Squad (Alpha 15) Offworld Industries As some who logged thousands of hours on what I consider to be the best military-themed video game (and favorite game of all times to boot) I’ve ever played—Project Reality—I was sad to see it… Read More »Squad (Alpha 15) Review – The Best Military-themed Shooter Gets Even Better
Steel Division 2 Review Eugen Systems When it comes to strategy games, World War 2 can be a tough nut to crack. Whilst modern warfare includes the ability to strike from hundreds of miles away, WW2 was mainly fought more… Read More »Steel Division 2 Review – An Excellent WW2 Sequel
Hearts of Iron IV Review Paradox Interactive I’ve been a big fan of strategy games for quite some time now. When it comes to World War 2 games, the vast majority of WW2 strategy games tend to come in one… Read More »Hearts of Iron IV Review – An Addictively Deep, WW2 Strategist’s Nirvana
American Truck Simulator Washington DLC Review ACS Software Game developers ACS Software have been on a real tear as of late, with their burgeoning title, American Truck Simulator, and all of its DLC releases. Thankfully, being a native of… Read More »American Truck Simulator Washington DLC Review – Evergreen Goodness
Lornsword Winter Chronicle Review Tower 5 When I first set my eyes on video footage from Tower 5’s new game, Lornsword Winter Chronicle, I couldn’t exactly decide what it was. Its Steam profile has this blurb on it: “Lornsword Winter… Read More »Lornsword Winter Chronicle Review – An Unusual Take on Multiple Genres
Surviving Mars: Green Planet Review Haemimont Games/Paradox Interactive Surviving Mars debuted back in March of 2018 and I quickly jumped into it since I’m partial to colony management games, especially science fiction ones. Having suffered through the thoroughly mediocre space… Read More »Surviving Mars: Green Planet Review – Get Ready for the Green!
Stellaris: Ancient Relics Story Pack Paradox Interactive Within the science fiction genre and across all form of media (literature, comics, video games, films, etc.) there has been one trope that usually remains constant—humans discovering the remnants of ancient, incredibly powerful… Read More »Stellaris: Ancient Relics Story Pack Review – The Race for Shiny Space Baubles Begins!
Heat Codehatch Yeah, PC gamers pretty much have it made as far as being able to play games of virtually any genre out there. Even fighting games have found a home on the PC, thanks to fighting game stalwarts Tekken… Read More »Heat Review – A “We’ll See” Wild West-Themed Survival Sandbox Game
Deathgarden: Blood Harvest Behavior Digital Asymmetrical multiplayer games are hard to pull off, at least that’s the way it seems. Having a lone killer go up against multiple weaker enemies is a cool concept, but many folks don’t know how… Read More »Deathgarden: Blood Harvest (Early Access) Review – A Fast Twitcher’s Paradise
Warhammer Chaosbane Eko Software/Bigben Interactive The ebb and flow of gaming genres peaks and dips according to what developers think the market wants at any given time. One of the genres which has been relatively steady is the action… Read More »Warhammer Chaosbane Review – A Grand, Hack-and-Slash-y Good Time
Hell Let Loose Black Matter/Team17 Digital Our squad leader barked orders at us as we scrambled into the front yard of a cottage. We were on the outskirts of the Norman town of St Marie Du Mont and as Americans,… Read More »Hell Let Loose Preview – A Gritty, Tactic WW2 Shooter with Some Serious Gravitas
DayZ Bohemia Interactive There are so many genres that have risen and fallen within the gaming world. For instance, fighting games became formulaic and stopped evolving a long time ago. Whereas classic real-time strategy games (the ones with actual base… Read More »DayZ Review – A Serviceable, Sometimes Great, Zombie-pocalypse Title