You can’t really ask more of a remake, as long as it means a graphical overhaul and some quality of life additions while preserving the tight controls, fast pace and replayable nature of the game.

Gothic 1 Remake succeeded in preserving the spirit of the original game more than attempting to fully modernize it - a decision that gave it a unique identity but also left many of its old issues intact. As a result, the experience carries a special charm for longtime fans, yet it suffers from clear flaws that prevent it from reaching the level it could have achieved had it dared to redesign some of its core foundations.

Invincible VS has some of the best tag fighter mechanics I have ever seen and the character interactions will make the Invincible fans grin for sure! But its weak story mode and lack of content make it hard to recommend for the mainstream audience.

Take it as an adventure of discovery and the game largely succeeds, albeit with little challenge.

Thick as Thieves feels like a promising idea that never fully materialized. With proper execution, it could have stood among the best in its genre, but its thin content and lack of polish leave it stuck as little more than a concept.

While it loses some of the allure of Returnal, this game aims to attract players by smoothing out the learning curve.

Some improvements and some regression make for an enjoyable albeit flawed experience and the first entry eventually wins out.

The game has one of the best and most varied open worlds, but that’s pretty much the only thing I truly enjoyed from everything it throws at you in the hope that something eventually clicks, it even barely holds itself together on the PS5 Pro with the lack of polish on that version.

Great graphics and varied areas and challenges make up for a fun if uneven experience.

A remaster bundle is always appreciated especially when it's made with care. A good version of an ok game that charms and engages but also bores in equal measures.

Fatal Frame II Crimson Butterfly Remake improved a lot on the gameplay, but almost forgot about the optimization, causing what could have been a legendary horror experience to be held back quite a bit by its technical problems.

Styx: Blades of Greed offers a literal classic stealth adventure, with expanded level design and gameplay mechanics, yet it struggles significantly in its story, mission structure, and both main and secondary characters.

A slightly better value of a good game in search of its identity.

Despite Avowed’s flaws and the lack of depth in most of its RPG systems, the PS5 version is the best edition of the game in terms of technical polish and the level of additions introduced over time. At a price of just $50, it’s a game worth experiencing for its beautiful world and a story that delivers Obsidian’s signature style in a modern way. While not the strongest title in the developer’s catalog, it remains enjoyable in several aspects, including its characters, narrative, and combat.

Spooky, surreal setting and co-op might be enough for some, but the gameplay is neither engaging nor frictionless, and there’s little new here to justify how limp it plays.

Code Vein 2 is almost everything I wanted from a sequel. It sheds the Dark Souls skin of the first game and takes a bold step toward becoming a bigger, more confident Code Vein. Unfortunately, that ambition comes at a cost, as the game sacrifices the distinctive art style that defined the original in favor of a more generic tone.

Reviewing a series that barely changes and doesn’t need to is still a task that requires a lot of time even if the results are predictable, which mirrors this entry in that while predictable and even the bare minimum is still a great and lengthy experience.

Marvel Cosmic Invasion is Marvel’s best Beat Em Up title, even when the visuals are not on par with the publisher’s other titles such as Ninja Gaiden Ragebound and Shredder’s Revenge.

While the game is polished and slick, as well as varied and unique, it can also lose its luster quickly if you’re not absolutely hooked on its main mode, City Trial. With DLC and updates confirmed not to be forthcoming, what you see is what you get with this package.

Black Ops 7 offers an enjoyable experience in Zombies and online modes, but it might be the furthest from the series in terms of identity and gameplay style. Meanwhile, the modest campaign and its frustrating design choices were intended by the developer to be bold steps, yet ended up being unsuccessful and in some cases, outright poor. Overall, this installment is good, not bad, but it falls short of the expectations set by the game's promotional campaign.

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O could have been the perfect opportunity to bring attention to the franchise’s name, but unfortunately it is just going in circles on itself for over 19 years now with the same release.

While it merges elements from both Dynasty Warriors and Tears of the Kingdom expertly it plays closer to the former while looking more like the latter and is thus geared towards Zelda fans who find the Dynasty Warriors formula engaging enough.

Bloodlines 2 is more of an action game with light RPG elements. While the world and lore are great, the game shows signs of a rocky development. If you enjoy vampire themes and detective-style gameplay, it’s worth checking out just not at full price.

Dying Light The Beast is made for the crazed zombie games fans, it has everything they want from the ability to tear zombies and monsters to bits with different weapons or you turn into a beast yourself with Beast Mode and go ham. But the game just doesn’t go beyond that and falls very short in terms of the technical optimizations.

Towa and the guardians of the sacred tree is charming in it’s style and soundtrack, with a unique gameplay that let you control a melee and a mage character simultaneously. But it is no more than a nice appetizer.

Blooper Team’s most ambitious original IP certainly lives up to that moniker in terms of mood and capturing that Soviet era feel, with an oppressive and challenging atmosphere, but unfortunately challenging and frustrating got conflated.

Lost Soul Aside feels like a smaller-scale game disguised and priced as a AAA title. While its gameplay is what will keep you hooked, it just fail at delivering at every other department with one of the weakest written dialogues to it’s comically bad voice acting.

The control scheme not only makes good use of the Joy-Cons mouse mode, but also helps to really bring you into the action, although some might find the controls tiring and not always precise.