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
Steel Division: Normandy 44 Second Wave & Back to Hell DLC Eugen Systems/Paradox Interactive As a child I remember drawing scenes of battles. I’d have tanks and little stick men with helmets on pointed towards each other with little broken… Read More »Steel Division: Normandy 44 Second Wave & Back to Hell DLC Reviews – 2 Big Bombs of Great Content
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
Distrust Cheerdealers I’ve always longed for a game that basically copied the theme of John Carpenter’s 1982 science fiction horror classic, The Thing (the one starring Kurt Russell). Like my other favorite science fiction horror film, Alien, it placed a… Read More »Distrust Co-op Review – The Little Horror Gem is Finally Finding its Way
SOS Outpost Games, Inc. This sure is one game that came out of left field for me. I didn’t receive any press releases about it. No one told me about it. You know how I caught wind of it? I… Read More »SOS (Alpha) Review – Get Your Improv On
Total War: Warhammer 2: Rise of the Tomb Kings Creative Assembly/Sega As an ardent Dungeons & Dragons aficionado, I used to scoff at the mere mention of anything Warhammer. Whether it be Games Workshop’s pencil and paper role-playing systems… Read More »Total War: Warhammer 2: Rise of the Tomb Kings Review – Kings From Beneath the Sands of Time
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