Even with more than twenty playable characters, Battleborn fails to offer enough variety in its gameplay to keep players engaged for longer periods of time. And with an unfortunate release date, it is a game that will be forgotten in a matter of months.

Dancing on the very edge of a recycle bin, Just Dance revamps what's so great about it every year. But the formula might just be losing its momentum, due to repeating.

It’s a real shame new Need for Speed turned out to be a game with a great potential that in the end offers so little.

Isometric Darksiders spin-off that does not do Strife any justice.

Just Cause 4 is just another sandbox game that brings nothing new to the table. If you are looking for mindless destruction with a terrible story, this is a game for you. If you’re looking for something deeper, look elsewhere.

Atmospheric and beautiful, but the story is too abstract for its own good and it's not really scary. Film elements weren't used enough in gameplay mechanics and storytelling.

Knowledge is Power? No. A kick to the groin of the winning player is power! This is a pretty standard quiz game, but those always make you pumped up for a round of trivia and friendly curses. So, gather your friends and play a game or two. If you have any friends left, that is, after your winning streak, Mr Know-it- all.

Another WWE 2K game is here, and another ˝almost there˝ disappointing result. It looks like the only thing that they really tried to improve are the fighter models, and that’s it. Bugs are still present, there’s also a lootbox system, and although there are a number of things that should be fixed and changed, sadly this is currently the best wrestling game out there.

Sonic Forces improves on the 3D gameplay but ruins Classic Sonic. This game will be met with torches and pitchforks by the fans, but their kids will have fun with the custom created character and the rest of the game.

Rage 2 is a victim of a wave of technical issues and painfully average story but still manages to be one of the most fun FPS you can encounter and can provide you with your adrenaline shot for the day if needed.

It is not an often thing, to have an interesting game that could be really great, if not for awful and cumbersome controls. Immortal Legacy is like a VR clone of the Uncharted series, only with a much more humble storyline, graphics and with a tedious control scheme that will ruin the experience entirely, if you are not a patient kind of a gamer.

In front of us we now have first Dakar rally game in 15 years, and since we waited so long for it, we have mixed feelings and thoughts about it. Yes, we are grateful that somebody took it upon themselves to develop a game based on the most famous and grueling rally in the world, and we can see the effort that went into it, and small things that show the uniqueness of the rally, but on the other hand, it`s hard for a smaller company to make a great game for a rally of this scale, and it is really visible.

Except for the expected technical advancements, the sequel did not really develop in any other of its segments. One could even say that it got degraded in certain aspects. The main mechanics of the game stagnated and brought nothing truly fresh to the table. When everything is taken into account, this sequel is a game just slightly above an average experience.

An addicting puzzle with some cute gore elements. But once the game loses its steam, there's not much to come back to.

In essence, it offers a bit more of everything compared to the PS Vita game from last year, but still very little to the overall Monster Hunter formula.

You cannot shake the feeling that this dark turn based action would fit better on a tablet than on a PC.

Great overall story with rich character customization, well known Saints Row humor and beautiful and nostalgic animations from 80s morning cartoons. It’s hard to look at the positives, among all of the technical problems, and very dull and unvaried open-world and repetitive combat mechanics. Agents of Mayhem comes without any kind of online multiplayer mode, and that’s what makes this game undeserving of its 60$ price tag.

A great idea with a somewhat sloppy execution, This is the Police has tremendous amounts of potential that's currently squandered by pressuring the player to go through a linear route instead of having more open gameplay.

A nonlinear Ghosts 'n Goblins styled game is an interesting but surprisingly bad choice for a video game design. Yet even though it's far from perfect, it still manages to hit hard on those few nostalgia points, and give you an enjoyable experience.

Somerville begins with a promise and ends… It ends wherever you end it, for not all players will endure its 6-8 hours-long run. It is a far cry from the previous „Playdead“ experiences, yet it still holds enough charm to be recommended to fans of this unique genre.

This is a punishing and often not a fair title, but it still offers enough to invite all the challenge seekers out there. Not the greatest of the genre, but still quite enjoyable - if you can take all its ruthless punishments.

A fun homage to older games, Evoland 2 relies too much on nostalgia effect to fully explore it’s fun initial concept.

Lego Movie 2 The Game is a fun game for the younger audience, but if you are a bit older, you will find it slow and repetitive. When you add the fact that it looks exactly like Lego Worlds, with extra characters, the game is not worth the money, and also the time.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a technical marvel due to its gorgeous open world with an alluring atmosphere that calls for exploration, but is unfortunately hindered by the “sameness” of Ubisoft open-world games from the past decade. It offers some new elements like wilder parkour sequences and more hunting oriented gameplay, but not even remotely enough to be hailed as something new or innovative.

