Fans of the Fallout series, help me. I just recently got some time to tuck into it, and I’m having a hard time staying invested and immersed. I feel like the creators of the series really missed out on giving us a badass story, and instead gave us something that I find very difficult to digest.

Time and time again, I’m having to suspend my disbelief and try my hardest not to go off on a rant mid-episode, so that my wife can at least watch it in peace. So I really want to know from you, is it even worth continuing?

While “saving” the league might be a stretch, it stems from Grinding Gear Games’ delay in fulfilling its promise to make endgame changes for the Fate of the Vaal or Last of the Druids league.

Even with several pages worth of additions and changes for the new league, most players were fixated on the endgame changes, as it isn’t rewarding and engaging enough.

Pragmata’s release date was finally unveiled during The Game Awards 2025, and CAPCOM has dropped a demo on PC. After the disappointing performance in Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Monster Hunter: Wilds, I’m happy to report that RE Engine gets the chance to shine again in this incredibly optimized demo.

Pragmata Demo Performance Impressions

It took me around 25 minutes to finish the demo of Pragmata, and unlike their open-world releases, Pragmata is set in an enclosed environment, similar to Resident Evil, which means improved performance overall, but it’s also consistent. After a shader compilation step at launch, which took around 5-7 minutes on my AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D, I didn’t encounter a single stutter throughout my playthrough.

To celebrate the end of 2025, which we can’t believe is here again, we at Prima have decided to put together a list of unmissable games that were released this year. Think of it as our very own brand of game awards, but the only winners are we, the gamers.

So, without further ado, here are five games we think you should play during the holidays, in no particular order.

I’m drawn to the current era of simulation games, not complex driving or flying simulators, but rather games that make the act of something mundane enjoyable, immersive, and often relaxing. PowerWash Simulator 2 is the perfect example of this kind of game, but I think ReStory has the potential to be the next best thing.

Disassembling, cleaning, and repairing electronics is the core of ReStory’s gameplay, and I had a chance to check out a good chunk of its repairing magic.

With Escape from Tarkov’s 1.0 launch, players finally get to experience the full story promised so many years ago.

However, some players are realizing that there’s another way to “escape” Tarkov: by not playing the game. Many plan to simply watch the whole story as soon as someone figures it out and puts it up on a video-sharing website.

As a horror fanatic, I still enjoy watching horror movies and occasionally playing horror games, especially when a new Resident Evil game comes out.

When the opportunity to play AILA, an immersive psychological horror with an interesting twist, came up, I picked it up and immediately regretted it – not because it was bad, but because I forgot that these story-based, atmospheric horror games get my heart racing so fast that I freeze while playing.

It feels like we’ve had a huge amount of cozy games and roguelites over the past couple of years, and very few in terms of harder RPG-style games. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve had our fair share of soulslikes, but what I mean is that we haven’t had many of those somewhere-in-between games.

Of Ash and Steel is one of those, straying closer to soulslike than cozy, with challenging combat and very little guidance. If that sounds like something you’d enjoy, here’s the quick breakdown.

Roguelikes and roguelites, I just can’t get enough of them, and indie developers keep dropping new ones that easily eat up more hours than I’d like to admit. Each month brings a few generic titles, but some really stand out.

Not every roguelite needs fully realized mechanics; sometimes the art, writing, and pacing are enough to make me stick around. 2025 shows no signs of slowing, even in November, and a few releases from this month have already caught my attention.

As someone who loved Olija (2021), hearing that Thomas Olsson was making another action game instantly caught my attention. The thick textures, crunchy sound effects, and stellar art were easily recognizable. It’s not often you find a roguelike or roguelite that really tries something new and succeeds at it.

Forestrike is just that, giving players virtually infinite opportunities to perfect a combat encounter before taking it on for real. To discuss the game, its influences, and its development, I had the chance to interview Thomas Olsson himself.