While Hyper Light Drifter is sometimes too obscure for its own good, its combat is fierce and the environments stunningly beautiful. [May 2016]

TrackMania Turbo is an excellent time trial racer with huge amount of exotic tracks and high-flying physics. The local multiplayer options are very good, too. [May 2016]

Addictive RTS fun for both MP and SP skirmish. Looks, sounds and plays like a smooth jazz. The AI is almost a groundbreaking step forward. Borrowed sector based concept from Company Heroes 2 keeps battles tight and thrilling. Bit more meat around the base constructing and Supreme Commander can be blown to ashes. [May 2016]

Stardew Valley is a peaceful farming game with delightful retro graphics, tons of content and very addicting gameplay. In addition to farming, the game also offers various other activities such as fishing, crafting and quest solving. There are also big dungeons to explore and monsters to kill, but these adventure parts of the game feel a bit lackluster. [May 2016]

Beamdog’s expansion embraces both the past and the present. The adventure is inconsistent, ragged and the script could be a lot better, but at its best Siege of Dragonspear captures the essence of Baldur’s Gate - even if fleetingly. [May 2016]

Grim Dawn scratches the right action RPG itch with a plenty of loot to hoard and a decent skill system that offers plenty of options to build the perfect demon-blasting hero. The only problem is the lack of a proper endgame, as the non-randomized maps and locations becoming too familiar too fast. [May 2016]

EA Sports makes its second appearance in the UFC’s famed Octagon. The fighter’s sophomore effort is solid: it has good technique, impresses visually and feels like the real thing, although its ground game could be better. UFC 2 is a contender in the making. [May 2016]

Though both the game's story and the way it is told are not exactly original, exploring the wonderfully immersive sci-fi environments more than make up for it. VR gear or not, Pollen is a captivating experience. [May 2016]

Salt and Sanctuary is a souls-like metroidvania. And a very good one at that. Excellent character development and clever combat system. [May 2016]

Dark Souls III is like a Greatest Hits collection of the Souls series. Exciting combat, detailed surroundings and active multiplayer combine to make an addicting adventure which only suffers from the odd technical glitch. [May 2016]

A passable roguelite in space. The burden of being a mobile game port shows up in its lack of depth and simplicity. [Apr 2016]

Eterium is a lovingly made tribute to Wing Commander. The combat itself is kind of fun fast paced action, but the audiovisual side is mostly so bad that it really detracts from the experience – and I still think that the original Wing Commander looks kind of nice. [Apr 2016]

What can I say, Day of the Tentacle is one of the best graphic adventures ever made and the remastered version is the best version of the game. It's a classic in every aspect of the word. [Apr 2016]

Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front's look captures the brutality, realism and looks of a WW2 battlefield. But first you must survive the learning curve. [Apr 2016]

Bravely Second: End Layer doesn’t repeat its predecessors mistakes, yet still manages to be surpassed by it. A world already explored is not a world interesting enough to be explored a second time. [Apr 2016]

Pokken Tournament is not very effective. [Apr 2016]

Mushihimesama (PC 88) has bugs. A lot of them. A bullet hell SHMUP classic. [Apr 2016]

Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours is a traditional and pretty shoot ‘em up with huge amount of levels, really wide screen and 4-player multiplayer mode. [Apr 2016]

The Flame in the Flood is an aesthetically stunning piece of survival Americana with strong art direction, held back only by its clunky game mechanics. [Apr 2016]

Wretched Devil itself has slithered inside an arcade machine and tenderly shackles the player inside it. Metafictional loop of satanistic ponies wittily dance through an evening it lasts. [Apr 2016]

What game has style? The obvious answer is Aviary Attorney. The art in the game is based on the works of J. J. Grandville and looks stunning. The actual gameplay closely resembles that of the Ace Attorney series, so most of the time you will be solving light puzzles and reading funny conversations. And watching animals act like humans. Aviary Attorney is a very enjoyable game, but I would have hoped for some more content. It just ends too quickly and doesn't offer much of a challenge at all. [Apr 2016]

Superhot has an excellent vision how to use time as a game mechanism. [Apr 2016]

DarkMaus is an excellent 2D action RPG, which borrows key gameplay elements from Dark Souls. [Apr 2016]

Despite the lack of content, Hitman is a joy to play. Fluent game mechanics create a sturdy foundation on which IO may build the best game of the series. At the moment, though, it’s just a promising start. [Apr 2016]

Remedy’s newest action-adventure is ambitious, looks gorgeous and has great action, but the story doesn’t quite live up to its potential. [Apr 2016]

Though Tom Clancy’s The Division is a bit repetitive, Dark Zone saves the day. I want to know where you can buy hoodies that can soak 3 clips of automatic weapons fire. [Apr 2016]

Michonne's miniseries focuses heavily on the main character and fast narrative leaving some of the story elements too open and hazy. The dialog is top notch and the story is compelling, hopefully next time the carrot hanging on the cliffhanger is little sweeter. [Apr 2016]

