Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide Firaxis This is some of what transpired leading up to my review of Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide: Me: “So you played the beta, have you played the full release?” My gaming friend:… Read More »Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide – Cast Off for a New Brand of Strategy
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone CD Projekt RED A couple of months ago when a fellow gamer relayed to me that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was getting an expansion pack, I was a little confused and bewildered.… Read More »The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone – A Flashback to the Days of Bonafide Expansions
SOMA Frictional Games I was guiding SOMA’s main protagonist, Simon, down an underwater corridor which reminded me of a decrepit, submerged version of one of the gloomy hallways on board the dilapidated space station Sevastopol, in Alien: Isolation. Just as… Read More »SOMA – No One Can Tell When You Wet Yourself in the Deep Blue Sea
Company of Heroes 2 – The British Forces Relic Entertainment I’ve always been a fan of the first Company of Heroes game. Relative to Company of Heroes 2, it featured a more paced style of play for the PC gaming… Read More »Company of Heroes 2 – The British Forces – Calling All Turtlelers!
Act of Aggression Eugen Systems I must say right off the top that I really enjoyed my first game of Act of Aggression, the highly anticipated, newly released RTS game by Eugen Systems. A friend and I were each playing… Read More »Act of Aggression – A Shot in the Arm of the Sagging RTS Genre
World of Warships (Beta) Lesta Studios I’d heard about Lesta Studios’ MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game World of Warships but hadn’t really given it much thought. I even checked out some pre-release videos and thought that they were sort of… Read More »World of Warships: Maritime Mayhem on the High Seas
Satellite Reign 5 Lives Studios As you may have heard by now, Satellite Reign is the long-awaited spiritual successor to the Syndicate series. The game owes its creation to a successful Kickstarter campaign led by 5 Lives Studios. It’s no… Read More »Satellite Reign – Does this Spiritual Successor Reign Supreme?
Arma 3 Bohemia Interactive Our four-man team was hunkered down in a lush valley; an enemy checkpoint was up ahead as indicated on our maps, but all I could blurt out was: “Whoa! Look at how the sun cascades through… Read More »Arma 3 – Is the Third Time a Charm?
Mad Max Avalanche Studios Well, it is now safe to say that we, fellow PC gaming geeks, are officially entering into the Golden Age of Gaming. 2015 pretty much ushered it in triple A titles blazing the trail with quite… Read More »Mad Max – Maximum Gaming Fun
Metal Gear V: The Phantom Pain Konami/Kojima Productions Hideo Kojima’s long awaited opus; the fifth and final installment of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, comes roaring on to the stage, boisterously elbowing all other contenders for 2015’s Game of the… Read More »Metal Gear V: The Phantom Pain – Kojima’s Magnum Opus Shines Brightly
STASIS The Brotherhood As an avid fan of both horror films and video games, I’ve long awaited for a time when indie developers would rise up and begin stealing the show from the big box, triple A game companies,… Read More »STASIS – A Terrifying Science Fiction/Horror Game that oozes with Atmosphere
Endless Legend Amplitude Studios Greetings, fellow gamer geeks. This is one of this week’s reviews where I won’t actually be covering a horror, action, or science fiction game (gasp!), well perhaps a pinch of the latter. We’re going to be… Read More »Endless Legend – A Unique Science Fiction/Fantasty Experience like no other