Necromunda: Underhive Wars is a Third person turn-based strategy based on a war- game in the 40k universe. While it is a good representation of the core gameplay of the war-game, Necromunda is lacking in several segments that need fixing.

Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is an overall improvement compared to the previous game in the series but is still somewhat of a sidegrade. Some aspects of the game are great but others are still lacking. Overall, Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is a step in the right direction for Invader Studios, and I can't wait to see what they decide to do with their next project.

In the year that had so many good FPS games, Call of Duty failed to bring anything of importance to the medium. The tried and tested formula feels rather stale this year and we might've gotten to a point when the series should just take a break until it figures out what it wants to do.

Great atmosphere and some intriguing story elements, but really sloppy controls, bad tempo and slow movement speed are sadly killing the experience.

Even if you can get over the constant grind and repetitive nature of the game's dungeons, what will put you off is RNG that easily wipes your whole parties. Instead of a truly challenging game, Darkest Dungeon turned out to be a frustration generator.

Left Alive is a reason to question the reason. A game to question taste and good will among gamers. It is not a superb title, it's clunky, unpolished and can drive you insane, but there is just that one weird part of it that could make it up to you... It's surprisingly cool, for reasons unknown. If you consider yourself a brave man, give it a go. You just may find something worth your while.

Monster Energy Supercross game brings not so globally known sport to gamers. And although true fans of the sport might find this great, the rest will forget this title in the sea of racing video games, as it won’t leave big impact on you. Beside looking good, Monster Energy Supercross offers a bit improved MXGP game, but not improved enough.

Dreamy and melancholic visuals and soundtrack of River od Alice are easy to admire, but unfortunately, game is lacking meaningful story and contextuality. Some puzzles are great, but others can be quite frustrating, which can be a stumbling stone for more casual players.

Rage Quit - The Game.

If Minecraft had a hammer, it'd crush Riverbond to the ground. Nah, it's only a joke, as it is fairly repetitive and easy, yet fun little title you can enjoy with up to 3 more friends, cooperatively. With lots of voxel explosions! Pretty...

Fun shooting and open world are great, but there aren’t many Ghost Recon elements and game simply feels dull at times.

Church in the Darkness certainly delivers on some of its unique replayability virtues, but is much of a hit and miss with its inconsistent characterization and clunky gameplay issues.

Bunker is not a bad game, but we can only recommend it to hardcore fans of point and click adventures. They’ll get their dose of puzzle solving which in itself is enough these days, as we are not living in the golden age of the genre.

Fair game, but just that. Historically inaccurate and pretty hard and unforgiving. It will push back players and really it cannot keep attention for too long.

Gibbous is a great entry-level point-and-click adventure that has many of the base features of old classics as well as a few new tricks. It very much looks and feels (and even has the humour of such games) as Monkey Island and the like, but it does lack the ingenuity of the puzzles from those games.

This is a fun arena brawler with ’80 neon lights and electronic music. You will want to have friends over and play Hyper Jam until only one is standing. Fight rounds are short, perks are evenly distributed, characters are uncharacteristic and maps are at the beginning quite surprising. But this is a game that will not satisfy you for a prolonged period of time, it will mostly be used as a “party game”, but even as such it won't be often in the "party mix".

Vault-Tec won’t save you now! Grab your loved ones, or not, and as many supplies as you can and pray to the gods of RNG that you will live to see the post-apocalyptic future!

Spellcaster University makes a smooth transition to PS5 with improved performance, but its core remains a laid-back, slightly clunky management sim that feels more at home on PC.

Beautifully crafted game with unique depressive atmosphere, but unfortunately the core gameplay mechanics are simply wrongly presented and designed.

Catalyst is an example of how bigger doesn't always have to mean better. Some games don't benefit from becoming an open world adventure and should stick to what worked well, even amazing in the original. Catalyst unfortunately, traded quality for quantity.

In the vast sea of reboots and remakes, Cossacks 3 offers the familiar experience. That, unfortunately, isn't enough by today's strategy standards, especially considering its low production value.

If you want to get your girlfriend or ten years old nephew into the world of JRPGs, this could be a perfect entry point. Charming, funny and simple, Destiny Connect is a short yet sweet experience anyone could enjoy.

