The Last Us is now over 10 years old. I wasn't a huge fan, because I am not a fan of Horror games – although by this time, I wouldn't say The Last of Us quite fit the genre. Anyways, over the years I became a big fan of the franchise. So it was just a matter of time that I played this Remake of The Last Of Us Part I.

The biggest strength of the first game is the story. The idea of the cordyceps-pandemic doesn't seem to be too abstract, since the fungus really exists and takes over the control of the infected creatures. So the basic idea of The Last of Us is "What if humans ever get infected with cordyceps?".

And then there is the story of Joel and Ellie. The premise being, that she might be the cure for the infection and therefore the potential end of the postapocalyptic world, they live in. How this story is told and how the characters develop is just genius.

Gameplay wise The Last of Us is a solid 3rd-person-shooter with stealth. I generally prefer open-world-titles, but for the sake of pacing it makes sense, that The Last of Us doesn't have one. Shooting, fighting and sneeking around works very well and I like the ammo and equipment is scarce, so each bullet becomes more important.

Regarding the remade parts: The graphics are obviously much better and resemble Part II, but the gameplay doesn't seem to be much different.

All in all, The Last of Us Part I is a great game. If you're a fan of the franchise and you already own the remastered version, the remake still worth a buy in my opinion.

The predecessor was a perfect Spider-Man game gameplay-wise. So it was hard for Spider-Man 2 to surpass that – and for the most part, it didn't – at least in my opinion.

You get to know the characters better and the interaction between Peter and Miles is fun, because you play them both. There is one sequence with Hailey, Miles' deaf friend, which I don't want to spoil, but which I thought was really clever. Other than that, the game offers a few surprises which are also pretty cool.

Other than that Spider-Man 2 seldomly seems to copy the missions and sidemissions from the first games. You swing through New York City as Spider-Men do stuff. The addition of Queens is nice, but it's not really more than an extension of the map.

So I love Spider-Man 2 as a sequel and it fully met my expectations, but I wouldn't call it a quantum-leap in comparison to the first games.

Well what else is there to say about Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, that hasn't been said already?

My opinion to this title: Easily the best Nintendo Switch game. It really feels like Breath of the Wild was only the demo, and I am wondering, if I can play Botw again, without missing all the new features of Totk.

I'm still playing it, it's so huge and I love it.

With Need for Speed: Unbound you get what you expect. It's a fun racing game, with some dull moments.

Let's start with the most important thing: The Driving. It kinda feels strange and not really realistic, but this game doesn't want to be realistic. Once you get the hang of it, with the driving and drifting, it really is fun.

The second important aspect: The cars. Unbound has a lot of really nice ones. Some other racing games might have more, but I still found the selection awesome – for example classic BMWs, Mercedes and one of my favorite models of all time: Ferrari Testarossa <3

The most annoying thing about Unbound, are the cops. I understand, that this is supposed to be an additional challenge next to the races, but man it can be frustrating to get rid of the cops.

The races are challenging enough and that makes them fun. You need to avoid mistakes or you'll eat the dust of the other racers real quick.

Oh and there is a story as well. It's alright, but don't expect too much.

Fighting games are not my genre, but after having UFC 4 in my list for over a year, I thought, I give it a try. And I have to say, it was much more fun, than I expected. I like the realistic approach compared to typical arcade titles like street fighter. Career Mode is also fun.

After a while, I decided to play on a harder difficulty. The opponents act much smarter and more realistic, you really have to keep your guard up and manage your stamina, or otherwise you're gonna get knocked tf out.

So far so good – the big problems though are takedowns and ground wrestling. It's almost impossible to defend against those. Once your opponent puts you on the ground, you basically can't escape. And it's not for the lack of skill. I'm doing what the instructions say, but it just doesn't work. Overall the controls on grappling, wrestling, submissions and stuff like that, are pretty bad and not fun.

Therefore the hard difficulty is just frustrating, while the normal difficulty is too easy, as you can just knock everybody out – which is fun, but where is the challenge?

All in all, UFC 4 is alright, but can get boring really fast. And I'm not mentioning the microtransactions – at least they're only for cosmetics, but still annoying.

Jedi Survivor is a great upgrade to Fallen Order. Not only it's much bigger, the characters and the story are much more compelling. In the first game it was hard for me to remember any names besides Cal Kestis and BD-1. Now Greez, Merrin, Cere or even the new characters like Bode all leave a lasting impression.

The exploration is also a huge upgrade. Planets and the different levels are much larger and have some surprises to offer. Although I wished there were more planets of the size of Koboh. But the game is huge anyhow, so I'm totally fine with that.

The side missions and extra stuff are great. You get to hunt Bounty Hunters, or do some research for NPC and much more. Of course there are the many customization options for Cal too. Not just the lightsabre. I love the haircuts and outfits you can choose for him.

Also gameplay wise Jedi Survivor is a nice improvement. Fighting is fun and can be really challenging depending on the difficulty. But some enemies have strange hitboxes (looking at you, Oggdo), which make those fights seem unfair. That's why I wouldn't recommend playing Jedi Survivor on the hardest difficulty, because it just gets frustrating.

What bothered me most, is that the game pretty heavy performance issues on my ps5 – especially on Koboh.I activated the performance mode, which should run with 60 FPS, but I frequently had frame drops. I really was hoping, that Jedi Survivor would be polished enough, because Fallen Order also felt kind of "mushy". Sadly the Successor inherited these problems, but luckily it is not that big of a deal.

