The fact that recruits can easily be found in the world is also a good way of drawing attention to the open world. Because it should be seen: As an open-world city, London feels amazingly real and is full of life. Sometimes I ignore all the missions and prefer to drive a little with music through the brightly lit streets, watch people while I am strolling along the Thames or fly high over the roofs in a cargo drone to look for the best way to a hidden technology point.

With its huge amount of drones, Drone Swarm offers an innovative idea, but apart from that it feels very unfinished.

The eight characters allow for a very varied approach, depending on their composition. I also liked the strategy part with the base building as a resting place between the missions. It underlines the feeling of being part of a long-established resistance movement. On the other hand, I was hoping for more from the perspective of the Russian partisans. Despite the scenario, the narrative remains very superficial.

A visually appealing package with AI flaws, which more than other parts of the series is a matter of taste.

Torchlight 3 is not worthy of its name. Exploring the game world is worth zero. Where have all the side missions gone? The transformations for my pet? The fight with two one-handed weapons? Why are there no more jewel sockets and why do I have to collect rat shit in a main quest? This game is monotonous, generic and soulless. If you just turn off your brain for an hour or two, you can still get in here. But if you want more for your money, you're in the wrong place.

Genshin Impact is a very good and entertaining action role-playing game, which manipulates itself with its monetization in the endgame.

The online games feel fresh. But the gameplay changes are only in the details, since years the FIFA series is based on the same formulas. FIFA 21 clearly lacks innovation.

It has been a long time since a game could make me laugh so wonderfully, I haven't been so in love with characters and their world in ages.

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

We especially like how well the developers preserve the spirit of the original, while at the same time extending the story in a meaningful way.

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

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.

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

Nostalgia can be deceiving, especially when it comes to a 20 year old game. It is all the more astonishing how precisely Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 revives the feeling of yesteryear.

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.

At its core, it's still the same game as Crusader Kings 2, for better and for worse. It's still highly complex and tells great stories. And despite the context system, it can still be incomprehensible and frustrating. It's a bit like the Holy Grail. It gives you eternal youth, but it does not make you another person.

A clever mix between management, strategy, action and exploration. It’s not only very relaxing, but also has some heartwarming moments.

A successful heir to Dark Souls who improves the original concept, but knows its own limitations.

Shallow management game with cuddly graphics and plenty of variety, but lacks challenging tasks.

The loading times and the occasional stuttering took off visibly on my nerves after 40 to 50 hours. That, together with the still not perfect enemy AI, may be criticism at a high level, but ultimately prevents Wasteland 3 from becoming a great role-playing game - you have to be satisfied with a very good one.

Graphically impressive flight sim, based on global map data. Great for hobby pilots who fly on sight, but with problems when it comes to big airliners and autopilot.

A new Saga offshoot with lots of good, but not perfectly implemented ideas.

What happens when you invest the entire budget for a game in top-class actors and then have nothing left for the rest?

Colorful and chaotic Battle Royale fun, though currently lacking variety, content and long term motivation.

At first, this looks like just another Counterstrike clone. But there’s more depth and variety, despite the lack of content.

Horizon still has its weaknesses and sometimes feels overloaded with all of the open-world activities, crafting systems or an annoying fast travel system. If I ignore all of this, I have a world open to me that shines above all because it really has something to say - be it within its history or even how we deal with each other and our planet in reality. That is exactly what I miss in many open world games, in which the story likes to degenerate into a breadcrumb trail for all kinds of filling tasks.

Solid and true to the original, but even mordernized graphics can’t save the mediocre gameplay of the original.

Kojima's prestigious project boasts a great technological framework, but still suffers from a lack of action and it’s one dimensional story.

F1 2020 expands the exisiting framework with a new, interesting game mode, which makes it Codemasters‘ best F1 game, yet.

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

The strategically and optically convincing TGC skillfully introduces new ideas into the genre. Very generous and fair Free2Play system!

The history collection offers purely technical improvements, 1503 and 1602 proft the most.

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

esperados 3 is simply staged staggeringly: The Western atmosphere is tight for editing, I can experiment tactically with the five characters, sneak through almost completely or occasionally incite shootings. My heroes comment on the action, and with a few exceptions, the behavior of the opponents is logical and understandable. I even fail because I always know what was wrong and can optimize accordingly. This is what modern real-time tactics must look like. Be sure to play it.

An intelligent shooter with smart RTS elements, especially for solo players. Although the innovative scenario would have deserved a better story.

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

The Remaster is a joy for C&C Veterans, but delivers less than it could in almost every respect.

This chapter of ESO ist full of Skyrim nostalgia, but suffers from a weak story and a lack of innovations.

Cooperative fun for the whole family with typical Minecraft optics. Gets boring quickly, though.

Whether you enjoy it depends on your expectations. Maneater is trash. It makes no secret of it. The game is not pretty, it is not very varied or complex. But at least you're a shark. And eats people. And alligators. And other sharks. And everything at all. So the game does exactly what it says in the description. If that appeals to you, go ahead! Otherwise you can safely ignore the part.

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.

Although the game degenerates into quite a grind after the completion of the first series of missions, the procedurally generated worlds and the friendly community provide enough variety for long enough.

Neat shooter remake, which despite its plot weaknesses entertains just as well as back then. Without multiplayer, it is, however, a rather thin package.

Streets of Rage 4 is a dream come true for nostalgia addicts of the fighting game genre. It consciously rejects the modern era and will therefore not appeal to everyone.