Infra is rough around the edges, but the intensely atmospheric locations more than make up for some shortcomings in puzzle design and (especially) storytelling. [March 2016]

All’s well that ends well, even DLCs. [March 2016]

The first part of White March was better but it is an excellent DLC as a whole. Next time fewer fights and more companion quests, please. [March 2016]

Excellent DLC, almost like Dying Light 1.5 [March 2016]

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD is a, well, HD-version of Twilight Princess. Higher resolution, better textures. Still an excellent action adventure. [March 2016]

War for the Overworld fixes some minor problems of the original Dungeon Keeper games, but does not innovate further when it comes to dungeon building. [March 2016]

The sequel to the best Lego game delivers, although the predecessor is a superb specimen in almost every way. The monotonic game mechanics show some signs of evolution, so hopefully there frustrating button-mashing is replaced by something else. One can always hope. [March 2016]

Quotation forthcoming.

Clannad is a Japanese visual novel where you play as a young man called Tomoya Okazaki who spends his days going to school and hanging out with his friends. After a slow start the plot really starts to develop and you will find yourself involved in various romances and in other dramatic storylines. You will also cry a lot because the game can be really touching sometimes. I only wish that the game didn’t have so much filler material. It would have been better if the game had been a bit shorter. [March 2016]

Hardware: Rivals is a fun and fast vehicle shooter. Needs more arenas, though. And what's with the automatic vertical aiming? That's just stupid and completely unnecessary. [March 2016]

An excellent crossover between platformer and sandbox game. [March 2016]

Oppressive, intriguing adventure from the nineties dives head first into the dark soul of humanity. [March 2016]

Sebastien Loeb Rally EVO shows that it could be potential contender to throne ruled by Dirt Rally. It's a shame that its audiovisual presentation leaves much to be desired and steering lag combined to horrible FFB nearly destroys the driving enjoyment. Also, the performance on PS4 is pretty horrid. [March 2016]

Dirt Rally delivers the most solid experience audio-visually and driving wise to the rally genre. Still, road surfaces and physics could be refined further, and we really need more rallies. [March 2016]

The Witness is a “just” puzzle game as much as orgasm is just a feeling. [March 2016]

Firewatch adds a humane flavor to a game, that is a mix of walking simulator and a telltaleish adventure game. And it looks absolutely gorgeous. Campo Santo kicks off the adventure game year of 2016 with a high note. Well played, sirs! [March 2016]

Thea: The Awakening offers an entertaining combination of crafting and card games, but suffers from poor storytelling. [March 2016]

Unravel is a beautiful, serene platformer with neat idea. [March 2016]

Street Fighter V needs couple of updates but after those it could be a classic. [March 2016]

Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster proves that 20 years is still young, outside esports of course. [March 2016]

Darkest Dungeon is a masterpiece of emergent storytelling. [March 2016]

XCOM 2 stepped out of UFOs shadow. XCOM 2 is an excellent game entirely on its own merits. [March 2016]

Doesn’t reach the stars but will get you to the moon. [March 2016]

Idea of using stone age as game setting is best thing since inventing fire. [March 2016]

Godzilla reeks of disappointment from every fiber of its being. It's boring as hell and hard to control. What on Earth were the developers thinking? [Jan 2016]

Human Resource Machine Does what a good puzzle game should: gives you a limited set of tools and tasks you with doing the seemingly impossible. However, the challenge may eventually prove too much for non-coders. The lack of a deeper story is disappointing as well, at least when compared to the wonderful Little Inferno. Still, if you enjoy programming puzzles, it's hard to go wrong with this game. [Jan 2016]

Hearthstone keeps getting stronger and stronger. [Jan 2016]

Read Only Memories is an excellent arena for some old-fashioned adventure. [Jan 2016]

Xenoblade Chronicles is otherwise great, but the thin main plot and sheer repetition drop the score. [Jan 2016]

One of the best games of 2015 gets even better. Worth buying a PS4 for. [Jan 2016]

Hard West is turn based combat in the Wild West with demons. I really like this! [Jan 2016]

Rebel Galaxy is an open world Freelancer-like with capital ship combat and a universe that looks more alive than it really is. The gameplay was fun enough, visuals good enough, audio epic and the story interesting enough to keep me well entertained for the duration. [Jan 2016]

Rogue State is too focused on random events and repetition. It neither educates nor entertains. [Jan 2016]

Galactic Civilizations 3 is too much work and too little game. [Jan 2016]

Tales of Zestiria is just bad and lazy entry for a 20 year old series. [Jan 2016]

Just Cause 3 entertains at first with its symphony of destruction, but becomes repetitive. [Jan 2016]

An excellent and innovative breath of fresh air. The more I play, the more I like. I hope this is new role model for shooters to come. [Jan 2016]

A twisted masterpiece of sickness that is as ambitious as it is flawed. If you can endure the slow, repetitive gameplay and clumsy translation, you will reap unparalleled rewards in narrative and atmosphere. [Feb 2016]

Clash Royale is actually a fun gun and really well designed version of MOBA genre for mobile. It isn’t just a cruel revenue model. [Feb 2016]

