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.