Cloudpunk brings a dystopia full of humour and human abysses to life. Cyberpunk fans will be pleased.

I particularly like the playful freedom that the flexible 3-action system offers.

Behind the browser game aesthetics and the somewhat forced humor there’s demanding tactical combat on par with Darkest Dungeon.

Firaxis takes some risks, yes. But probably to bring a little variety to the XCOM series and maybe build a bridge to a real successor. The new features are all well thought out and offer enough differences to XCOM 2 to justify the purchase, but you shouldn't expect a revolution.

Despite the short playtime, We Went Back offers a gripping horror experience due to its dense atmosphere and varying setting.

Foundation expands Control with a completely new area that offers an interesting plot, fun abilities and smart level design.

A well-made remake to delight both veterans and newcomers, however, it remains overshadowed by its predecessor.

Anno 1800: Seat of Power provides the endgame with further excitement and motivation, in return it charges a princely fee.

Half-Life: Alyx redefines the word experience. Unfortunately, only in VR. And then again, luckily only in VR, because what Valve delivers here is exactly what VR fans have been hoping for for years: a system seller that makes virtual reality interesting even for people who have not had any interest in it before. And not just because of the name Half-Life, but because of the quality.

Reasonable innovations and a completely new Xen complement the authentic Half-Life atmosphere: This is what a remake should look like.

Very combat focused RPG. You can manipulate time within the turn-based fantasy battles - perfect for tinkerers with patience.

Doom Eternal refines where its predecessor was already brilliant. Despite some minor flaws, it's one of the most intense shooters of the year.

An insider's tip for creative and patient rocket engineers who are not afraid of a little bit of grinding.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps is touching, fascinating and it delights with excellent game design. A masterpiece that no one should miss out on.

Very complex, slightly outdated turn based strategy game with five very long, exclusively German campaigns featuring over 1.000 different troops.

Lazily modernized graphics, completely outdated gameplay: This remake of a classic is only for the most nostalgic of veterans.

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

Great tactical depth and varied turn based combat in a dark SciFi setting. Interesting scenario, but disappointing story line.

This adventure borrows liberally from some obvious role models, but fails to live up to their examples, despite innovative audio mechanics.

I really like Wolcen very much. This talent tree - complex and full of variants on the one hand and user-friendly on the other hand without gaps - has been my wish for Path of Exile for years...The cutscenes are also great. It's just a shame that the story runs out of air in the last third.

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

This atmospheric resistance management game may not be a perfect game, but it’s an important one. Especially in this day and age.

A fun zombie shooter for coop players, though without innovative elements. Beware of in-game purchases and pay walls.

The remaster stays far below its possibilities and makes multiplayer worse than in the original. The single-player campaign is still great.

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

The mechanics are still compelling and seem undestructable. There are only slight technical improvements to the remaster, controls are still a nuisance.

This playable Anime is a must for every Fan of Dragon Ball Z. The game world would need to play a bigger part to make this a hit.

AO Tennis 2 is a solid and comprehensive simulation. The lackluster role playing elements prevent a higher rating, though.

Simple interactive adventure game with lots of emotion and atmosphere.

A game like a comic book, driven by its snarky story. Gameplay suffers from weak gunplay and repetition, though.

Great sandbox fun with a strong action aspect and lots of fair, creative riddles using challenging game mechanics.

Oxygen Not Included is a challening, complex survival building game for creative tinkerers and fans of automatisation.

Iceborne challenges veterans with new monsters, mechanics and a detailed endgame area, newbies will enjoy themselves as well.

The actionpacked battles are fun for a while, but story, quests and the whole MMO part of the game are tiresome.

Sokoban meets programming language logic – probably the best puzzle game 2019.

A bee’s life can be a bit boring, but it’s a touching interactive story.

The first DLC for Borderlands 3 boasts a lot of gags and crazy characters. Nothing new in the gameplay department, though.

All in all, it's a fairly well told road trip story. After a strong start, the finale fumbles in the logic department, to many questions are left unanswered.

Transport Fever 2 is not a re-invention of the genre, but a considerable improvement of tried and tested gameplay principles.

Here we have a DLC, which does not playfully reinvent the Anno wheel, but keeps it running with more complexity.

Mechwarrior 5 looks really good - but apart from the nice brute mech battles, it's just too bloodless.

That Halo: Reach for PC is a must-have for fans, I do not have to tell you here again.

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

Thanks to relatable heroes and streamlined gameplay, this isometric Hack & Slay is a blessing for the slightly worn Darksiders series.

Almost identical to XCOM 2 in visuals and gameplay, although not as polished. Hit zones provide more tactical depth, though.

Quotation forthcoming.

Quotation forthcoming.

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

Lost Ember lives from his sensitive story and the picturesque atmosphere. The animal characteristics, however, seem like a squandered gimmick due to the complete absence of puzzles.

For people who value games based mainly on the cost-to-game ratio, Superliminal is definitely a flop.

The concept reads really interesting on paper. Also the lore and mythology can be quite appealing for inclined players. But all the construction sites reduce the fun at crucial points.

The robotic construction has really scared me off, because crafting combined with the constant electric shock is a nasty time eater - although the servos really have a lot of charm!

The cumbersome control passages also disturb the flow of the game rather than doing anything for Blacksad.

The Football Manager is again this year the first choice for all who want to lead their favorite club on the home computer to success.