The Park is a short, well written psychological horror that has a few unfortunate mechanics and cheap jump scares, but delivers quite a punch with the story's strong sides. It may not be the peak of the genre, but for an hour or two of the length it offers, it should keep you intrigued and entertained enough.

Fear the Wolves brings many great ideas on the Battle Royale table, but executes them quite poorly. PvPvE and radioactive zones are a good addition but don't work quite well with low number of players.

The most attractive feature of eFootball 2024 is its free price tag. The rest of it is a package that seems to get little to no improvements with each new iteration. It’s a solid football simulation, but I wish Konami would put some more effort into the development.

Virtual recycling at its finest, FC does it yet again. This lowers the overall quality of the game and the company’s renown, each year without fail. It is still a pretty decent game, but it still doesn’t deserve a full price tag. It is time for a change or for the whistle to mark the end of the match.

A cutesy puzzle-platformer that's not bringing anything new to the table, TurnOn might not be a very complex game, but it's still a relaxing experience, especially for the first commercial game by the young studio.

Fast and exciting gameplay that just isn’t enough to carry the game on its own. Uninspired and convoluted story that ends to fast for its own good , leaves a bland taste in ones mouth.

Shallow story aside, Shadow of the Tomb Raider has the best tomb exploration in the series, and that’s what it’s all about.

Swansong will be compared to Bloodlines, and that’s inevitable even though this is not the same kind of game. Unfortunately, Swansong wants itself to be compared to Bloodlines and doesn’t really make a stand against its older sire. A mess of RPG and adventure mechanics boil down to luck, and with weak voice acting and not very Camarilla vampire models, Swansong leaves a lot to be desired. If you’re looking for an adventure akin to Life is Strange, you’ll surely find it here. But if you’re looking for a World of Darkness RPG with deep and charismatic characters, better hope Bloodlines 2 comes out soon.

While the genre veterans will find the most fun here, for what it lasts, Azure Reflections is a well done bullet hell shooter that offers enough for the money it asks for.

The quality and your enjoyment of the game varies greatly during its running time, as Shadwen occasionally offers moments of gameplay brilliance while most of the time it just falls flat. If you do manage to endure it, you do get rewarded, but it is too high of a demand when playing the game feels more like a chore.

Mostly a game aimed at the most hardcore players of the racing simulation genre, Corsa won't find too many fans in the crowd. The console version also leaves the impression of an incomplete game that we just can't recommend.

It may be free and as some of its aspects are concerned, fairly fun to play. But on the other hand, eFootball 2022 is plagued with horrible bugs and glitches, graphical monstrosities and outdated physics. As a whole, it is something you may enjoy in a short run. But in this state, if the game is not improved, Konami may change the price from “free” to “paying us back” – it still won't save the poor franchise.

I wish this game lived up to the slogan „A new paper-crafted Mario adventure unfolds on Nintendo Switch!“. The storytelling really does not unfold enough making this insufficiently interesting game. Beautiful to the eye but empty.

Project Cars 3 has an identity crisis, with it’s lacklustre AI and many failings and dropping of many simulation aspects that made the core of the franchise developed by the community. It is a ruthless and utter disappointment to any who backed it. At the same time, it can’t be described as an utterly bad game, because underneath of all of its flaws, some true fun can be found.

WWE 2K16 brings some improvements, but not enough to be the game fans deserve. Smashing the opponent from the ladders through the table is great, until you turn to the audience and realize they look like they came from a PS2 game. But if you close your eyes, the game at least sounds awesome.

Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition brings back the 2006 classic with controller support and restored multiplayer, but aside from bundled expansions, the release feels barebones—plagued by minor bugs, bland menus, and only minimal upgrades that make it a missed opportunity rather than a true enhancement.

Another good retro Resident Evil style horror survivor game that is plagued with a plentitude of issues, bugs, and baffling design choices. Maybe after a few patches and feature modifications, Them and Us may become a truly great game.

Shadow Warrior 3 is not ashamed to admit that it is borrowing everything from other fast-paced FPS games like Doom Eternal, Serious Sam and even Bulletstorm. But with all those references, Shadow Warrior 3 fails to provide any originality and loses its charm from the previous games. The humour is still there, but this time it feels much more forced than usual. With a game-time of 5 to 6 hours, you will have some short burst fun, but it still doesn’t justify the asking price.

On face value, Drawn to Death looks like an interesting idea, and with its unusual art style it may feel like a breath of something new and different. But with its small arena concept with only 4 players, few play modes, and disgusting toilet humor with every step of the way, it quickly becomes dull and annoying.

