very buggy.

Quotation forthcoming.

Quotation forthcoming.