Hot Wheels Unleashed is, at times, a dream come true. Milestone has managed to capture the essence of Mattel's toys with a complete title full of content, a fantastic editor —that will give a lot thanks to the community— and a complex driving system where drifting is fundamental. Despite some improvable physics and design decisions based on random content and gambling (loot boxes), the result is more than remarkable, satisfactory and, therefore, recommended for fans of the genre. In addition, the performance of its online mode has surprised us for the better.

It works as a stealth game, but it has AI problems and other important issues.

As fun as it is, the gameplay core is the same, but introduces adjustments and a new progression system. Great world and nice use of the jet packs. However, the AI still lacks of consistency.

Forged In Shadow Torch is a highly recommended adventure for fans of metroidvania style, with gorgeous graphics and art design and frenzied and forceful gameplay. Only some issues about control and difficulty keep it from excellence.

Kena is beautiful, well balanced between combat, puzzle, and platforming, and has some surprisingly challenging bosses. It doesn't reinvent anything, but all that offers works well.

The Artful Escape focuses the attention on the narrative through a powerful audiovisual staging, reducing the platforms and the challenge to the minimum expression to provide the player with an authentic festival of rock, psychedelia and surrealism.

Back 4 Blood is a great co-op driven by the roots of the genre and beyond.

Although it took a bit of fighting from the game's part, in the end Chernobylite´s charm won us over and we were thoroughly addicted to the game´s loop with a great story to top it all off.

Nintendo teams up again with MercurySteam to bring us the first unreleased adventure of Samus Aran in side scrolling (remakes aside) since the premiere of Metroid Fusion in 2002. The pressure was not little, but Metroid Dread is up to the task. For the control, which lets us handle the bounty hunter in her most agile and precise version; by the design, which branches and extends to offer hours of exploration without taking us by the hand; and for the selection of bosses, who take advantage of the best combat of the saga in its 2D aspect. The robots E.M.M.I. They may test the patience of some players, but they create situations of genuine tension and development doses them enough. So fans of Metroidvania are in luck: Metroid Dread lives up to the saga that popularized this genre in the first place. Now we only have to ask that we don't have to wait another 19 years for the next one.

Fran's new is a wonderful tribute to the Metal Gear Solid saga but to the Spanish one. Extremely fun, worked in every aspect and a safe bet on any platform.

Although the story is interesting, it fails because the missions are designed for infiltration, but the game lacks enough mechanics in that regard. Something similar happens with vehicle racing, that the controls are very simple and were not conceived for a modality of this ready. What is very good is the shooting range, an addition that allows you to test the weapons before using them with the enemy through small missions. In short, with its mistakes, this is the best way to enjoy the experience that Death Stranding proposes.

When we talk about gameplay and content, there's no rival to NBA 2K22, with a better defense on the court and so much improvements in every mode. The City is almost as big as every map in a sandbox... Unfortunately, the microtransactions are always there, in every move or step you take, and is a real pity in a great game like this.

Sure it could be longer, more original, deeper, more challenging and so many and so many "more" that are required of today's games, but The Big Con is a graphic adventure whose greatest virtue lies in its simplicity, in that old school aroma and that portrait of the nineties so funny and so cinephile.

Lost Judgment does justice — never better said — to the original title.

Eastward is a beautiful travel with stunning 2D visuals, nice ideas and a good story that will stay with us for a long time.

TOEM is a surprisingly well thought-out video game. With a camera and a diorama-like stage design, the adventure progresses slowly; you choose the pace and which tasks to complete. It is a contemplative title that seeks to manifest human good deeds and solidarity. Despite not taking advantage of the potential of its world to tell a good story and some far-fetched tasks, the result is more than remarkable. More than recommended.

Life is Strange: True Colors lives up to the bar of the saga and deals with the subject of emotions in a responsible and realistic way. It's BSO is wonderful and despite having some bugs, the overall result is neat and we will enjoy it.

WarioWare returns while maintaining its trademark quality standards, but without reaching the heights of excellence of previous entries. The addition of multiple characters with their own mechanics is a welcome addition, adding unpredictability and preventing memorising micro-games from ruining the challenge in the long run. Every run is different. However, neither the selection of microgames nor the final bosses are as brilliant as they once were, and the difficulty is noticeably reduced. The multiplayer mode is its greatest asset, multiplying the hours ad infinitum; coupled with online leaderboards. And again, it is a lesson on how to combine fun without time to think. Irreverence for flag.

The first title of the Akiba's Trip franchise arrives in western markets with a remastered version that lacks improved graphics and its combat system is outdated.

Sometimes Sonic can end in products only suitable for its core followers, but Colours: Ultimate is a game easy to recommend to almost any platformer fan.

An homage to classic survival horror games, sometimes clunky, sometimes terrifying. But above all, with some of the best puzzles in last years.

Quotation forthcoming.

Quotation forthcoming.

The Ascent offers cyberpunk lovers a setting where they can unleash their dreams of steel and neon.

Humankind does what is proposed: to offer a valid alternative in the 4X genre for all types of players.

Twelve minutes transforms the cinematic god's eye into the interactive man's eye. Luis Antonio, the author, has achieved a concentrated dose of tension and urgency by atomizing time and space. The game reliably prevents excessive repetition leading to boredom, the great stumbling block of time-loop mechanics.

The Ramp is a pleasant surprise. As if it were a toy model, Hyperparadise seeks to transmit the pleasure of skateboarding in a simple video game with no achievements or objectives, just enjoy the ride, so that the flow of this sport runs through your veins. And it succeeds. First, because it feels like a videogame thanks to its polished mechanics. Secondly, because of the good taste in its art direction and the good design. It's a pity that there aren't more, that this haven of tranquility doesn't hold even more surprises. In the meantime, one of those that we will never tire of recommending.

The Forgotten City looks like the result of crossing Skyrim, Outer Wilds and Deadly Premonition. Fascinating. One of the stories of the year. The Skyrim mod that transformed into a swan.