The Secret Level episode blew my mind when it came out and I couldn't wait to play a dark version of Pac-Man in a metroidvania setting. In the end, it’s a bog-standard metroidvania with a Pac-Man gimmick that does nothing new for the genre. The style was also not my cup of tea, as the contrasts between the background and the animation were too overwhelming and not very well implemented. Unfortunately, the show was much better than the game.

Serving as an homage to the good old Metal Gear Solid, Spy Drops offers a great retro experience. Unfortunately it suffers from a lot of issues ranging from repetitiveness, poor camera, to very unintuitive controls.

Blue Reflection is but a mere reflection of what Gust is capable of. But, though flaws are many, there are some cool things you can enjoy here, especially if you are a hardcore JRPG fan. If not, and you are not into browsing through cute anime girls while listening to badass OST, skip this game like a YouTube ad - as soon as possible.

The Council started with a big bang but ended with a huge sigh of disappointment. It has a great level of details to represent the world at the end of XVIII century, it has some nice changes to the stagnant genre of "choices matter adventures", but the story and storytelling are not up to par with them. Also, world feels unresponsive, the pacing feels inadequate and in short, it could have been a great game, but it failed on the most important things.

Even though visually pretty, I found the game lacking serious depth when it came to the story, and consider that there were not enough points in the game for me to emotionally connect to either of the characters. When you take into consideration that plot twist is very predictable and that the game can be finished in less than one day, this game does offer a different perspective on the WWI from the other games currently on the market, but it won’t leave a lasting impression on you, it will become just a fleeting memory.

Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered brings nothing new to the table except some graphical enhancements. It is still the same old game with outdated mechanics and rudimentary gameplay (especially now). But the game can be actually pretty fun if you are in the mood for brainless destruction, which is something that everyone needs once in a while. And hey, it is free for the owners of the previous version.

Warlander is a souls-like rogue-lite that has a lot of great ideas, but so little of them are done well.

Ocean’s Heart is undoubtedly inspired by titles such as The Legend of Zelda’s The Minish Cap. Yet what it successfully re-establishes in terms of visuals and basic mechanics, it painfully lacks when it comes to the story, dialogues and gameplay depth. If you are looking to scratch that Zelda itch with nothing better on the horizon, Ocean’s Heart might prove to be a perfect candidate. But surely never forget – heart may sound like a lot but is never much without a soul.

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is a game you should play only if you meet two very important requirements. First - you've seen the show. Second - you loved the show. Any other scenario and you should most definitely skip this pretty basic, bug-infested strategy RPG. Not that there is nothing to love here. It's just not worth digging for it, unless you really, really love this franchise.

At this point, Stargate fans are aching for a video game in this universe of almost any kind. This time, we got a tactical stealth game with many interesting mechanics and ideas, but that is unfortunately very janky, unpolished and a bit uninspired at times. Great for SG-1 fans, though.

If you are tired of those old, epic single player storylines and local versus matches that your usual Naruto games offer, here's your chance! Shinobi Striker is anything but that. Not everyone's cup of tea, but gives a breath of fresh air to a long running fighting games series. Me? I'm up for some more of that stale air of the Storm series! Not a bad game, though.

Guild of Darksteel has a couple of interesting ideas and a strong atmosphere, but it falls short when it comes to combat. Not to mention the promises it seems to silently made to the player and then fails to deliver. Repetitiveness, cryptic systems and mechanics prevent this game from truly shining. Ultimately, Darksteel remains to be a little bit too dark.

While the turn-based combat remained interesting and stayed true to its roots, and the units have a lot of variety, the newly implemented elements leave a lot to be desired. This coupled with some annoying bugs and an overall sense of an unfinished product make King’s Bounty II a very lackluster experience.

Kejora is a visually striking 2D puzzle adventure that leans heavily on hand-drawn, Ghibli-inspired aesthetics and a gentle, melancholic tone. While its atmosphere and story carry emotional weight, the gameplay remains overly simple and sometimes clumsy, with weak audio design and restrictive saving systems. It’s a heartfelt narrative experience, best suited for players who value art and mood over mechanical depth.

Code Alkonost: Awakening of Evil is a short yet enjoyable survival horror game inspired by Slavic mythology. It starts off as atmospheric and immersive but is ultimately undermined by poor audio design and overall jankiness.