As addictive as was the first one. And infuriating too. The controls work now both left and right and the guys at Frogmind have devised a devilishly hard set of levels that will pop an artery or two, but you'll always ready to try again. And that, my friends, is a sure sign for an excellent game. [Feb 2016]

Minecraft: Wii U Edition is, well, Minecraft. But. It doesn't support old Wii controllers and the Game Pad -integration could be better, like own screen for a second player and a touchscreen inventory. [Feb 2016]

Although a bit clinical, succeeds in being a nice little racing game. [Feb 2016]

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros is an action-packed, varied and in places, amusing RPG with familiar Mario-faces. The story is pretty much nonsense, though. [Feb 2016]

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is like a relationship: is fun only with an actual mate. [Feb 2016]

Helldivers proves that even firepower loses to repetition. [Feb 2016]

Dragon’ Dogma: Dark Arisen is very worthy action RPG. Welcome to PC! [Feb 2016]

More is really more. Full of things to do, places to visit and people to meet. [Feb 2016]

Light, but highly addicting. [Feb 2016]

An enjoyable co-op game with a fun but simplistic combat system. Bugs, matchmaking issues and technical problems keep it from becoming an instant classic. Yet! [Nov 2015]

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is the best Assassin’s Creed since Black Flag. Ubisoft returns to form. [Nov 2015]

A nice three player co-op action game. It's not an adventure, since the levels are small and sequential. The puzzles are a bit too repetitive, though. [Nov 2015]

A game about friendship, growing up, and, strangely enough, manipulating time. And it works beautifully. After the somewhat shaky start, Life Is Strange has become one of the best story experiences of the year. [Nov 2015]

WRC 5 leaves a really mixed taste. Deep down it is quite enjoyable arcade racing, but as a whole it feels really rushed and made with a tight budget. Especially annoying is that Neste Oil Rally is still pretty far away from the real thing. And please, forget the last-gen consoles on the next game and put full effort on current devices. [Nov 2015]

One of the best licensed games of the year. The core gameplay relies on skill and every Autobot beats Decepticons in its own unique way. The six hour campaign is short, but with the maximum difficulty level you'll get your money's worth. [Nov 2015]

The new Metal Gear Online is a satisfying online romp based on the singularly best game mechanics the MGS series has ever seen, as experienced in MGS5. One only wishes to see the same level of variation in maps and game modes as in the extensive character customization. [Nov 2015]

Rare Replay features Ultimate and Rare classics from three decades. Simply a big slice of essential videogame history. [Nov 2015]

What we have here is the best Call of Duty single player experience to date. The multiplayer is solid too, though the much-talked re-design has resulted a multiplayer experience that really doesn’t differ all that much from the previous ones. [Nov 2015]

With a more accessible and engaging story and solid new designs for the Prometheans, Halo 5 is a major improvement over Halo 4. Warzone is a great addition to the multiplayer, though the mode seems to have some game balance issues. [Nov 2015]

Regicide attempts to build on classic chess, but the result is one-sided. Warhammer 40,000 license is underutilized with only two playable races. [Nov 2015]

Tembo needs more tempo: more breaking buildings, less watering flowers. [Dec 2015]

Yuke’s is finally coming around and has avoided many of the mistakes of last year’s edition. [Dec 2015]

Simple and fast-paced tactical combat game, with heavy influences from the Dynasty Warriors series. Dragon Quest fans should feel right at home here. [Dec 2015]

Telltale has a winner here. The comedy, the pacing, everything works in this great episodic adventure. [Dec 2015]

Game of Thrones copies the well the world and spirit of its source material, however the story and characters don’t achieve the same levels. [Dec 2015]

Starcraft 2: Legacy of Void is a satisfying end to the trilogy. [Dec 2015]

Game of Thrones with fantasy animals. Light tactical game is great fun as multiplayer. [Dec 2015]

Star Wars Battlefront looks and sounds great, and with Battlefield-class gameplay could have ruled the multiplayer galaxy. Unfortunately, at best OK-level, Battlefront-class gameplay is much too shallow to last long. And this is THE one license, which really needs a single player campaign. [Dec 2015]

Need for Speed’s decent feel of driving and nice tuning options don’t amount to much when coupled with harsh rubber banding, boring environments and a terrible forced story mode. [Dec 2015]

Undertale fills me with determination. The biggest surprise of 2015, a unique masterpiece. [Dec 2015]

Chaos Reborn works the best if you have played Chaos back in the 80s. The multiplayer is quite enjoyable, but as single player game Chaos Reborn gets boring fast. Dear Gollop, with a niche-game such as this, the key to lasting success is solid single player experience. [Dec 2015]

After over ten years of waiting, Age of Decadence has finally been released. For the most part, the game lives up to the expectations because it is a really well-made role-playing game that takes place in a world similar to our Ancient Rome. What I really liked were the turn-based battles and quests with multiple solutions. The replay value is also very high but the outdated graphics and interface bring the score down. [Dec 2015]