The Long Dark Hinterland I’ve become a pretty big fan of survival games, at least the few good ones out there. To me, what makes a survival experience great is its atmosphere, as well as its game mechanics. While… Read More »The Long Dark Review – Realistic Survival Goodness
Miscreated Entrada Interactive LLC I’ll never forget my first game of Miscreated, well over a year ago. A friend and I dropped into a server with a low player count so that we could learn the basics of the game,… Read More »Miscreated (Early Access) Review – A Fierce Fight for Survival
Total War Warhammer II Creative Assembly/SEGA Ever since I played pen and paper role-playing games, mainly Dungeons & Dragons, I’d always known about the Warhammer Fantasy Battle miniatures game. I couldn’t afford them at the time, and so thought… Read More »Total War Warhammer II Review – Perhaps the Greatest Total War Experience Yet
Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn Story Pack Paradox Interactive The good folks over at Paradox Interactive are hardly resting on their laurels. Fresh off of the astonishingly grand Utopia DLC, comes the release of their new Synthetic Dawn Story Pack for Stellaris.… Read More »Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn Story Pack Review – Resistance is Futile!
Divinity: Original Sin 2 Larian Studios There haven’t been many epic fantasy RPG video games that I’ve seen come out lately. When I mean epic, I mean multiplayer experiences that evoke the magical feeling of pen and paper games, such… Read More »Divinity: Original Sin 2 Review – A Masterful Love Letter to the Classic RPGs of Yore
Absolver Sloclap/Devolver Digital I’ve been a longtime lover of fighting games, ever since I first played Street Fighter II: The World Warrior and its sequels back in the early to mid-90’s. I also got into my first 3D fighting series,… Read More »Absolver Review – A Unique Fighting Experience Marred by a Few Issues
Endless Space 2 – Target Locked Update Amplitude Studios Besides fantasy RPGs, science fiction games have to be my favorite genre, whether they be in actual pen-and-paper form, mass media (books, movies), or video games. Luckily, we’re in an age… Read More »Endless Space 2 – Target Locked Update Review – The Little Guys Finally Join the Fray
Blood Bowl 2 Legendary Edition Cyanide Studio The Warhammer universe has seen a lot of play as of late. The venerable IP is on par with Dungeons & Dragons as far as its ubiquity is concerned. However, whereas I can… Read More »Blood Bowl 2 Legendary Edition Review – Football, Warhammer-Style
X-COM 2: War of the Chosen Firaxis Games/2K Games I get all misty thinking about the classic XCOM games of old. I mean, let’s think of the concept of the original series for a moment. In the series’ backstory,… Read More »X-COM 2: War of the Chosen Review – Still Limited Time to Choose, but Still Fun
The Escapists 2 Moldy Toof I’ve often wondered why there haven’t been any games that dealt with breaking out of prisons. So much of our American culture is inundated by prison culture, whether it be great prison-breaking films such as… Read More »The Escapists 2 Review – I Want Outta Here!
Sniper Elite 4 Deathstorm Part 3: Obliteration Rebellion I love Nazi-killing in games just as much as anyone else does. But after a while, it does begin to get a little stale. As a whole, the World War II genre,… Read More »Sniper Elite 4 Deathstorm Part 3: Obliteration Review – The Dramatic Finale to an Excellent Series
The Secret World Legends Funcom Being a huge lifelong fan of luminary weird fiction author H.P. Lovecraft, I’ve often longed for a game which captured and conveyed the horror and fantasy aspects that his writings presented. H.P. Lovecraft’s works are… Read More »The Secret World Legends Review – The Second Chance for a Unique Gaming Experience