It seems like this year’s edition of eFootball needed to take more risks. There is too much invested in licenses and petty makeup and next to nothing to improve the core and the heart of this beloved game. It may be free to play, but it is also free to pass. EFootball fans deserve more than this.

Even though the campaign is extremely predictable and the multiplayer is plagued with tones of issues, Call Of Duty: Vanguard is, after all, still a Call of Duty title, and will appeal to all hardcore Call of Duty fans.

New Tales from the Borderlands is so overblown with all sorts of different kinds of humour that it is choking the comedic timing it could have had - most of the funny moments involve side characters and not the main ones. The story is good, but the choices don’t feel that important compared to the other games in the genre.

Extraction has some really great ideas, but it unfortunately just comes off as a very chaotic, unfinished and very grindy Siege spinoff.

The Chant tries hard to convey certain spooky vibes with its occult exploration of the human psyche and emotions but ultimately fails to impress with mediocre combat, forgettable story and lacklustre enemy design. It has some great ideas, acting and visuals, especially for an indie game, but it never uses them to the fullest and is drawn back by many of its flaws.

A step forward for the developers, Spider, The Technomancer still might not be their lightning in a bottle, although it could quench your thirst for RPG during this summer.

In an audio and visual sense, this DX remaster is absolutely amazing. But when it comes to gameplay and core design, it is exactly the same as the original. In other words, Alex Kidd has aged poorly and when it comes to reintroducing it to the modern age, it requires much more than a facelift. Fans of the original may enjoy it being true to the first game, but in truth, it simply should have been improved much more when it comes to its ancient mechanics and gameplay design.

Santa's Gifts is a Christmas-themed, physics-based puzzle game. With only 15 levels to play, the experience is concise but is still a fun way to spend a few snowy, tea-sipping evenings, especially if you’re in a festive mood.

More expensive with fewer changes, FIFA 21 is a sad entry for the franchise. Unless the PS5 version you’re getting with this one does not improve the formula by a lot, there is little to no reason for you to get this edition of FIFA. Especially if you already own FIFA 20.

SGW: Contracts 2 is another relatively mediocre title in an overly long franchise of sniper sim games. It has some creative level design and great sniping moments when assassinating long-range targets, but it still remains an overly generic FPS game with lacklustre mission design and terrible AI.

No hints-guessing has never been this fun! Though it's still not all that fun. But it is charming and makes you giggle a bit, so that counts as well! If you have an hour to spare, enter the haunted mansion... if you dare.

The High Isle chapter provides players with some great new story content and a beautiful new region, but with its lack of quality side content, low amount of new items, and underwhelming card game, it is hard to recommend to anyone who isn’t a story buff of TES series and is a more of a hardcore MMO player.

Last Recollection refines the well established formula with a more fluid, flashy and fun combat system and finally gives us a conclusion to a long running arc, but the lack of visual improvements is so jarring it just can’t be overlooked.

If you can get past its very obvious downsides and need to play a challenging, even a bit frustrating game, there's no dilemma that Hyper Light Drifter is for you. Yet, we remain sad that we didn't get to play the fantastic game which this one could have been had it spent more time in development. Maybe in the sequel.

Endless Dungeon is a successor to the great Dungeon of the Endless, but it flops on so many levels. The idea is there, but the gameplay is very repetitive and gets stale very quickly into the game. The rogue-lite elements help, but the sudden difficulty spikes did not encourage me to continue playing. The singleplayer mode offers an abysmal experience, but there is fun to be found in a multiplayer session with your friends.

South Park: Snow Day! Is a decent attempt at ‘’mixing things up’’, changing genres and stepping into a 3D plane, but it falls somewhat short of reaching that milestone of excellence. With its shallow gameplay and repetitive and poorly balanced combat, Snow Day!’s only saving grace is its 4-player co-op. It’s great for South Park fans, too.

The current-gen version of NBA 2K22 is a disappointing mess of much of the same we've seen the last few years, with the exception of a few very welcome upgrades to the gameplay. Still it is necessary to mention that asking for a full price with the lackluster support in all other segments is atrocious and sadly probably not worth your time if you played 2K21. If you are a newcomer though, gameplay changes are pretty good, and it still is the best basketball game you can afford right now.

Grand Theft Horse is the best way to describe the game since it is created as a tribute to old GTA games. Unlike the original games, this one is a pure parody set in medieval times, where you play as a small-time thug in a crazy open-world action game, full of pop-culture references. If you can ignore some minor and repetitive bugs, and you want to experience early GTA styled game that is set in the Medieval times, Rustler is worth a shot.