Silent Hill 2 is still that video game capable of disturbing and captivating every kind of person, thanks to its moral ambiguities, tragic love story, and exploration of the depths of the human soul. Bloober Team has managed to craft a work that remains faithful to the original, expanding and layering the experience, offering a modern take on the myth while drawing from the same sources of inspiration that guided Team Silent twenty years ago. The ancient, sensual, dark magic that permeated James Sunderland’s journey through hell is still powerful. From here, if Konami has the courage to keep its promise, the series can be reborn.

Minecraft Switch Edition is the best portable version available of the most famous construction blocks game.

Gears of War 4 on PC is absolutely stunning, probably the best game to show what 4K gaming looks like. With plenty of options and a good optimization, everyone can find the right configuration. But the Windows 10 store is still a bad user experience.

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered is a technically well made conversion, with which the original game returns to shine.

Guilty Gear Xrd returns with more characters, more features, a revamped combat system for new players and all new storylines. Gameplay is fundamentally unchanged but it's just better than before.

Valfaris is a masterful game, a wild ride that inherits the spirit of the great shooters of the past and offers it to the glorious gods of metal.

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Probably the best game available on Psp, Ghost of Sparta is a "real" God of War from every perspective, and a fantastic game that every fan of the series should not miss.

Panzer Corps 2 is one of the best wargame of recent years. If not the best at all.

Tropical Freeze was a hit at the time and now shines again in docked Full HD of portable 720p resolution: a fantastic game with tons of collectibles, secrets and an astounding soundtrack. If you haven't played it on Wii U, don't you dare miss this chance again.

Mario Kart World has the DNA of a masterpiece: the best driving system in the series, a beautiful world, superb animations, stunning water effects, and a wonderful soundtrack. All of this, however, is held back by questionable design choices: most notably, the absence of a Classic Mode, and the fact that 24 racers often make the races feel too chaotic.

Nioh 3 is a bubbling cauldron of ideas and mechanics—undeniably fascinating—now featuring a dual combat system that lets you switch between samurai and ninja styles, both top-tier in terms of quality. Customization is through the roof: you’ll be swimming in thousands of weapons and armor pieces, happily getting lost among the sheer number of skills and moves available right from the start. That said, the game world—more open than ever—still feels like yet another liminal playground built purely for our rampages, lacking a story strong enough to hold everything together. There are no memorable legends or truly empathetic characters to light up its gloomy paths. Difficulty comes and goes in waves, swinging between relatively gentle stretches and brutal spikes of pain, especially when facing certain damn bosses with particularly messy and hard-to-read attack patterns. And then there are simply too many systems in play: too many blessings, the regular parry, the deflecting one, the purifying one, the anti-explosive one. Many of these layers don’t make Nioh 3 deeper—just more confusing, and noticeably less elegant.

Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition comes with two years of improvements, the expansion Reaper of Souls and the promise of timely updates. Enough to justify a next-gen edition.

Punch-Out!! is exactly how a remake should be made. But the core mechanics are probably more suited to the people who enjoyed the other punch-out!! games than to newcomers or casual gamers.

League of Evil is not Super Meat Boy: the overall experience has been impoverished by the easiness of the game and the banality of the level design. Anyway, although it's certainly not a perfect platform, the game has a great 8-bit style and suitable controls. The really low price represents another fillip, while the developers will constantly publish new levels, traps and game modes.

The new campaign satisfies the single player needs while an enhanced Battle.net provides a better framework to enjoy one of the deepest multiplayer experience yet.

Dishonored 2 is the perfect example of the “more of the same” concept. It has the same exact good features as the first chapter but the same problems as well. Other than this, it's probably one of the best stealth title on the market right now.

This is clearly an "all-in", an action masterpiece born from all of PlatinumGames' possible ideas and resources. Bayonetta 3 it's unapologetically extreme, and never stops to impress or surprise with its constant changes and amazingly layered combat system. If you had any doubts about Platinum's actual status, this game should eliminate any worry.

