First Light introduces new ideas into Second Son mechanics, with good variety of missions and ton of side-quests and extras. However, main story is too easy and enemies' AI has some issues.

Both versions of ModNation Racers have been developed in parallel to provide two different proposals of the same concept. What we've got here is a crazy kart racing game, with a huge amount of creation tools and a good online community. Only a few shortcomings in the gameplay penalizes the final result. Even so, this is one of the best games of the genre, which aims to be a benchmark in the PlayStation Portable catalog.

Quotation forthcoming.

Square Enix has done a good job with its latest WiiWare development, with My Life as a Darklord being one of the greatest Tower Defense games that we've seen this year. With its stunning graphics and funny sense of humour, it's a good choice if you're looking for something cheap, interesting and pretty long for its gameplay style.

A great game for a boring afternoon, although it has a thrilling story it's dialogue could have been better written and its gameplay could use some polish.

Unstoppable Gorg is a nice intergalactic tower defense, a tribute to those sci-fi movies from the fifties, with challenging gameplay and funny situations.

Really fun and enjoyable football game to enjoy with friends.

Like a blast from the past, Ryu Hayabusha and the Ninja Gaiden trilogy appears like a storm in this Souls era. Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection looks very good, but not so great as it could've been. And the choice / not choice of remaster the Sygma versions is not what we wanted -It'd be great to have the option between playing the originals from Xbox and the Sygma versions. But nonetheless, we have pure ninja slice-and-dice action, so intense and hard that it puts your skills to the test. Oldie but true goodie indeed!

Nexomon Extinction is much more than a Pokémon clone, it is an alternative. The title, which is completely independent of the Game Freak formula, proposes a JRPG with its own identity that improves with the passing of the hours despite its mobile video game aesthetics. We recommend its purchase for any fan of creature collection and training, a safe purchase. A quality product.

This is not Grim Fandango, not Full Throttle, not Monkey Island. This is Double Fine at its best, with a Point & Click adventure that achieves mixing the magic from those SCUMM masterpieces of the genre and the unique visuals of Tim Schafer's imagination and studio. It is a shame that the story slowly falls into its second part and the studio recycles too much the same scenarios, but Broken Age is what it is: A journey that evokes that magic we thought was lost.

A strange metroidvania in that it puts its story wholly at its front, Timespinner is a unique time-travelling experience whose subject matter is more mature than it may seem. Plus, you get to have a partner dragon.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius brings the classic FF experience into a Free to Play concept without losing quality. Good music, faithful 16 bit graphics and good gameplay make it a recommendable title, but like in every free to play, we should be ready to either expend a lot of time and effort progressing or prepare the wallet to expend some money to do it faster.

A really solid base for a 4X game with plenty of good ideas and a nice presentation. It´s just lacking a bit of content, especially at the endgame.

Nintendo Switch welcomes Big Brain Academy: Brain Battle. The hybrid console adds to its catalogue what is, from now on, one of the most recommended logic and puzzle titles to play with the family or for the youngest audience. A proposal as simple as its predecessors in the saga (of which it reuses activities), but also one of those that have made the best use of the technological benefits of the moment. The title asks for just a few minutes a day to exercise your brain in key mathematical skills in the growth stages of any student, so it seems to us an ideal gift for this Christmas. Identity, visualize, memorize, compute, analyze... And have fun, which is the most important thing, both alone and in company. Its only problem is that it is verry short on content, although its low price compensates for that. For the rest, it is one of those titles that we celebrate for combining learning with perseverance and the importance of training our minds.

War of the Roses is a fresh and addictive title that uses a setting rarely exploited in the genre. Except some modification for FPS and the obvious similarity to Mount & Blade, there aren't so many games that have explored the existing market for this combination of setting and genre. The result is more than good and any lover of the Middle Ages will find himself spending too many hours in front of the screen, while handling his sword and putting down enemies with arrows.

Anarchy Reigns has simple but effective gameplay and combo mechanics. Great online beat'em up full of online modes. Frantic and fun, but has a repetitive and too-short single-player campaign.

Crisol is the first game from the promising Vermila Studios, an indie title with a triple-A look that blends BioShock and Blasphemous. It has its flaws, but it deserves a chance and is remembered fondly.

Sakura Wars results in a mix of classic and new features which is entertaining. The story and character development is enjoyable, while the combat system has some flaws.

