Desolate (Early Access) HypeTrain Digital I’d been checking out HypeTrain Digital’s new survival horror game, Desolate, ever since it hit Early Access on Steam a mere two months ago. I thought it looked interesting but a little too rough around… Read More »Desolate Review – An Original and Atmospheric New Horror Experience
Desolate HypeTrain Digital My friend and I began our journey unceremoniously dropped off on the eastern side of Granichny Island. The entire island had been an experimental locale utilized by the mysterious “The New Light” conglomerate, where they conducted their… Read More »Desolate Review – A Hidden Horror Gem Emerges
Empyrion – Galactic Survival Eleon Game Studios Empyrion – Galactic Survival is a game that I used to play a lot of back in 2016 with a small group of friends. We all liked the way that it gave a… Read More »Empyrion – Galactic Survival Alpha 8.0 Review – A Massive Jump in Scale
Conan Exiles Funcom There seems to be three primary sandbox survival (crafting, building, clan-based PvP) games on the market right now. Those three would be Rust, Ark: Survival Evolved, and Funcom’s Conan Exiles. I’ve spent many hours with each of… Read More »Conan Exiles (Early Access) Review – A Survival Diamond Finally Emerges From the Ashes
Galactic Civilizations III: Intrigue Stardock With Stardock’s latest DLC, titled Galactic Civilizations III: Intrigue, the base game of GalCiv III really opens up to many new possibilities. Although the science fiction, turn-based 4X game has received numerous DLCs and substantive… Read More »Galactic Civilizations III: Intrigue Review – A Much-Needed DLC for a Fun Space Opera Game
Far Cry 5 Ubisoft Ubisoft’s new open-world title, Far Cry 5, starts off with quite a heavy dose of atmosphere. You play a nameless rookie deputy who is part of a fugitive apprehension party riding on board a helicopter. Across… Read More »Far Cry 5 Review – Open-World Done Right
Far Cry 5 Ubisoft When I first booted up Ubisoft’s new open-world, first-person shooter, Far Cry 5, I knew that it was something special. The introduction, which has you as a nameless law enforcement rookie riding along in a helicopter,… Read More »Far Cry 5 Review – A Fanatical Attention to Detail
Aven Colony Mothership Entertainment Aven Colony is a science fiction colony building and management simulator. Initially, it reminded me of a browser game, but more complex. Yet not as fully-featured as other games within the genre. It seems to fit… Read More »Aven Colony Review – A Decent Science Fiction Colony Sim
Rust Facepunch Studios Rust recently exited Early Access. It’s one of those indie survival titles that has become synonymous with the term “toxic community.” Basically, if you mention that term and “game” people will know that you’re most likely… Read More »Rust Review – If You Have Lots of Time, Rust Has a Place For it
Darwin Project Scavengers Studio Battle royale games are gaining some serious momentum these days. The first one to gain prominence was H1Z1, which has since garnered tons of notoriety for its questionable netcode and sloshy hit detection (as well as… Read More »Darwin Project (Early Access) Review – An Interesting Take on the Emerging Battle Royale Genre
Deep Rock Galactic Ghost Ship Games/Coffee Stain Publishing A gaming friend and I were complaining a couple of years ago about the apparent lack of games that focus on the co-op experience. Sure, we’ve always had tons of survival games… Read More »Deep Rock Galactic (Early Access) Review – One of the Better Co-op Experiences Out There
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Fatshark My friends and I often wondered why there hadn’t been many good games (there were some really bad ones) based on the Warhammer Fantasy Battle IP. Then, about 4 or 5 years ago, Games Workshop, who… Read More »Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Review – Pure Hack & Slash Goodness Pumped Up to the Next Level