Horn is an awesome action adventure game, a truly masterpiece with a compelling story, a solid gameplay and some very nice inspirations.

Score! Classic Goals is an original and enjoyable take on the football genre that fails to be really great due to a strong repetitiveness and some issues in game design.

Anomaly 2 tries to deliver something new in the mobile RTS genre, and it succeeds when it comes to brand new transformable vehicles, new enemies, a compelling campaign and an interesting online multiplayer.

Resident Evil 7 Biohazard is a reminiscent of the old school survival horror with some modern mechanics from title like Outlast. The plot is a little 'stereotypical, but the game has seductive sounds and atmosphere.

After Card Crawl, Tinytouchtales delivers another great mixture of genres based on cards. Card Thief manages to be simple in its concept but deep and compelling at every game, even if it has some flaws between balance and longevity.

Maybe this is not a proper videogame, but the proposed journey is one you'd like to take.

The Room: Old Sins is one of the best entries in the franchise, with a more cohesive progression and a lot of addictive puzzles. Just don't expect any major innovation in the formula.

Guacamelee! on Switch is one of the most spectacular metroidvania that you can find on the eShop.

Grimvalor is an extraordinary action RPG and one of the best things we've seen on iOS devices in recent years.

Grand Mountain Adventure is a game about ski and snowboard made by skiers and snowboarders. This is something that you can feel all the time playing with this fantastic open world game.

Roundguard is a pretty fun puzzle RPG game inspired by the classic Peggle, with a challenging roguelike gameplay and lots of equipment and abilities to unlock.

Riven is one of the best possible remakes to date. It's a smart game blessed with smart decisions.

The long and diverse single player campaign is only faulted by a too simple IA, but the technical achievements Crytek was able to get will probably make up for it for most of the gamers. Add to all of this, the complex and satisfactory multiplayer and what you'll get is one of the best FPS around, both on consoles and PC.

The sequel to one of the most intelligent and addictive eShop games dares to innovate: it's incredible how a little, simple new feature can so inherently change the nature of the puzzles, and this alone is a great achievement. Fallblox may be a little less "perfect" than Pullblox, but remains a great game and it's fundamentally different and new.

We already knew it from the announcement trailer, and playing it for forty hours only confirmed our first impressions: Ghost of Yotei is exactly what everyone expected from a sequel of this scale, backed by a Sony that needs to strongly focus on some of the trademark elements of its biggest works. Sucker Punch doesn’t try to overdo it, doesn’t attempt the path of innovation, and has no intention of straying from those defining aspects that made *Tsushima* a success far beyond the rosiest expectations. Yotei refines the mechanics, increases variety, enhances attention to detail, and better defines certain narrative dynamics. The result is simply a game that works well and does exactly what it’s supposed to: entertain all those players looking for a new open-world, free-roaming action adventure in which to invest a few dozen hours. Clearly, this isn’t the place to look for a new benchmark or that extra something that boldly sets it apart from any other title in the genre, but five years later, anyone who wants to relive the Tsushima experience will feel right at home here, before the crackling of a warm and reassuring fire.

Anyone who grew up on bread and science fiction cannot fail to know the saga of Mass Effect and its protagonist, Captain Shepard. In this Mass Effect: Legendary Edition all his deeds and his colorful crew are enclosed, all polished for the occasion.

Mortal Kombat looks like the better twin brother of the first game of the series. It is rich in content, has a great online multiplayer and it is a fighting game which attempt to appeal both casual gamers and hardcore gamers. This is the new entry in the Mortal Kombat franchise that may be the jump-start the series needs.

A stunning adventure, a powerful trip blessed by an incredible art direction and the first "single player cooperative game". It's not perfect and it's short, but it's worth a ride.

Pro Zombie Soccer is an action game based on a different approach to the genre of Tower's Defense. The game is funny and intense, the touch controls works very well and the variety is guaranteed by the different kind of enemies; the only big problem is that it lasts just about 2 hours.

