Front Mission 1st is a remake that renews the '95 game mainly from a graphic standpoint. Maybe that's enough for some, but we would have preferred something bigger and more exciting.

A fairy-tale adventure set in an open world: Blacktail isn't perfect, but it will captivate players.

Potion Craft has full respect for the player’s intellect, giving her all the necessary instruments to stimulate her curiosity, without holding her hand. The management of the alchemical and entrepreneurial journey is up to the player, with total freedom in deciding the adventure’s pace. Niceplay Games’ title offers complex challenges to those who want to walk the alchemical path in its full extent, but Potion Craft can also be a delightful workshop simulator for those who don’t want to delve beneath its surface: it’s understood that the creation of the Magnum Opus is not an objective everybody can achieve.

Quotation forthcoming.

High On Life is an ambitious shooter, supported by a brilliant script that manages to make you laugh from start to finish. Unfortunately, the shooting phases struggle to excel and the game clearly suffers from all the limitations typical of independent development.

Dragonflight is the best expansion Blizzard has released for its masterpiece MMO in a long time.

Papetura is an adventure that fits into those point-and-click works that have become hallmarks of Amanita Design over the years, but it does not come close to the same playful quality. The paper world of this short (but cheap) game is excellently crafted, and the soundtrack could count on a proven industry expert, but it is not enough to recommend the game to all fans of the genre.

Almost eight years later, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt manages to shine among its most direct competitors. This version takes a huge step towards the next-gen thanks to improved visuals, a ton of quality of life improvements and most importantly some of the best mods out there. There’s also a glimpse of new content, but the traditional game, the one dated back to 2015, is still the brightest diamond in the package.

Overall Master of Magic seemed like a good recovery operation of a classic. Starting the game, one perceives that there is no desire for revolution.

Melatonin is impressive for its quality on all levels, especially considering this is the first videogame by David Huynh: a brilliant and inspired art direction matches a precise and funny gameplay, animated by fitting lo-fi tunes that will immediately enter your personal playlist.

Wavetale is an adventure that blends platforming and combat, but fails markedly on the latter. The parkour and exploration turn out to be smooth and enjoyable, but overall it always lacks that extra idea that could charge the game. The plot also does not stand out, although without major flaws. Wavetale is not bad, but it is also not interesting enough to prompt us to recommend it to everyone.

Portal with RTX is the same masterpiece as Portal, accessible only by a small niche of people.

The Forest Quartet is a small production indeed, and yet this fact does not make it any less interesting. Mads Vadsholt, his family and collaborators build a path towards the recovery of the magic that is foundational to music and jazz, coping in a delicate way with the themes of pain and loss. The Forest Quartet has an interesting structure, an inspired art direction and entertaining puzzles, capable of keeping the players involved for the brief duration of the game.

Dragon Quest Treasures is a slow burn and it may take a while to find its stride, but in the end this exhilarating adventure is diminished by its own ambitions.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is exactly as we expected: a thoroughbred co-op action game, solid and very fun with friends, featuring a gameplay enriched by some new features compared to Vermintide, a structure focused on progression and stunning graphics that need some optimization to run smoothly.

Building upon the success of the first chapters, Nerial and Devolver Digital have crafted another simple but very interesting strategic card game with a Chinese historical twist.

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion is an excellent revival of the beloved PSP game with outstanding visuals, music and quality of life improvements, but Square Enix could not remake the boring side missions and some of the oddest story bits.

When everything clicks, Gungrave GORE shows a bit of potential, due to the solidity and over the top coolness of the original formula. Unfortunately this happens rarely, due to some horrible level and encounter design, and unreliable game mechanics. Truly a missed occasion.

Dwarf Fortress is a very difficult, edgy game, but it is also an essential experience, a true celebration of the hidden potential of the videogame medium, which you will not find in any other game.

New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja is a two-dimensional platformer that is certainly fun, but it is not a successful remake. Few new features and a not-so-convincing art design make Microids' game halfway successful, not entirely recommendable to either die-hard fans or newbies.

CarX Street is an amazing open world-based racer, with plenty of cars, upgrades, leagues and races for you to experience while exploring a very nice looking city.

Need for Speed Unbound delivers a controversial "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" style, with cel-shaded characters within a realistically rendered world, but gameplay-wise the beautiful open world of Lakeshore City is somewhat not much interesting to explore.

The Callisto Protocol is not Dead Space and it stumbles over more than one design choice: the close-quarters combat defuse the fear of enemies who have nothing to do with the gruesome Necromorphs, the direction often does not manages to build the fear and tension that one would expect and the story ends up being predictable. However, the game also delivers solid gameplay and stunning graphics.

Marvel's Midnight Suns is a huge experience. Firaxis mixed a lot of good things but mastered none. The experience is still enjoyable, the story is fun, and the gameplay is magnetic, but the feeling is there's something subtle that is missing to have a masterpiece.

Soccer Story is okay when it tries to do the Japanese RPG, but bad when it turns into a soccer game. We honestly expected much better.

Ghost Song is a beautiful experience thanks to its environments and eerie ambience. There are some rough edges, but it's still a metroidvania that is worth a try, even in a market so filled with this kind of games.

Not bad per se, Train Life is a good concept with a lot of trains but also, ironically, with little life.

Just Dance 2023 implements a brand new art direction and refashioned menus, convincingly oriented towards an elegant and simple player experience. Only the users' feedback will tell if the modifications made to the live service - with Just Dance Unlimited's replacement by Just Dance + - will be accepted by long time fans of the series, but at the moment the selection of songs after the dramatic cut made by Ubisoft has not satisfied us completely.