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
Surviving Mars Haemimont Games/Paradox Interactive First off, I’ve never been a huge city-builder/colony management type of gamer. I’ve always been more of a turn-based or real-time strategy guy. I like having control over a kingdom/space empire (fantasy or science fiction… Read More »Surviving Mars Review – A Great Colony-Building Title for Space Geeks
Northgard Shiro Games It’s sort of sad that the classic real-time strategy games of yore have pretty much disappeared. Tween-bait MOBAS and E-Sports games have pretty much taken over and see no sign of letting up, at least anytime soon.… Read More »Northgard Review – A Unique Take on Classic RTS Games of Old
Metal Gear Survive Konami Serving as the first installment for the Metal Gear saga after Hideo Kojima’s dramatic and tumultuous departure from Konami, Metal Gear Survive marks a rather severe departure from their usual formula. Konami took a big… Read More »Metal Gear Survive Review – A Mish-Mash of Genres
For Honor Ubisoft I have to admit that I used to be a big fighting game fan. I remember sauntering into my local city arcade with a pocket full of dollar bills, transforming them into handfuls of quarters (or tokens… Read More »For Honor Season 5 Review – Blood, Sweat, and Still-Questionable Match-Making
Stellaris: Apocalypse DLC Paradox Interactive I’ve been playing 4X space strategy games for as long as I remember. Master of Orion 2 stands out to most people as the absolute pinnacle of the genre, even today. Fortunately (or unfortunately,… Read More »Stellaris: Apocalypse DLC Review – Is That a Moon…Or…?
Stellaris: Apocalypse DLC Paradox Interactive Surprisingly, there has been a recent trend towards revitalizing and reinventing the old space 4X strategy games of yore. Games that were similar (in theory at least) to the now classic Master of Orion titles… Read More »Stellaris: Apocalypse DLC Review – A Planet Crackin’ Good Time
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