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.

Risen 3 could be outstanding, for the world, the fights, the character system are almost made ​​for a first-class role play. But the story does not build tension. It serves its purpose, but remains arbitrary and acts in many places too contrived.

Neon White has perfected its simple and unique shooter concept. It won't win any awards for its story.

Age of Wonder 4 sets its own accents and does its job very well. Yet, the gameplay is still too one-dimensional for the genre crown.

One of the best VR role-playing games so far, which impresses with more than just its size and manages to outperform its prequel.

Even more funky levels, ingredients and characters: Overcooked 2 will please anyone and should not be missed at any co-op party.

Norco offers an incredibly atmospheric story - without gameplay surprises.

The captivating blend of shooter and RPG offers versatile and exciting interlocked skills and classes.

Very atmospheric trip to ancient Japan, where graphical flaws are compensated with vast content and plenty of gameplay.

Empires of the Undergrowth doesn't look particularly pretty, but its inner values are truly convincing.

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.

Anno 1800: The High Life is aimed exclusively at Anno experts, but it provides them with a continuous exciting final phase.

Frontlines is basically an easy-to-learn shooter with lots of action. But your AI-controlled comrades-in-arms are close to useless because of their stupid behavior. This is the reason why Kaos Studios didn't achive the goal to create a solo campaign that feels like a multiplayer game. In the end, it's a team shooter that plays like an ego shooter - at least as long as you play offline.

It's a well done game with surprisingly diverse tasks. It's not too demanding, but there are challenging puzzles to solve and the cut-scenes are probably the funniest of the series.

Sauron is getting closer! The first add-on increases the scale of the game, adds new classes and items and moves the action a bit more to the east. There a few annoyances regarding game balance and small bugs, but they hardly matter because looking for new quests and leveling up is a lot of fun.

Fancy, compact turn-based strategy with an Indiana Jones setting, tricky, tactical battles, cool heroes, and great soundtrack.

Insightful story-adventure with limited gameplay, but an inspiring change of perspective into the world of thoughts of creative geniuses.

Chaos Rising is great addition to Dawn of War 2 and manages to impress with speed, thrilling battles and a motivating story – at the cost of less complexity and strategy.

Overlord delivers the usual good quality. However, the vassal mechanics in particular will not be equally relevant to everyone.

Quotation forthcoming.

Beautiful and moving jump & run with puzzles, solid game mechanics and a great hero.

A slow-paced yet challenging survival building game set in an immersive post-apocalyptic world with a village on top of an adorable giant dinosaur.

Consistent further development of the timeless concept. Better than ever before thanks to seasons, production chains and the detailed vehicle fleet.

An atmospheric and tactical role-playing game within a compelling dark fantasy setting.

Despite some problems with game balance and mission design, this is the best Warhammer game since Dawn of War 2: Retribution.

A less onerous version of the courier epic with some useful innovations for novices, not quite as sweet to experts.

Quotation forthcoming.

Quotation forthcoming.