Egosoft's final installment in the X series, Terran Conflict, delivers a complete space action / RTS / simulator game with plenty of options to choose from and an undefined number of hours of entertainment ready for the gamer to discover. If he can bypass the initial avalanche of information, the still-not-perfect controls and the lack of spanish translation, that is.

Hacker's Memory follows the same pattern that the previous title had but at the same time going one step beyond. A great combat system, an interesting story and characters and mostly the great soundtrack, with a few new themes added, and also a better pace on completing side missions complete an amazing title in this franchise.

Dustforce comes to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PSVita with a perfect port 1:1. Jumps, speed and brooms for this 2D platforming quick game. The Sony portable console has the most suitable version, great to play anywhere.

A good chance to bring the great remastered version of PlayStation 3 to PS Vita, the new God of War Collection for the portable walks a few steps behind its home sister version, due to a not very accurate use of the touch control of the system and a waste of graphical resources in a-port-more-than-HD version which shows painful low-res cutscenes. Still, God of War 1 & 2 are truly enjoyable masterpieces that everyone should play at last once in a lifetime. Let's just say that this time the God of War is more of a Semi-god.

Baba Yaga repeats all what we've seen before in Rise of the Tomb Raider, but has a great final boss battle.

It's innovative, something new that gives you a different experience. The graphics provides a complex sensation and the game modes are funny there are puzzles, action and RPG events.

Two great games that come to Nintendo Switch in improved editions and with more content but that does not make use of the touch function of the console thus hindering the gameplay.

Soundfall hits the dungeon crawler genre as an interesting double stick shooter looter with tons of music and a great challenge in cooperative mode. However, its exaggerated monotonous development hampers the experience, especially for the single player mode.

A great metroidvania adventure and good artistic design where its negative point is found in some scenarios with an artificially high difficulty.

Tom Clancy´s franchise sees another title, and this time is a flight arcade. Sit back in the seat and fly through the skies finishing the forces of the rebels against America. The game features an interesting campaign, filled with details like the experience and reward system. Despite the boring missions and repeating time and time again situations, the multiplayer and campaign modes do their job quite well, providing an interesting an fun experience. Cant stand next to Ace Combat 6, but if you like air combat arcade games the game is worth a rental.

Majesty 2 looks as interesting as the previous one. A fast and fun game suitable for all users, regardless of their level of experience in RTS, with a fantasy world under the most typical and traditional guidelines in this kind of settings. However, the game is still too repetitive but is still perfect to enjoy the idle moments due to its multiplayer mode.One option that is almost impossible to go wrong.

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution is a sequel that does not alter anything that stands out in the original. Continuity has its good side, and that is that fans of the saga will have another test of survival that works well within virtual reality. However, there is little reason to justify the sequel.

Cozy Grove is one of the typical yes games, but… It is very well linked to the genre it wants to represent, it has acceptable content and a fairly interesting narrative, but so many blatant references to Animal Crossing make it not entirely original.

This (finally) uncensored version is a remake of the first No More Heroes, now in great looking HD. Suda 51 was the team involved in the development of the first game and we love their style, great sense of humor and exaggerated characters. Move is a great substitute for the Wiimote, and the lack of a Nunchuk is not a big deal for performing combos and wrestling attacks. And this time you can also use the DualShock 3 gamepad. The game is almost identical to the original one and we only have a few additions like the dreams (replay old cinematics) and nightmares (replay old battles). We had hoped for a major improvement in the visuals, but only the light effects are noticeably better. If you are looking for a extremely fun and unique action game for your PS3, don't think too much about this, just pick Heroes Paradise and start hunting assassins.

For those who really missed the Metroidvania concept of Koji Igarashi in Lords of Shadow, MercurySteam has created in Mirror of Fate an petit homage with the style and gameplay of the reboot's series, adding those elements of pure exploration, platforms and astonishing 3D's visual stereoscopic levels that truly take us into the castle, dungeons and caves of the new & tragic Dracula, always cursed by the revenge of the Belmont Clan.

Full of original and devastating weapons, a new and brutal exosuit and Frank West as main character. Dead Rising 4 is an entertaining option, but it's easy to beat, has disappointing psychopaths, some technical issues and less backtracking than others in the franchise.