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is the definitive version of a revolutionary chapter in the overall series. There’s more than enough additional content packed in, refined visuals and a remastered soundtrack: a modern RPG with deep gameplay.

A great return with an HD graphic and the same, fantastic feeling ever. The new interface works fine and the narrative inventions are still a lot of fun, alfter 19 years.

Ghost Trick: Ghost Detective has stood the test of time brilliantly, which is funny considering that this is an adventure about a guy with the power to rewind the clock by four minutes, as well as control certain objects with his soul. The quality of the story, the beautiful characters and the excellent art direction shine through thanks to this remaster.

A "remastered" done really well that provides dozens of hours of gameplay and not only caters to the nostalgics, but winks to anyone who is looking for a great real-time strategy game.

Arc Raiders is pure fun — a smart and engaging product on which Embark Studios can build years and years of additional content. However, the long-term goals offered to players still feel a bit too vague, the monetization system has yet to reveal its true nature, and the inventory management could use some reworking or evolution.

Crystal Dynamics has done an excellent job in giving us a brand new Tomb Raider, and the PC version is the best one you can get.

Rayman Fiesta Run takes everything that made Rayman Jungle Run a great game and just makes it better. A must have for everyone seeking for a good mobile platforming experience.

Besides a little bit of grind and a smaller number of plants compared to the previous game, Plants vs Zombies 2 is a perfectly balanced tower defense and a great free-to-play game.

Rebooting Devil May Cry with a new style was not a simple task, and Ninja Theory had to struggle with the hostility of many fans. But the team has proved its point, and against the odds has created a great chapter in the series and maybe the best game from its curriculum.

Nioh 2 represents the end of a year-long journey, made up of hundreds of hours of content and a decent technical optimization.

Despite the problems of the online component, Street Fighter 3rd Strike: Online Edition remains one of the best, much appreciated fighting game ever in a great new HD version.

Anomaly Korea is an awesome sequel to the first game of the series. Though it's not as innovative as Anomaly: Warzone Earth was, this new "tower offense" experience is really a blast.

Waiting for the fourth, promising episode, Unwound Future delivers hours of entertaining puzzles, easily the best designed in the series, and an involving narration that mixes the usual list of charming characters and a moving end. A must have for any DS owner.

Full of humour and action, Plunderland is a successfull example of simple mechanics implemented in a really good way. Every flaw will be fixed by the forthcoming update, with new levels and game modes. At the beginning it's not so easy to say why Plunderland is so special, but once you are at the helm it will be really hard to come back on dry land.

Silent Hill f is a bold and strikingly timely video game: a political horror with a powerful message, unafraid to be provocative as every true work of art should be. At the same time, it carries within itself the spirit of folk horror: having left behind Judeo-Christian iconography, it is the Japanese tradition that casts its long shadow over both the aesthetics and the narrative, at times through choices that bring it closer to fantasy than to the urban horror the series is known for. Tradition and modernity clash in a work that feels suspended between what Silent Hill once was and what it could become. The balance doesn’t always hold, yet its voice remains strong, with no fear of offending longtime fans or alienating purists. Many will not like it, and some will not even recognize where Silent Hill lies within this story. But those willing to listen closely to the narrative crafted by Ryukishi07 will discover that Silent Hill f knows how to take root. And how to bloom.

Chapters of the Chosen is still one of the finest entries in the Dragon Quest series. The mobile version is far from perfect, but it's easily one of the best porting Square Enix ever made on a smartphone.

Great Big War Game comes with a fifty missions single player campaign and some interesting extra game modes that will keep you entertained for dozens of hours. It's a "more of the same", but a good one.

More moves, more songs, more things to do. In one word: better. That's the way we like it!

For its price, Feed Me Oil is a great package: it boosts solid puzzles, nice graphics and a good amount of content. It doesn't break any new ground and it has some flaws, but fans of the genre should definitely pick this up.

Total War: Warhammer III is essential for those who enjoyed the first two chapters, because it concludes the experience in a spectacular way.

Halo: Spartan Strike combines the look and feel of a classic Halo game with the mechanics of a solid dual stick shooter.

