A fantastic work of renovation of two games that have almost 20 years behind them to turn them into an adventure that could have been released in 2024: the three-dimensional reconstruction of the scenarios, the detail of the environments, the new design of the characters and the re-recording sound transform it into a current game.

The remastered version of one of the best games of recent years offers the same masterpiece of action and storytelling with some technical improvements and interesting extras, such as the director's commentary, the discarded levels, and the addictive and excellent mode No Return. Graphically it is incredible, but the leap from PS4 is small. Some punctual problems in the rhythm and development of the main adventure.

A fantastic metroidvania that, in terms of gameplay, does almost everything masterfully and marks the triumphant return of one of the most legendary video game sagas. It has exquisite controls, outstanding level design, incredibly rewarding platforming sections, a very fun combat system with a very varied bestiary and memorable bosses, and a generous amount of content. Its story and narrative leave something to be desired, graphically it is not very impressive and it does not escape some programming errors, but if you like the genre and missed this mythical saga, here you have a great game with which to start the year in the best possible way.

Artefacts Studio delivers an entertaining dungeon management game that mixes humor, satire, and classic management elements, but lacks challenge and depth in the long run. It is a fun and attractive game for fans of the genre who are looking for a relaxed and pleasant time, but not for those who seek a demanding and lasting experience.

A puzzle game that experiments with the rules of chess in various thematic and improbable situations, offering many hours of content and some great puzzles, but suffering from problems of visual design, a poor interface, a slow start, and a very irregular translation.

A brilliant city-building and management game with a roguelite structure that makes every defeat a lesson for the next game. Essential for fans of the genre, even if it takes a while to understand all its systems and has a somewhat generic presentation.

Square Enix brings us a spin-off of Dragon Quest that reminds us of Pokémon, but with its own style and mechanics, such as monster fusion and seasonal changes. The exploration and the variety of maps are its strong points, but it suffers from technical issues, such as framerate drops and pop-in, and a lack of originality in some of the monster designs.

A detective adventure with puzzles and forensic tests that offers an entertaining but predictable mystery, with a short duration and a low production value. It has a good base for a detective game, but its limitations prevent its strengths from shining more, and you can complete it in very little time if you have experience in the genre.

The sequel to the house renovation simulator offers more varied, compact and deep gameplay that goes beyond mere simulation, aiming for an improved experience that can appeal to different audiences. It features new mechanics that expand the good base of the first game, humorous challenges that are more than just a simple simulator, and several layers of gameplay that can be adapted to multiple audiences. However, it lacks the graphical improvement and the amount of content that the first game received over the years.

Sociable Soccer 24 is a mobile game adapted to PC that tries to revive the spirit of arcade soccer games, but falls short in gameplay, graphics, and variety. It has some positive aspects, such as the FIFPro licenses, the player crafting system, and the challenge mode, but it is not enough to compete with other soccer simulators.

Ready or Not is a realistic and tactical first-person shooter that challenges us to face dangerous situations as a SWAT team, with a good variety of levels, weapons, and gadgets, but also with some flaws in the enemy AI, the single-player Commander mode, and the technical performance.

TEVI is a challenging metroidvania game full of magic, humor and rhetoric that will make you forget about the clock and get completely immersed in the world of Az1. It has a modern pixel art design, a selection of difficulty levels, and a gameplay and level design that go hand in hand at all times. However, it lacks subtitles in more languages and some areas are not very clear to explore.

A modest cooperative action game that reinvents the legend of Robin Hood with a steampunk twist, offering some fun moments with friends and a decent graphical aspect for a small production, but also suffering from a lack of originality, content, and artificial intelligence, as well as being overshadowed by many better alternatives in the genre.

Arc System Works delivers a great update and expansion of the original Granblue Fantasy Versus, a fun and spectacular fighting game that is more complete than its predecessor, with more characters, modes, and features. It offers an accessible gameplay for newcomers and veterans alike, with a rollback netcode and a cross-play feature that enhance the online experience. However, the novelties are not drastic and it should have an option to upgrade from Granblue Fantasy Versus.