After ten years, Serious Sam series has strong symptoms of fatigue in its gameplay. BFE is a frenetic old-school FPS, but the lack of innovation penalizes a title only released for fans of the franchise.

Zombie Army 4 doesn't create anything new, but it's fun and entertaining. The cooperative mode is the main point of the whole production.

Type-0 on the PSP was the best Final Fantasy game since, maybe, Final Fantasy XII. Nothing changes that in this case: Type-0 HD is fun to play, hard to master and offers a lot of content to explore. Also, here we have the access to Episode Duscae, the first chance to play Final Fantasy XV and to discover where the series is right now. It's a convincing package.

Vikings attacking Englishmen, women and children who fight back against them throwing everything they can find along the levels, just like their enemies. Straight, simple and fun are the keywords for this When Vikings Attack alongside with Cross-Buy, Cross-Save and Cross-Play, a nice title for PlayStation 3 and PS Vita with a really short 2 hours Campaign Mode, but that really makes the most of it in its multiplayer mode.

DC Universe Online is not only the best MMO build on a superhero theme, but one of the most innovative MMO appeared in the last few years. The combat system is a blast, and there is plenty of content to keep you busy for weeks. Is it worth it the monthly fee though? Only SOE and their regular updates to the game can answer that.

Race Pro offers a conduction simulator with an until now unknown depth in console. This game counts on personalization possibilities that astonish by their number and depth, besides a demanding control and a gameplay measured to the millimeter. Unfortunately, graphics are a bit gritty.

Great playability. Great technical finish. Guaranteed action, addiction and laughs. And all for free, hard to say no to this pack.

Full Bore is a funny game. His opened world allows us to solve the puzzles in random order and the characters are so charismatic that they give a breath of fresh air to the game. If you love the puzzles, you will love Full Bore.

One more classic NeoGeo 2D fighting game appears for the Xbox Live Arcade, but it offers less than we expected. This is just a port from the original game that doesn’t include anything new... except for a multiplayer online mode that most times doesn’t work or makes combats run in bullet time. The original game is here, ok, but indeed the control system feels poorly adapted to the X360 pad.

The Sims 3: University Life is an expansion that fans of the series will enjoy. It does not merely offer additional options, and goes a step further while presenting the possibility of having a completely different experience for a short period of our lives. Undoubtedly, this would have been one of the first expansions for the third installment of the series, instead of coming when everything seems to be so close to the end.

Cars 3 is arguably the best videogame of the franchise and one of the most remakarble Disney Games of the last years. A solid racing game with its own ideas and a good presentation overall. The gameplay is fun and is able to convince both adults and children. Some issues with the frame rate remain, though.

Tower 57 is a great tribute to the Commodore Amiga 500. The game succeeds in capturing the essence of 16 bits old school shooters, but it has yet some problems to be solved.

A beautiful stroke of nostalgia that travels the path of Ozora Tsubasa and that abuses micropayments.

Tales of Zestiria is a great new "Tales of" game with smooth, deep and polished combat system, great dungeon design and original side-quests system. However, has poor visuals (PS4/PC) and open world locations do not work correctly.

Naruto's back and well, with same graphics and a gameplay system that uses the very same formula of its latest edition, improving the number of fighters and gaining balance between fighting styles. Though it's very much the same game once again, it will take you long to unblock all the new goodies that Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 offers.

PES2010 hits the post this year. It's basically the same game we've enjoyed during the last 12 months, with same graphics and gameplay mechanics. Plus, there's no sign of the Online Features, and the only new inclusion's the UEFA Champions League. It's not that much, but it's still one of the most interesting football games for this handheld.

With their debut defects, but with tension, emotion and a plot that hooks you up, Phoenix Online Studio brings us the first episode of an adventure with huge potential.

Another roguelike that explains a tales of pirates with some technical issues but interesting gameplay mechanics.

Just Dance 2024 is, more than a new game, and update on a game that has improved its rhythm and looks upon the Tiktok generation.

The adrenaline and speed of MotoGP return this year with this Milestone production. Marc Márquez and other drivers get a good helmet, but they have some injuries.

Assassin's Creed: Rogue is conformist and well-done but it has no ambition. Shay is a Templar, a rude new protagonist who reveals new secrets of the whole saga. Too many sea battles and very uninteresting murders or traditional missions.

