Sky Force 2014 is a solid shooter, with an excellent upgrade system and lots of achievements to keep you excited.

Absolution has a good longevity and it's a great challenge for the most expert players too. At the same time it has several flaws, starting from the savegame system to the lack of a proper artificial intelligence. However it remains an extremely good stealth game.

An enormous, ambitious, and complex RPG, that will be adored by min maxers and Pathfinder Savants. Unfortunately it retains some of its predecessor's issues, and this keeps Owlcat's new project from being a bonafide masterpiece in the genre.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus is a wonderful experiment but probably the old fans of the series will regret a bunch of features that Game Freak has sacrificed in the name of a new kind of exploration and single player approach.

The new Kirby installment on Nintendo DS is brilliant. Visuals and sound effects might be a pain to endure but the game is consistently fun and extremely well designed. Fans of the pink mascotte won't be disappointed.

It may not be a masterpiece, but Alan Wake is one of the best games we played on Xbox 360 in the last six months. Stephen King fans will love it.

Helldivers 2 is a wonder of game design, irony and fun with friends that is worth its price and has a bright future ahead of it.

Playing Brutal Legend is like walking the stairway to the hell of Metal, a fierce battle through a world where glam headbangers and sad emos are your worst enemies. The game looks like a simple hack'n'slash but beyond the surface there's much more to do, including large battles in rts style.

Without a doubt, the best possible version of Team Bondi's last effort, since it includes all the downloadable content released to date. The graphics didn't improve that much, however, and you may experience some annoying problems in running the game on certain configurations.

Donut County is a real pleasure to see and it also plays smoothly, but its lack of depth and level design, ultimately, is keeping it to become that gem that could have been.

Stylish, smooth and fast, Katana Zero is a refined experience with a strong gameplay and a surprisingly interesting story under a somewhat mundane pixelated surface.

Planet of Lana 2 is a real gem—a delightful adventure in a dangerous, fragile world that has lost its memory; in a word, beautiful. It is a sequel that can be enjoyed without any problems by newcomers, although it is still recommended to have played the first chapter, if only to appreciate all the new features. Planet of Lana 2 innovates, enriches, and consolidates everything seen in the past, taking on a more multifaceted (yet consistent) and, above all, less frustrating identity. It is an adventure designed to be completed by everyone, provided they engage enough with the environmental puzzles. Its aesthetic aims to reach everyone's heart, prompting reflection on vital themes such as identity, nature, loss, and growth. We hope that in addition to being entertaining (which every good video game must always be), its message does not go unheard.

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Dragon Quest VII Reimagined has been basically remade from scratch and yet it's absolutely faithful in intent and purpose to the iconic original JRPG. It's a valuable revision, especially given the various tweaks, additions, and improvements, but Dragon Quest VII remains by its very nature a fundamentally anachronistic title, entrenched in a specific way of telling stories and playing them. In the end, it's simply Dragon Quest, that's how it is, and otherwise it would be a different series. This Reimagined edition understands this and delivers it in a more contemporary condition, limited only by its conservative spirit.

Return to Karkand it's worth every cent spent on it. Not just 4 maps, but also vehicles, weapons and and a new game mode. Definitevely fresh air for Battlefield 3.

Life is Strange: Polarized is a brilliant pay off. All the choices we have made, along with the awkward narrative style finally make sense. And we are confronted with issues much deeper than expected.

In Cairn, two opposing philosophies coexist. On one side, there is a dry, nihilistic nature rooted in human incommunicability and in the ambition to understand one another—and to be understood. A stark, primitive soul. On the other, the game sometimes seems to reach for more: at times excessive exploration, quirky characters, and almost fantastical elements. These two identities clash within a videogame that, in its purest form, works wonderfully as a simulator—also a philosophical one—of climbing, and far less so as an adventure. What remains is a harsh and affecting title that succeeds brilliantly at what it was designed to do: convincing you to climb an impossible mountain.

Tomb Raider takes us back to the origins of the new Lara Croft, with a chapter that remains damnably relevant in terms of gameplay and visuals, enhanced in this mobile version by a range of touch control optimizations that make the experience highly playable on the go and without the need to connect a controller, although the latter remains the best way to fully enjoy the gripping adventure developed by Crystal Dynamics.

The Plucky Squire is Toy Story meets your favorite childhood book. It does so with all the love and gratitude possible for those stories that inspired us as kids to become who we are today, thanks to the courage of their heroes, their cleverness, and their ability to speak directly to our hearts. But it’s also a fantastic video game, brimming with ideas, aesthetic and gameplay inventions, that knows how to connect two worlds excellently, blending them into a single unforgettable adventure.

Broforce sets a new standard for 2D action shooters. And it does it with style.

Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days is the ultimate version of this game. It's not a simply porting from PlayStation 2 of Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories, but a better and complete edition of this tactical role-playing game. With many improvements to the gameplay and added content such as stages and characters, newcomers are given an excellent place to start the series and Disgaea fans will be happy to play it. Highly recommended.

One of the best Live Arcade of 2012. A gorgeous, lengthy Metroidvania like adventure, with a lot of contents, incredible graphics, an addictive combat system and brilliant level design.

It’s Full of Sparks is original and stylish in its presentation, but the gameplay ends up being a little too on the trial and error side.

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.

Grounded remains strictly tied to its survival roots, but the strange and fanciful setting defines it as a peculiare game and can be a major selling point. Although it's clearly an experiment on uncharted waters for the team, Obsidian brings a peculiar touch to this genre.

Steel Division: Normandy 44 is one of the most compelling strategy game of the recent years, single player campaigns apart.

Hearts of Iron IV improve the interface and some features of the third chapter, without sacrificing the typical complexity of the series.

A small and enjoyable survival arena with a fitting power-up system. Also, ninjas!