Squad Offworld Industries There are basically two different types of military shooters out there on the market these days. We have the super-arcadey types, such as the Battlefield, Counter-Strike, and Call of Duty franchises, and on the other side… Read More »Squad (Alpha Update 11) Review – The Ultimate Combo Between Arcade & MilSim Shooters
The Hunter: Call of the Wild Avalanche Studios My gaming buddy and I stood in the forest clearing. We heard the chirps and calls of various birds as the wind blew and cast brightly colored leaves about. “There’s some tracks… Read More »The Hunter: Call of the Wild Review – The Preeminent Hunting Experience
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
Miscreated Entrada Interactive LLC Post-apocalyptic survival games are all the rage these days. I know that I’ve played my share of them, that’s for sure. I’ve weathered the toxic community that Rust offers, and formed anti-bullying teams in order to… Read More »Miscreated (Early Access) Review – Emerging Into its Own Survival Beast
SOS Outpost Games Battle royale games have been steadily ramping up in their popularity over the last five years or so. An offshoot of the survival genre, battle royale games focus on a central theme that differentiates them from more… Read More »SOS Review – A Different Kind of Battle Royal Experience
Subnautica Unknown Worlds Back in 2016 I had the opportunity to play 505 Games’ little indie gem, ABZÛ. It was an underwater odyssey that evoked a sense of wonder, and sometimes terror. But for all it had going on it… Read More »Subnautica Review – You Want an Underwater Adventure? You Got it
Hunt: Showdown Crytek Quite a while back, a gamer friend of mine hipped me to a survival horror title that really seemed intriguing. Hunt: Showdown as it is known, was very early in development at the time, and although I… Read More »Hunt: Showdown First Impressions – A Horrifically Promising Diamond Emerging From the Rough
Squad Offworld Industries The Battlefield 2 mod known as Project Reality totally dominated my life for quite some time. What separated itself from its more arcade-y sibling was that like its title, PR featured a much more comprehensive set of… Read More »Squad (Alpha Update 10) Review – The Great Military Shooter is Now Vaulting Over its Competition
Miscreated Entrada Interactive Although indie game developer Entrada Interactive’s post-apocalyptic, survival game, Miscreated, has been in development for just over 3 years now, I actually didn’t heard about it until 2016. A friend and I, looking for a reprieve from… Read More »Miscreated (Alpha) Review – The State of the Game
Escape From Tarkov Battlestate Games My friend and I had originally been against four Russian BEAR operators, but we’d whittled that number down to two. We were playing as Western USEC mercenaries, which stood for United Security, a sort of… Read More »Escape From Tarkov (Closed Beta) Review – Finally Coming Into its Own
Conan Exiles (Early Access) Funcom When Conan Exiles debuted in January of 2017, I immediately snapped it up. Anything to do with Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian mythos is a must-have as far as I’m concerned. Then I actually played… Read More »Conan Exiles (Early Access) Review – A Year’s Worth of Improvements Shows