Although enjoyable, especially in local multiplayer, Directive 2080's science fiction story feels too familiar. Mechanically, Supermassive Games is stuck in the same formulas.

Perhaps not as surprising as the first episode but still maintains a good narrative level and an atmosphere like few adventures have. Has some weaknesses, such as being shorter and with less pace but overall a highly recommended game.

Great story, great puzzles and great visuals, Daedalics does it again after the excellent The Whispered World and manage to create another great graphic adventure. Too bad the English voices and some weird translations from German undermine it a bit.

Throne and Liberty is a free game that is worth trying out. Its translation into Spanish, constant updates in the future, tons of content for all types of players and the possibility of making great friends make it a title that can offer hundreds of hours of fun without spending a cent. On screen it looks spectacular at all times and the frenetic pace of each event provides a differentiating touch that makes it unique. There are other similar games in this sense but none as big as Throne and Liberty. However, the auction can slow down players both when it comes to acquiring items or equipment as well as completing some challenges.

Matterfall is a 2D shoot’em-up which combines platforms and bullet hell action like a classic 90s arcade game. Its controls are different from usual shooters and can be confusing, yet is the most intelligent choice for the mechanics of this game which has all the ingredients of Housemarque.

Assassin's Creed 3, for good and bad, but with notorious improvements. The game introduces tons of content, including Assassin's Creed Liberation Remastered.

A graphic adventure with good ideas and novelties but too slow and complicated in some puzzles.

We've been waiting too long for Dementium in Europe. After dealing with its American version, the only thing that we can tell is we're facing a very good game here, mixture of survival horror and shooter adventure. It's a good game if you don't mind its strange gameplay mechanic and the lame story that offers. At least you can enjoy with the superb graphics and its creepy atmosphere.

Inazuma Eleven 3 follows the path of its predecessors, as it delivers a good JRPG experience mixed with some football elements. Though it lacks important changes to its gameplay mechanics, it's still a good, entertaining game.

The Last Faith appears, at first glance, the son of Blasphemous and Bloodborne. What it really wants to be is a nostalgic trip to the glorious days of Castlevania and Koji Igarashi.

In essence, Rune Factory 3 Special turns out to be a good quality remastering that stands out for its mix of mechanics and content, along with a story and characters that are endearing and charismatic.

After Burner Climax's a very interesting title, with an outstanding graphic engine and an intense gameplay-style that arcade lovers will appreciate. Its lifespan is shorter than expected, but it's worth the money if you're looking for some quick fun. It deserves the try.

Exoprimal is a fun multiplayer in which the way you progress and its content keep it from going any further.

The Mortal Kombat universe fights the DC Universe in the most unexpected crossover yet. A great cast of characters, many incredible combos, and a good storyline don't stand for a slick gameplay and some technical issues, but overall, it's a great fighting game for these last months of the year.

Despite the technical flaws (horrible camera, not so impressive visuals, bad voice over...), Star Ocean is a game that delivers a great experience, thanks to its fun and deep gameplay, the many things we can do, and the development of characters. Unfortunately, the story is not as charming as it should have been.

Electronic Arts returns to the court with a good basketball game. Despite some mistakes and a lack of options in some of this modes, The One is a fantastic career mode that contains hundred of hours of fun. The Canadian company finds its way to the comeback, and we expect it will result in a few seasons.

Mafia 2: Definitive Edition is a fantastic opportunity to rediscover the adventures of Vito Scaletta around Empire Bay, now with all DLC and in 4k.

Let it Die is a psychedelic roguelike with a Dark Souls touch in the mechanics. Sometimes it feels unfair with player's time but it's also addictive. Akira Yamaoka's OST is one of the best in this generation.

One of the most sensible experiences of the year, RAIN is pure feelings in a simple tale of boy meets girl and scape from monsters. The shadow of ICO is undoubtedly planning over SCE Japan Studio's new creature, but the makers of Puppeteer manage to give its creature an unique personality. Beautiful, lyrical, and extraordinary deep in feelings, RAIN makes itself Debussy's Claire de Lune to touch us and make us part of its own rain.

Xenoverse 2 is meant as the product that the original Xenoverse should have been. However, this brand new title lacks on innovation despite its additions. This game is more than the original, but we had expected much more improvements in its overall presentation.