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance is your usual Atlus update but the baseline game, which was amazing per se, has been improved by nice quality of life additions and a huge amount of content that ends up improving the rethreaded narrative as well. It's a massive deal for newcomers and quite a good one for returning players too.

Nice isometric customizable action RPG, with some great ideas. Gameplay is frenzied and addictive, and visuals are very cool.

Minecraft retains its charm even on Playstation 3, and still represent an excellent opportunity to get into this gorgeous universe.

Devotion is short and intense, able to tell a deep story in an original and touching way.

Returnal delivers an absolutely fascinating and convincing roguelike shooter experience also on PC, thanks to the inclusion of all the features added on PS5 over time, improved visuals and a wide range of graphics options.

Sonic Mania shows how, even today, twenty-five years old game mechanics have a lot to teach in this generation. The work done is excellent: it gives freshness to the past levels while the unpublished ones keep the right retro taste.

Joe Danger is the most "Nintendo" of the not-Nintendo games; a statement that clarifies the awesome quality of this wonderful PSN game.

Sons of the Forest is exactly what a survival video game enthusiast would want to find along their way. A year on, the title developed by Endnight Games now offers much deeper gameplay, which becomes even more intriguing once you leave the surface of the island, the true protagonist of an experience with deeply unsettling tones that will hardly leave you indifferent.

New contents, a better artificial intelligence and a simpler interface. With these improvements Heir to the Throne consolidate Europe Universalis III's leadership in the genre.

After Shadow Tactics, Mimimi Games gets another big hit in the real-time tactics genre with Desperados III.

The game created by Daniel Mullins is one of the most alienating experiences ever made. Dark tones, black humour and meta-references are supported by interesting hacking puzzles that needs inductive reasoning. Really surprising.

New game modes and additions to Road to the Show, along with a revamped defending system make MLB The Show 19 worth its price, even if you bought its predecessor one year ago.

Nihilumbra is a clever and fascinating puzzle platformer that succeeds in providing a unique mobile experience. Unfortunately it's slightly spoiled by several ups and downs and a really bad difficulty curve.

It reminds the puzzle game of the nineties with its immediate gameplay and its colorful graphic. It's a funny game and you'll appreciate it if you decide to take every single object trying to achieve the best score.

Civilization 6 is a huge and deep game, and on Nintendo Switch it'is more valid than ever thanks to an excellent porting.

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is a huge deal for fighting games lover with some of the most beloved 2D fighters in history and The Punisher beat'em up for good measure. With some excellent quality of life additions, rollback netcode and tons of options to customize each game, the compilation is a must buy for couch play and online too.

Resident Evil 7 Biohazard brings back the true Resident Evil experience into the franchise, by mixing old and new elements in a creepy way. Dealing with the Baker family will get you involved even when you are not in front of the TV screen (or with the PlayStation VR on your head).

The new AI and physics engine with the tons of options and game mode give to NHL 12 a new dimension of excellence. Every fan of this sport can't miss this masterpiece.

Rise of the Tomb Raider keeps the winning formula of the previous title and improves it in terms of exploration, puzzles and graphics. The mediocre AI prevents it from becoming great among greats, but the whole package is compelling thanks to the Ancient Tombs and the new game mode called Expeditions.

Chants of Sennaar is an original production full of great ideas, artistically valid and solid in its gameplay. Net of some perhaps excessively cryptic sections and a sense of disorientation that can sometimes be quite strong, especially when you are a little away from the base of the Tower, Rundisc has created a work of strongly distinctive features and well characterized, with an important message: the building of language lies on the changing foundations of the human, and access to its depths and its mysteries is essential to tell stories, discover truths, but also manipulate and overwhelm the members of our communities. This underlying ambiguity is Chants of Sennaar's beating heart.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade confirms on PC all the merits of an engaging, spectacular and lasting game. Packed with a fascinating narrative, an amazing artistic direction and solid gameplay, the remake comes to the Windows platform with a frankly listless conversion, not very scalable and badly optimized, without even the most trivial graphics options.

