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

The paradoxical bottom line: The Settlers: Rise of an Empire is a diversified and motivating game, not because of it's innovations, but in spite of them.

The dense atmosphere and gripping survival action ease the pain caused by the weak story and the unappealing protagonist.

Quotation forthcoming.

Motivating and entertaining adventure game with interesting decisions, great character design and strategic diversity.

Anyone who can not make friends with a rather broad-based, but then always repetitive content and attaches importance to a story or multi-layered characters, is wrong with Dauntless.

An entertaining, professionally produced mainstream racing game for a mainstream audience. 95% may rejoice. I am one of the other 5%. [Heiko Klinge]

Dead Island 2 knows what it wants and does it just right. The zombie slasher is good solo, but even better in co-op.

Quotation forthcoming.

Two Point Hospital regularly elicits a smile, if not a loud laugh.

Sniper Elite 5 is just as fun as its predecessor but doesn't dare any significant innovations, therefore it feels too familiar.

It's one of the best co-op shooters since Left 4 Dead 2, but bugs, design shortcoming and technical problems lower the score.

A fascinating underwater world and a deep story exploring human fate. But if you are looking for pure horror, this is not for you.

Better than the original Kickstarter version. It's not perfect, but a step in the right direction and worth playing - due to the lack of competition.

The third installment of Dawn of War is motivating due to upgradable heroes and battles to conquer fortresses, which add to the standard missions. The missions, which can last up to two hours, are demanding. Quite often you will fight at several fronts at once while being pressed for time.

Quotation forthcoming.

It is this element of exploration and free moving that I sorely missed in the first part.

The Star Trek drought is finally over: Across the Unknown is a great, if not perfect, strategy game.

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.

There Magic Arena is with its fantastic game mechanics just front runner for me.

A clever puzzle game with physics and fantastic and diverse level design that doesn't offer any help, though.

Blood Dragon is art.

Fun, colourful arcade racing game full of content, that leaves a lot of its potential out there on the road.

A visually outstanding remake of a timeless classic with captivating story, modern gameplay, and a few technical flaws.

Burning Shores has a beautiful map and some fun new features. However, the DLC suffers from a goofy villain.

Laysara takes you to a beautiful and unspoiled mountain setting with complex and skilfully crafted gameplay mechanics.

If you want to experience a classic Assassin's Creed again, you absolutely can't go wrong with Mirage. Only the controls were better back then.

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.