A game that maintain the series quality by retaining some of the classics game mechanics ad mixing them with new features to obtain an interesting new flavor. The character mixture from the “Neptune” series and “Sega Hard Girls” is really funny.

FIFA 21 maintains the same base as last year, and some of the new mechanics doesn't improve what we saw. So, we're with a game that's a little more arcade and needs a full renewal.

A Call of Duty for the craziest fans of Batman and Joker. Characters flying, hooks, jumps, explosions ... A fun game with lots of humor, that if you know how to stay alive, you can succeed.

Gato Roboto is another little triumph for Devolver Digital and developer doinksoft. A simple and satisfying metroidvania that keeps the best of the genre and execute it in a fun Cat-Robot space fantasy and ditches all the unnecessary backtracking these games sometimes have. What it has in charm it lacks in ambition though, and it can fall a little bit short content-wise.

Primordia is an interesting adventure for fans of science fiction, but it is a pity that coming from an original idea as good as religion and moral conflicts of robots, the game turns into something as traditional as the search for a power core. Good game, but not at the level of Rue Gemini or Resonance.

A really good stealth game, with a great design of levels and mechanics totally oriented to infiltration, although with an AI that affects the final result.

Section 8 delivers a good multiplayer online action game, but it's just an average game. The lack of a good single player campaign, the unbalanced weapon system, and the bad use of the jetpack are its main flaws. Overall, at least, it's interesting and fun to play.

Quotation forthcoming.

Cryptic Studios develops this fast-paced action computer MMO that allow us to create our wannabe hero. The game includes an extremely powerful characters editor which is one of the best experiences in the genre. Champions Online succeeds in creating an impressive heroes MMO.

Romeo is a Dead Man is Suda51's most introspective work to date: a narratively rich, stylish action game with strong authorial identity, solid combat and clear niche appeal.

The first expansion for the award-winning World in Conflict features six new campaign maps from the USSR perspective. Invade America with the soviet army and free the nation with the weapons of Communism. A good add-on for those who own the game and look for further and new challenges. Soviet Assault is a good expansion that does its job well, just by adding a few maps to the original game.

Brink tries to present many good ideas, but it falls short and, in the end, it's just the same gameplay mechanics we've seen many times. The SMART systems is not as dynamic as it should be; the game modes are all the same; the feeling, overall, is that we have a fun and interesting multiplayer game (even in its Campaign mode), but users are left without new emotions. Many customization options that, in the end, are nothing new.

I cannot remember the last time I played a game with so much heart & soul in its textures and scripts. Unfortunately, although Papo & Yo is probably one of the most heartbreaking, emotional and emphatic games of this generation, the feelings and experiences are above the playable side, something that makes the constant puzzles mostly mere an anecdote, but gives at the same time a powerful walkthrough.

A really strong beginning with some really memorable narrative moments and intense dialogues. Especially catered for fans of the series.

Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition has tons of new mechanics with its new characters. Classic hack and slash gameplay, smooth visuals and great challenges in terms of difficulty.

UEFA Euro 2016 is a free addition for PES 2016 game, has great menus and new real faces, but nine national teams are unlicensed and we expected more stadiums and more related stuff.

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is another LEGO game with it's good and bad elements. It's the exact representation of Star Wars movie with LEGO style, and adds some new, but not good, mechanics to its classic gameplay.

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness is a nice visual novel game based on the anime series. Its story and new characters make an interesting title which probably will get further attention from the series fans and also visual novel fans.

The Raven Remastered brings to our generation an awesome point & click which will be loved by players fond of Agatha Christie.

Visuals are not attractive at all, but Suncrash has created a nice survival experience with multiple options. The game is suitable for new players, but also allows hardcore gamers to enjoy their game.

Superb ambienceand outstanding music elevates a well crafted story in this relentlessness and somewhat unbalanced space manager game.

Figment 2: Creed Valley is an adorable and gorgeous adventure and action game set within the thoughts and desires of a tormented mind. Its artistic direction is overwhelming and only some repetitive combats and puzzles weigh down a remarkable plot development.

Although this ps5 release fails to include a great deal of additional content from R-Type Final 2, it shines so beautifully and plays so nicely that it's a perfect match for any shmup fan. A very solid game from a saga pretty much unexpected to be alive in 2023.