PUBG is pubg is the best choice if you want to experience the feeling of being the last man standing.

DJ Hero brings fresh air inside the rhythm game's genre, with a challenging and funny gameplay, plus a superb tracklist. FreestyleGames was good to "hide" the lacks inside the game thanks to a new title with an interesting gameplay mechanics, but we expect many improvements for the next installment of the game.

Forza Horizon 2 improves almost everything from the original chapter, serving as a real sequel able to take the series in new directions. The unexpected vocation of off-road proves to be a winning card, although some might not appreciate the lack of realism.

Surprisingly, hopping around through hell can be very enjoyable with Furdemption: controls are simple and reactive and the levels are many, although the situations can be a little monotonous after a while.

Nine Sols oozes passion for the genre, conveys competence and a compact vision of game design, but in a metroidvania universe now quite full of titles there's a lot of struggling to stand out. Nine Sols does this in its own way, fusing gameplay that has already been thoroughly digested through its sources of inspiration with a visual style that, however, did not make us confident. Red Candle's Taopunk didn't make us confident and that's a shame, because the game is fun, satisfying and has its moments of absolute merit. Buy it if you like metroidvanias regardless, but be prepared to digest a visual system that is well realised on a technical level, but struggles to stand out artistically.

Monster Train is without doubt one of the best deck builders on the market.

Tiny Thief is a lovely and original game with an incredible attention to detail in terms of graphics and gameplay: it's a little bit too short, but while it lasts it's one of the most enjoyable puzzlers out there.

Beat Saber is an exhilarating experience which boosts excellent music and makes great use of the VR. It's so good we just wish it had more content to sink our teeth into.

Steamworld Heist could be a bit repetitive on the long run, but it manages to offer an interesting and charming turn based experience.

XCOM: Enemy Within is a good expansion pack, but some elements are not well integrated with each other. If you love Enemy Unknown, you will like it.

Bayonetta on Wii U is a convincing porting of an amazing game: it's not going to blow you away with new features, but it has enough charms to make you want to live again the first adventure of the sexy witch.

Heavensward literally expands A Realm Reborn which means it acts more like a sequel, rehashing basically the same stuff over and over with little novelties except for the marginally useful flying mounts. It does this job - no pun intended - extremely well tho, and tells one of the most engaging tale in the whole franchise.

Cuphead arrives on PlayStation 4, with another simply perfect porting.

Wildermyth is more a story and a travel between generations than a game. If you love to read a lot and live and build your own legacy, Worldwalker Games' first game is a must have.

The third episode is the best one so far: a funny adventure and a challenging multiplayer will keep players engaged for a good number of hours.

Shatter is without a doubt the best reinterpretation of the Breakout formula; an impressive arcade that unfortunately ends too soon, but overall is still one of the best exclusive PSN games of the entire catalogue.

New players jumping aboard the A Realm Reborn train will find a huge game filled with content which will keep them busy for a very long time. The "next gen version" pretty much runs at high-end PC settings, which means something if you have been stuck with the PlayStation 3 client: the upgrade is simply gorgeous.

Luigi's Mansion 2 is a fantastic adventure full of charm and personality, with gorgeous graphics and more than enjoyable mechanics. A control scheme that screams for the second analog stick and a somewhat disappointing last mission are the only minor drawbacks of a more-than-recommended purchase.

Perhaps we had set our expectations too high for Dragon's Dogma 2. We were hoping it would be an RPG capable of erasing all the uncertainties of the original and fully leveraging its huge potential. Instead, some of the most obtuse elements of the progenitor have remained in this sort of sequel/remake, proving to be concepts genuinely desired by the team and not included due to a lack of resources. No, this is not a perfect game, yet even with its shortcomings, it retains all the charm of its predecessor, representing once again a truly unique experience in the genre and evolving its most peculiar aspects. All things considered, Itsuno did what he wanted to do; who knows if this time it will reach the desired peaks with a potential expansion.