Slay the Princess is a visual novel that surprises with its story and execution, giving us freedom to choose our path and subtly guiding us towards one of its multiple endings. It deals with philosophical and metaphysical themes that may appeal more or less, but the execution is fantastic, and keeps us hooked until the end.

Ashborne Games and THQ Nordic offer a combination of adventure, survival and real-time strategy games set in the aftermath of World War I, where you must guide a group of soldiers across Siberia in a train. The game features a compelling narrative, a challenging management system, and a stealth-oriented gameplay, but suffers from a cluttered interface, a slow start, and some balance and AI issues.

An original and well-executed metroidvania of action and exploration on wheels, with a fantastic artistic style, a careful narrative, and a very fun gameplay, although with some room for improvement in some aspects such as backtracking or boss fights.

The Station’s first city builder is a fun and graphically attractive game that offers an interesting experience for fans of the genre, with a fast-paced gameplay and a charming steampunk aesthetic. However, it also suffers from being too repetitive and easy, as well as lacking more variety and challenge in its underground exploration.

A fun and straightforward action and horror adventure in virtual reality, that improves the formula of the original without revolutionary changes, and introduces a canine companion that adds interaction and immersion. It tries to be varied but does not succeed, and it has some minor technical issues, especially with motion detection. Ideal if you are looking for simple and direct shooting and a bit of horror.

Yu Suzuki brings to consoles and PC his latest game, released on Apple Arcade: a rail shooter that reminds of Space Harrier, with a simple and entertaining gameplay, but also very basic and repetitive, without any fresh ideas. The presentation has personality, but it can also look amateurish and mismatched, and the music does not fit the genre.

Frontiers of Pandora is a beautiful game with a fantastic open world, great ideas and solid gameplay that raises the bar for future Ubisoft sandbox titles. If you like the franchise and Ubisoft’s approach to the open world, we can recommend this adventure to you without reservations.

Nexus brings key elements of Assassin's Creed to a structured virtual reality adventure featuring Ezio, Kassandra, and Connor, offering visually surprising experiences on the Quest platform, yet hindered by control imprecision, particularly in parkour and combat, with a storyline serving as a pretext for revisiting historical periods in the saga, and a wealth of mechanics but lacking depth.

Despite capturing the artistic style of Mike Mignola's comics and featuring the charisma of Hellboy, this roguelite falls short with an extremely simple combat system, lack of variety in situations, enemies, and strategic possibilities, along with a scarcity of content and somewhat clunky controls, ultimately failing to do justice to Mignola's masterpiece.

A title that pleasantly surprised us with its well-executed homage to classic Resident Evil, introducing new elements seamlessly, and resolving combat exceptionally well. While some designed-to-kill moments may be bothersome and the lack of translation is a drawback, we recommend it to those seeking an experience akin to classic Resident Evil with some changes and a more condensed format.

A wild and unclassifiable adventure, this game combines rhythm, puzzles, and cooperative action to constantly surprise with new ideas and a spectacular soundtrack, offering highly varied stages that are particularly enjoyable in cooperative mode; however, some mechanics or their combination may not be entirely convincing, and playing solo can be frustrating, made a bit worse by the inability to skip conversations when replaying stages.

With innovative, demanding, and rewarding combat, 'Worldless' appeals to those who enjoy dense games requiring skill, set in a visually attractive space, though it falls short in classic and somewhat unrefined exploration and platforming elements. However, the game can be unclear, struggling to convey information and empathize with the player.

A fun, addictive, and straightforward title with entertaining physics, accessible to all players, albeit with occasional control issues and a notable lack of modes and options, compensated by its highly affordable price.

