Is it worth it?
Game verdicts
Every game I have given a straight verdict on, rated out of five and ranked. No fluff, just whether it is worth your time and why. Tap a column to sort.
| Game | Rating | Verdict | Videos | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 5.0 | I came up on fast tactical shooters and RDR2 is famously, deliberately slow. So is the pacing a dealbreaker, or does it click once you set it up right? The honest verdict, plus the practical mindset that turns the slowness from a chore into the point. | 38 | 23 |
| Assassin's Creed | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 | Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced lands 9 July 2026, a full remake in Ubisoft's latest Anvil engine. It is genuinely brilliant and it pulled me back to a series I had walked away from. Here is everything new, and the honest case for and against buying it at full price. | 74 | 29 |
| Watch Dogs 2 | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 | Yes, Watch Dogs 2 is absolutely worth it in 2026, and it is dirt cheap. It is one of the most fun and most underrated open-world sandboxes going: a bright, playful San Francisco, hacking that turns the whole city into a toy, and zero forced grind. Here is the honest verdict, who it is for, and how it holds up. | 202 | 60 |
| GTA 5 | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 | Yes, remarkably so. Thirteen years on, GTA 5 is still one of the best open worlds ever made, GTA Online is still huge, and it is the perfect warm-up before GTA 6 lands in November. Here is the honest verdict, what holds up, and the one group of players who should skip it. | 35 | 15 |
| ghost-recon-wildlands | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 | Ghost Recon Wildlands is a huge, finished open world tactical sandbox that plays superbly solo, especially with realism settings on. In 2026 it is one of the best value tactical games you can buy. | · | · |
| hitman | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 | A straight buy or no buy verdict on Hitman: World of Assassination in 2026, framed through Freelancer, the roguelike mode where failure costs you the gear you packed and half your Merces. If you came up on extraction and permadeath stakes, this is the question you are actually asking. | · | · |
| Far Cry 5 | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 | Far Cry 5 holds up as one of the better solo open-world shooters Ubisoft has made. The setting is strong, the free-roam is a joy, and it remains an easy recommendation in 2026. | 211 | 64 |
| Ready or Not | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 | Ready or Not is now a finished, cross-platform tactical shooter with years of DLC behind it. So is it worth your money in 2026? If you want slow, deliberate, by-the-book gameplay, absolutely. Here is the honest case. | 20 | 6 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 | After the 2.0 overhaul and Phantom Liberty, Cyberpunk 2077 is finally the game it was sold as. Here is the honest buy-decision verdict for the solo open-world crowd, including who will still bounce off Night City. | 22 | 12 |
| Incursion Red River | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 | Incursion Red River is the extraction shooter with no PvP, just you or your squad against the AI. After a big campaign and economy update, is it worth your money in 2026? Here is the honest verdict from a solo and co-op angle, early access warts included. | 25 | 10 |
| vein | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 | VEIN is a 90%-positive Early Access breakout: a rural zombie sandbox whose AI can see, hear, feel and smell you. Here is the honest solo-and-co-op verdict, treated as an EA bet rather than a finished game. | · | · |
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 | Ghost Recon Breakpoint launched rough and was widely written off, but years of updates turned it into a strong solo stealth sandbox. In 2026, for the patient solo player, it is well worth it. | 501 | 282 |
| Sniper Ghost Warrior | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 | Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts is a focused, mission based stealth sniper game that does one thing well and does not overstay its welcome. For solo players who love patient long range work it is an easy recommendation, with caveats. | 20 | 11 |
| Mad Max | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 | Mad Max is a quietly excellent solo open-world game with the best car combat in the genre and a wasteland that genuinely earns the word atmospheric. One of the most underrated buys you can make. | 6 | 2 |
| Far Cry 6 | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 | Far Cry 6 is a good, big, polished open-world shooter, but it is also more of the same. Worth it if you want more Far Cry, less essential if you are after something new. | 23 | 9 |
| Gray Zone Warfare | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 | Gray Zone Warfare is still in early access, so the big question is whether it is worth your money and time right now. After a lot of hours on Lamang, here is the honest answer, caveats and all. | 65 | 42 |
| STALKER 2 | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 | STALKER 2 had a rocky launch, so plenty of people are still asking whether it is worth their time. After the A-Life overhaul and official mod support, my answer is a clear yes. Here is the honest case. | 13 | 5 |
| Mafia | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 | Mafia: The Old Country is short, linear and Sicilian, and that is the point. My honest verdict on who this story-first crime game is for, and who will find it too tight and too on-rails. | 14 | 4 |
| Days Gone | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 | A biker, a bike and a horde of freakers chasing you across Oregon. Days Gone was written off at launch, so here is the honest verdict on whether it (and the 2025 Remaster) deserve your time and money. | 125 | 84 |
| Just Cause 4 | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.5 | Just Cause 4 is a pure physics-chaos sandbox with the best traversal toys in the genre, weighed down by forgettable missions and a rough technical reputation. Worth it on a deep sale if explosions are the point. | 84 | 19 |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.5 | Watch Dogs Legion is a flawed but generous open-world sandbox, and its play-as-anyone hook is more fun to mess about with than it is to take seriously. Worth it on a sale if you want a near-future London to cause trouble in. | 33 | 16 |
| the-division-2 | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.5 | Seven years on, with Year 8 Rise Up live, is The Division 2 still worth your time and money? A straight answer for buyers and returning agents who care about deep PvE and build-crafting. | · | · |
Average across the board: 4.2 / 5. Ratings are my own read after proper time with each game, on the channel.
Head to head
Torn between two? See them side by side.
Gray Zone Warfare vs Incursion Red River Gray Zone Warfare vs Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Incursion Red River vs Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Gray Zone Warfare vs Ready or Not Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint vs Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Ready or Not vs Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint OPERATOR vs Gray Zone Warfare Far Cry 5 vs Far Cry 6 Far Cry 5 vs Far Cry New Dawn Watch Dogs 2 vs Watch Dogs: Legion Just Cause 3 vs Just Cause 4 Grand Theft Auto V vs Red Dead Redemption 2 Cyberpunk 2077 vs Red Dead Redemption 2 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl vs Days Gone VEIN vs Better Than Dead