Promenade is the typical project that brings together different suggestions from well-known examples but which turns out to be something much more than the simple sum of the parts. A truly precious 2D platformer for its ability to amaze and entertain.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake is both an excellent opportunity for new players and entirely superfluous for those who already know the original.

Balatro is a poker-inspired roguelite that we cannot but recommend to lovers of the genre. Dense with content and challenges to complete, it has a dynamic gameplay, more strategic than you might think for a game also based on luck, and an aesthetically pleasing, if somewhat repetitive. Occasionally bad luck gets the better of you and you have to accept that, but it will make you want to play one more game.

Trails of Cold Steel IV is an epic finale to remember but the huge cast and anime tropes take their tolls on the narrative.

NBA Infinite arrives and surprises with the general quality of the simulation. What's rather strange is that it corresponds very precisely to the already present NBA 2K, offering an almost perfectly overlapping experience, rather than an alternative. There wasn't much need for another officially licensed sim with micro transactions, but some might prefer this one to the other.

Dicefolk is a roguelite that gives us power over randomness. We roll the dice, analyse the available moves and choose what our team will do as well as the opposing team. By playing on both sides of the fence, we can create more elaborate and fun strategies to field. Dicefolk is suitable for those who want to be challenged but also those who prefer not to play dozens of hours without gaining a single victory.

Solium Infernum is a unique, complex, 4X that deliver a great experience for the genre lovers.

After over twenty years since the last time it feels like playing a classic episode of Final Fantasy loaded with all the magic of the '90s, that ancient spell that enchanted millions of fans and seemed to have long faded. In the immense and excellently characterized gaming world, a party of state-of-the-art characters moves, ready to fight through a tactical combat system that approaches perfection, but above all to confront a landslide of extra content, including dozens of challenges, missions, and minigames with a unique flavor in which to lose oneself for over a hundred hours of top-notch quality. However, this makes it even more difficult to digest what happens on the staging front: a higher degree of fidelity to the original material would undoubtedly have crowned one of the best remakes ever made, perhaps one of the greatest titles ever produced by the studio.

Slave Zero X is a hack'n'slash featuring complex fighting mechanics that would have benefited from more time in the oven, especially for people not willing to learn dozens of special moves right off the gate. Despite its exquisite 2.5D graphics and good music and voice acting, gameplay mechanics are let down by its varying difficulty and an overall fatigue that sets in even before the 8/10 hours of the main campaign are over.

The journey is everything and our car is the absolute protagonist in Pacific Drive. The idea turned out to be very good, but the gameplay deserves more variety than collecting materials.

BEAST - Bio Exo Arena Suit Team is a solid and fun competitive shooter, which combines hero shooters and Titanfall, given the possibility of summoning a giant robot during matches.

We know that early access is a great way to guarantee good progress to the development of video games that require accurate balance of mechanics and the broadest possible feedback from the public. This technique has done wonders for the likes of Hades, and turned out to be an absolute wonder for Inkulinati too: Yaza Games has greatly expanded the space of possibility available to players, enriching the game content and reviewing in a meticulous way some elements potentially capable of breaking the delicate balance of the game. Too bad for the permanence of some rather unfair situations and for an excessively long tutorial, which runs the risk of alienating players.

Qomp 2 is a successful and intelligent puzzle game, much like the first one, but lacking the same conceptual freshness.

While it is not the AAAA production Ubisoft envisioned, as well as ultimately a project with in many ways untapped potential, Skull and Bones can rely on a number of tremendously solid aspects: the rendering of navigation and the sea, with its wonderful charm and the myriad discoveries that can be made; the combat system, surprisingly multifaceted and engaging; and the progression, very solid and well balanced, with so much still to be said. Sure, there are several things the developers could have done differently, the plot is glaringly inconsistent, and the long traversals are tough to deal with, but the chest we unearthed after so much waiting did not prove empty, quite the contrary.

Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is one of the best Terminator experience to date. One of the few games to offer a faithful experience to the series.

Alisa is a PS1 era horror game made today with no compromises in its period correctness, for better or worse.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong, a remake of a classic for Game Boy Advance, is a well designed hybrid between a platform and a puzzle game. The multiplayer is a great addition, and the music really stands out. Anyway, it's clearly an handheld game: the levels and the adventure are short, and the level design too schematic. It's twenty years old, after all.

Quotation forthcoming.

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered is the collection you always wanted to see: maximum adherence and respect for the original work, the exact same gameplay from 28 years ago but a graphic design that enriches the experience with good taste, without overdoing it.

After finishing it, we thought that Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is the kind of experience that only a studio like DON'T NOD can afford to make and that should be rewarded even just for the courage shown to propose such an adventure in a completely new setting, although not exactly original. A rarity these days. It is not without problems, between having to retrace one's steps too often and the lack of some useful information in the inventory, but on balance these are venial defects for an experience that has proven to be truly engaging in many ways and which grows in the end, always proposing borderline situations that test the player from different points of view.

Ultros is a metroidvania that takes some conventions of the genre just to make them instrumental to the realization of something else, for example with the inclusion of gardening mechanics, admirably integrated with every aspect of the game, from the development of the abilities of our protagonist to exploration. Our hope is that the public will be receptive to a product of absolute excellence in every respect, son of an artistic ludic and philosophical vision that deserves to be spread and appreciated for its courage and originality, as well as for its all-encompassing sensual charge.

Jujutsu Kaisen: Curse Clash is a mediocre game that in no way does justice to Gege Akutami's original work.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a bizarre mix of sensations. The latest effort from Rocksteady Studios is a fantastic game on a narrative level, full of brilliantly written characters, completely off-the-wall situations and truly epic scenes, which moreover can count on a solid, frantic and fun gameplay even in the most messy and confusing moments, especially in co-op. It is a pity that the open world doesn't support these elements with more conviction.

Granblue Fantasy: Relink is a must have for fans of the franchise who really desire to upgrade their favorite characters after clearing a short but fun campaign.

Persona 3 Reload fails to fully capitalize on the potential of the original game, leaving too many of its less successful structural elements unchanged, and daring little in terms of reworking dialogues and events. That said, it rests on foundations so strong that it remains largely enjoyable for anyone today, and the work done by Atlus on mechanics and technical aspects has nevertheless managed to significantly modernize the game. That is enough to dive back into its world, because the story of Persona 3 deserves to be relived many times over, especially in such a carefully crafted and polished package.

Stargate: Timekeepers is a well-crafted stealth strategy game that is slightly affected by the expectations accompanying it for full enjoyment. If you fall into its potential audience (fans of the Stargate SG-1 series), you will find yourself more engaged in the intriguing situations meticulously designed by the developers, challenging your skills.

Oblivion Override is a great 2D roguelite action title which will greatly reward anyone who decides to spend hours untangling its complex mechanics.

Asgard's Wrath 2 is greater than the expectations one might have had for this sequel. A content-rich, well-structured game but one that rests on an action RPG formula that has lost its freshness.