The Taiwanese studio PINX Games blends Slay the Spire and Into the Breach in a deep, accessible, and highly enjoyable strategy and deck-building game that allows for numerous different strategies within its hexagonal arena, despite its unattractive artistic design, especially in the interface.

he negative criticisms of 'The Walking Dead: Destinies' are more than deserved—it is an infamous and resource-lacking clone of action-adventure games that fails to engage as an adaptation, with poor graphics, performance, and gameplay.

Action roguelike enthusiasts should give this title a chance, as it offers a highly enjoyable and addictive formula with deep and customizable combat, meticulous attention to audiovisual and narrative aspects. However, the initial hours of gameplay might be confusing, and the absence of Spanish language support despite a rich narrative could be a drawback.

A sequel that improves upon the first Slap Them All!, featuring perfect graphics for the franchise, a good soundtrack, enhanced fun in cooperative play with better balance than the original, but falls short in gameplay depth compared to genre leaders, lacks replayability incentives in the scoring system, and once again lacks online multiplayer, leaving room for a more ambitious installment in terms of gameplay, modes, and online features.

KarmaZoo" is an original cooperative game with well-executed creative ideas, expressive and enjoyable gameplay in both modes, impressive audiovisuals, particularly the narrator (in English), but it suffers from somewhat repetitive design and simple challenges. It's an ideal cooperative experience for playing with strangers due to its expressiveness, and though still enjoyable, it is less original in local mode.

A great retro-style shooter and platformer with authentic presentation and design, featuring well-implemented ideas and accessibility options for everyone, though occasional imprecise controls may lead to moments of frustration. Highly enjoyable and recommended overall.

DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing provides a classic kart racing experience with a complete and charismatic character roster, featuring some good ideas, though not all well-executed, and visually appealing graphics, but it falls short in handling and physics consistency, struggles to convey information accurately, and while not riddled with technical flaws, it has noticeable imperfections.

Flashback 2 shines in its cyberpunk world and holds potential for a worthy sequel, but technical issues, numerous bugs, occasional poor design choices, and overly simplistic mechanics hinder its ability to be as memorable as the original.

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin may not go down in history, but it serves as a good entry into strategy or the Games Workshop license, featuring a campaign with diverse situations, a commendable Conquest mode, and robust editing and customization tools, despite its somewhat tedious pace on PC, evident AI issues, and occasional high loading times on computers.

The game, while not reinventing the series, enhances aspects and expands the roster, offering fun matches and a Naruto universe experience loved by fans, despite potential shortcomings in innovation, combat depth, and arena quality.

An enjoyable cinematic adventure that creatively blends narrative platforming with first-person puzzles, offering an expressive story through minimalism, despite frustrating trial-and-error moments and occasional oddity in cinematic scenes due to "lowpoly," all leading to an escape in a continually twisting dystopian city.

Despite lacking originality and imitating other games, the highlighted positives include well-designed levels, thoughtful backtracking, satisfying action, impressive pixel art, and noteworthy boss battles, while the negatives encompass a lack of distinct personality, issues with storytelling, design decisions, and readability problems in the environments. Overall, it presents an entertaining and enjoyable adventure within the "soulsvania" genre.

We’ve been pleasantly surprised with how well this game has aged. Yes, it’s short and simple, but it’s also very charming, well-designed and really well paced, leaving us with a smile when the credits roll.

This is a fun RGP that can feel a bit underwhelming during its first few hours, since it tries to welcome inexperienced players, but it manages to shine more and more as we progress.

Modern Warfare 3 fixes most of the issues of Modern Warfare 2, but relies so much on it that feels more like a big update than a new entry in the series.

The Invincible is a walking simulator that pays a good tribute to the work of Stanisław Lem thanks to an interesting story that dares to address philosophical issues, a protagonist with charisma and a fascinating science fiction setting. Unfortunately, this good work ends up being weighed down by an extremely slow, sometimes frustrating development that is not capable of offering us anything minimally stimulating as players, with overly stretched parts and mechanics that rarely add up to the whole. Even so, it is not a bad game and if you are passionate about the genre in its purest conception, the original novel on which it is based and you want a slow experience away from the freneticism and spectacle that usually reigns in the industry, here you will find a purchase that you may want to take into account.