All in all, I love this franchise. In my eyes it's a great follow-up to the old Jedi Knight games, which I loved back in the day.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention the cantina in Koboh! It's so awesome to have this in the game. The atmosphere is just delivering so much Star Wars feeling. And I also love the holo tactics mini game – they should have done more with that!

What I would like to see in a 3rd game:
- more planets with towns, where Cal can buy stuff and hang out. More Cantinas!
- how about some pilot missions? My dream would be missions like in Rogue Squadron, where you have to complete certain objectives and not just shoot x amount of TIE-Fighters down.
- While I'm at the topic of "dream Star Wars game": Combine Jedi Survivor with Rogue Squadron and Knights of the Old Republic – and maybe throw some Shadows of the Empire in. There you have it.

I am still playing this game and have not got that far. Unfortunately, I have to say, that the performance on PS5 is a big issue. I prefer the 60 FPS mode, but the game does not run smoothly at all. It's just the same as the predecessor, and I expected more from this sequel.

I'm still having fun, though. I love the planets, the characters, the customization options, the riddles and the challenging fights. Well I hope, that another patch will fix the performance problems, but if I'm honest, I believe there won't be much improvement.

This is probably the first time, for me, that a PS5 game feels like a PS4 game performance wise. If you compare this to Spider-Man: Miles Morales it's a huge difference.

Super Mario Odyssey is just awesome. It's so creative and made me genuinely laugh out loud a couple of times. It has so many funny and cute ideas. The gameplay might be too simple at times, but it also has really challenging parts. Furthermore, it has many nods to the history of classic Super Mario games, and it made me feel nostalgic. That made me really appreciate Mario more, since he was one of my first avatars in video games. And after years of not taking him as a serious character, I kinda felt apologetic towards Mario, as funny as that might sound…
Anyway, Super Mario Odyssey is a timeless game and also a great title for total newbies – even my gf likes it, even though she is a total non-gamer.

The Witcher 3 is one hell of a game, but it has its flaws, which really, really bother me. Story wise, it's perfect to me. Basically, every Side-Quest has an intelligent story to tell. You often have to make a decision and a lot of times it's hard to tell, which way has the best outcome – the way The Witcher 3 questions, what is really evil and what is really good, is just genius.

So far, so good. But what really bothers me, is the Open World. My eyes are always chained to the map. Unlike in games like Zelda Breath of the Wild, you're basically lost, if you try to discover the world by just looking around. That's a huge bummer for me. So it just becomes going to one question mark on the map to the next one.
Also, the fighting system is not great. It's alright, but it's kind of spongy and slow at times.
And the final negative aspect for me is the looting: Yes, you can find a lot of things, but how many of them are really useful? Most of it is just junk. Finding new swords and armour is pointless after a while, because Geralt gets his special Witcher clothes, which are much better.

But even with these flaws, The Witcher 3 excels and is one of those games, which I will play from start to end from time to time.

I'm not a huge marvel fan, but I'm a big RPG-Fan and I was positively surprised by Midnight Suns. But boy, the first look is not the best, I have to admit. I was a bit shocked when I saw the characters and the movement in the "open world"-part in the abbey. Visually this could be a game, that came out ten years ago.

But the round based battles are actually fun. The interaction with each superhero kind of reminded me of Dragon Age. And the dialogues have a big part in this game. Even though you can choose answers like in other RPGs, they don't really feel like, that there is a different outcome.

So if you have a neck for tactical games and you like Marvel or superheros in general, you can give Midnight Suns a shot.

Gameplay: More of the same, but it already is very realistic and great. Therefore it's hard to get even better.

Online: Majority of players are toxic and selfish as hell, if you play the Rec for example.

Best Feature: The Eras mode is a great addition for NBA 2K, but I would like to have Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller who are missing (I know they don't want to be in the game, but still).

I'm not a big God of War Fan, but still enjoyed the first one of this Soft-Reboot. And Ragnarök is definitely a great sequel. Gameplay wise it's basically the same with a few additions. The story is interesting and fun, although sometimes it feels a bit off, as the characters have a very modern way to talk.

What I don't like about both of the last two God of War games is, that they often feel like "classic" video games. What I mean by that is for example: Sometimes you can't take a certain road, because it's blocked by something like small rocks, although Kratos would easily be able to climb that. So that's why it doesn't really feel like an open world, as you always have to take the roads.

But despite of that, it's amazing, that God of War Ragnarök still is so surprising at times, with different locations and certain unexpected events. The pacing is just excellent, with a great balance between fighting, puzzling and the narrative.

Elden Ring is basically Dark Souls with a more open and a much huger open world. And it's really awesome. There are some things, that are new, compared to Dark Souls: You get a mount to ride around, you can jump, and you can crouch. The gameplay basically is, what I was used to from the previous games (not counting Bloodborne and Sekiro because I haven't played them a lot – I know, I know).

But storywise you get, what you're used to from the Souls-Series. To understand the Lore of Elden Ring, you really have to pay attention, to not get confused. If you really want to understand all of it, you'll probably have to read some Wiki-pages.

Nevertheless, Elden Ring is a masterpiece, with a lot of secrets to find basically in every corner of the map – and of course with incredibly hard enemies and bosses that will despair you.