Super Wooden GP 2 basically improves everything from the original, so if you enjoyed that one, get ready for an addictive sequel that will keep you glued to the screen.

Quantum Error is too ambitious for its own good, and try to polish the least interesting aspects while abandoning its original ideas. The result: something that feels repetitive and unsatisfying.

This is a Like a Dragon game, but smaller in scope. Fun, intense and spectacular, but it might feel too small if you’re used to the main games.

This sequel is yet another fantastic puzzle game, and while the core remains unchanged, the search for grandiosity in the second part may feel detrimental. It will depend on the player, but sometimes we felt we just wanted to solve puzzles and the game was taking us away from them.

The biggest rally franchise is back with a great title that has something for everyone. There is still room for improvement but, overall, it’s a solid option for rally fans.

Whilst its core is that of a regular shooter, its fantastic production values and its love for RoboCop makes it a very fun game, particularly for those who enjoy the franchise.

Wario and his micro games are back with a collection of incredibly fun and silly trials that take advantage of the Joy-Con and the Switch capabilities.

If you like RPGs, you need to play this one. It changes only what’s necessary to improve the graphics, and keeps everything that made this title a fan favourite.

This new entry, gameplay-wise, is a fantastic MMA game, but the lack of content and modes hold it back.

Jusant is a fantastic adventure, with a satisfying and challenging control system, great ideas and a beautiful art direction.

Song of Nunu is a fun game that can be enjoyed even if you’ve never played LoL before. Great setting, clever puzzles and a fantastic protagonist duo shine in this otherwise slightly simplistic game.

Return to Moria is just a survival game that doesn’t do anything particularly interesting, but it can be fun if you like the franchise and play with friends.

Alan Wake is back with a survival horror that is constantly surprising the player, coming up with all sorts of crazy ideas and situations, and all wrapped up in one of the best audiovisual productions we’ve ever seen.

Good sequel for an already fun and espectacular game, that improves upon many aspects, but also can be a bit too ambitious introducing some elements that don’t really work too well.

Extras aside (which are fantastic), it’s a compilation that feels a bit lazy, but, at least, we can finally play some of the best games ever made on any current platform.

Skylines 2 can be a great game, but with the current amount of content and its questionable performance, it’s a bit hard to recommend.

Mario is back with his best 2D adventure since Super Mario World. Fun, surprising and beautiful, it’s one of those game you cannot miss.

Unleashed 2 evolves pretty much every single aspect of the original, and, whilst it is not a drastic changes, it polishes an already great formula for racing fans.

The Spider-Men take their adventure a step further to deliver an epic, intense and spectacular game that any fan of the superhero should play.

Classic Sonic is back and, whilst it does many good things, it also falls shorts in many aspects, becoming a fun game that still is too far from the classics.

Yet another soulslike, but this one is better than the average. Some technical issues are holding it back, but overall it is a very enjoyable game.

Pharaon is a good game and fans of the franchise will love it, but at this point the series are starting to feel a bit too repetitive, and we would like to see a bigger evolution in the upcoming entries.

Chants of Sennaar shines when focusing on translating unknown languages, but its puzzles and stealth sequences are not as good and make the game worse.

This is a nice surprise, that makes you think while also absorbing you with its interesting concept as a virtual board game.

Even with its flaws, it’s a fun game that any RPG fan will enjoy, even if you’re not familiar with the franchise.

Cocoon is one of the biggest surprises of the year for us. Thanks to its magnificent design, this one-button game ends up being more surprising and memorable than most AAAs these days.

As a game for Pokémon’s younger fans, it works, but everything is too simple and guided for those looking even for the smallest challenge.

Mirage is more of a tribute that a return to the classics, but the setting, the level design and the reasonable length are welcome changes to make Assassin’s Creed more enjoyable for the fans of the first games.

As a driving game, Forza Motorsport is fantastic, but the lack of content and even ambition after a six-year break makes the return a bit more overwhelming than we expected.

We Were Here changes its format to deliver shorter (and cheaper) adventures, while keeping its formula intact and offering yet another fun puzzle challenge to solve with a friend.

We’ve had such a good time playing Party Animals with friends. It definitely needs more content and new ideas, but even now it’s a great party game that anyone can play and have a great time.

Bringing back this series seemed like a good idea, but the execution is flawed, and we don’t think it will be appealing for neither fans or newcomers.

If you’re a fan of the protagonists and their filmography, you’ll enjoy this game a lot. If not, it’s just an average beat ‘em up without many surprises.

Payday 3 is lacking content, but that’s the easy part to fix. Luckily, the base is fantastic, and we’ve had a great time playing with friends.

EA Sports FC 24 is a more polished experience, but it also feels a missed opportunity to evolve the series after its name change.

Even if it’s not flawless, this still is a nice collection full of content that help new and returning players access these two “lost” games.

Cyberpunk 2077 isn't going to magically become a perfect game, but CD Projekt's title is arguably now in better shape than ever. It still has its shortcomings, such as the lack of importance that our statistics have outside of combat, but many of its other problems have been solved either with previous updates or with the 2.0 update that concerns us today. The Phantom Liberty expansion, for its part, offers us a lot of entertaining and quality content, with some more linear and spectacular moments that have left us with our mouths open and, if we combine both, it seems like the best time to travel for the first time or to return to Night City.

This is a great fighting game, that still hasn’t fixed some issues from the past, but still manages to deliver fun, polished, complex and, of course, bloody combats that fans will love.

NBA 2K24 is fantastic when it comes to its gameplay, but its extreme focus on microtransations ends up hurting the experience.

Still a step behind the classics, but a fantastic title for a team that doesn’t have much experience. A great game for Soulslike fans.

Motorfest a game full of content, with good ideas and plenty of things to experience, but gameplay-wise it feels a bit bland and lacks personality.

Bomberman is back expanding what we’ve seen in the franchise’s previous game, with new additions and tons of hours of fun to be had in its multiplayer.

Sea of Stars is the perfect balance between tribute and nostalgia, and a great RPG with its own ideas. If you like the genre, you cannot miss it.

Fun, with good ideas and ambition, but not as good as other similar titles. At least, it’s a breath of fresh air in the indie scene.

This is a more relaxed take on the farming genre, with more guidance, but also some key mistakes that prevent it from achieving something bigger.

This is a modern masterpiece that no tactic-stealth strategy fan should miss, and a great starting point for those interested in the genre.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is one of the best RPGs ever made, and its PS5 version doesn’t make any compromises, with a fantastic port and even cross-save.

Starfield is a space opera you can’t ignore, with an incredible amount of content and so much room for emergent situation, even though Bethesda still struggles to let go of some mistakes of the past.

It doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel or do anything groundbreaking, but it’s a very enjoyable adventure with a story that deserves to be played.

This is a great title if you want a rhythm-based game to play with friends, particularly after having waited so many years to have this franchise back.

Generally speaking, it’s a step in the right direction for the series, but it also makes too many mistakes along the way. Fun, but with plenty of room for improvement.

Trine 5 is a beautiful, fun, and well-designed puzzle and platforming adventure perfect for playing in good company.

This is a bigger-and-better sequel that expands on pretty much everything the original did. If you enjoyed the first title, you don’t want to miss this one.

Madden NFL 24 is a great game limited by a series of small issues that significantly affect the experience. While certain issues have been resolved and clear improvements are seen in the gameplay, the game modes and menus either remain the same or are worse and, along with some small hiccups that persists, limit the game's potential.

Although it isn’t a bad walking simulator, the lack of ambition prevents it from being something bigger and more memorable.