Foxhole Clapfoot Lately, my friends have had to endure hearing me lament about the apparent death of the real-time strategy genre. I believe that the genre as a whole peaked around the time of Age of Empires II: The Age… Read More »Foxhole Review – A Beautiful Blending of Genres & Outstanding Sandbox Experience
Solstice Chronicles M.I.A Ironward/Nkidu I’ve always loved a good isometric game. Action RPGs in particular have been a mainstay of that top down genre, giving you a view of all of the unfolding events. Heck, I was practically raised on… Read More »Solstice Chronicles M.I.A Review – Bloody Swaths of Mutant Gibs Await Ye!
Tyranny Obsidian Entertainment/Paradox Interactive I’ve played a ton of computer based RPGs in my time. Well, let me preface that by saying that I’ve always been an RPG fan in general, ever since acquiring the role-playing bug through long hours… Read More »Tyranny Review – So Good to be Bad
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition Review Ironlore/THQ Nordic Ever since my early days I’ve been a fan of pen and paper RPGs. In fact, I still am, as nothing can quite compare to their organic feel as you play through a… Read More »Titan Quest Anniversary Edition Review – The Version We’ve All Been Waiting for
Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part 2 Paradox Interactive Back in March of last year (2015), Paradox Interactive swept the PC gaming world by storm with its crowd funded modern classic hit, Pillars of Eternity. Supporters of indie… Read More »Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part 2 Review – A Singularly Strong Second Act
“Hey man, I got the new X-COM game, X-COM 2,” my gaming friend said. “Yeah, can’t wait to play it myself. Like you, I’m a big X-COM fan and have been playing the games since the original,” I replied giddily.… Read More »XCOM 2 – Your Time is Up
Grim Dawn Crate Entertainment Let me begin this review by saying: “Thank goodness for Kickstarter!” Crowdfunding platforms have completely re-shaped the gaming industry in a very favorable way. Where previously, indie titles were relegated to the periphery, stuck in the… Read More »Grim Dawn (Alpha) Review – There Goes My Life
StarCraft II: Legacy Of The Void Blizzard Entertainment A few months back when some of my gaming developer contacts reported to me that the next installment of the StarCraft II franchise was finally nearing a release, I have to admit… Read More »StarCraft II: Legacy Of The Void —A Worthy Successor to the StarCraft Legacy
Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part 1 Obsidian Entertainment Last month, when I reviewed Pillars of Eternity, I was in the process of building up my main character, a two-handed sword wielding Fighter named Sturmgor the Slayer. As… Read More »Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part 1 – A Decent, Fun Expansion but Nothing Jaw-Dropping
Satellite Reign 5 Lives Studios As you may have heard by now, Satellite Reign is the long-awaited spiritual successor to the Syndicate series. The game owes its creation to a successful Kickstarter campaign led by 5 Lives Studios. It’s no… Read More »Satellite Reign – Does this Spiritual Successor Reign Supreme?
STASIS The Brotherhood As an avid fan of both horror films and video games, I’ve long awaited for a time when indie developers would rise up and begin stealing the show from the big box, triple A game companies,… Read More »STASIS – A Terrifying Science Fiction/Horror Game that oozes with Atmosphere
Endless Legend Amplitude Studios Greetings, fellow gamer geeks. This is one of this week’s reviews where I won’t actually be covering a horror, action, or science fiction game (gasp!), well perhaps a pinch of the latter. We’re going to be… Read More »Endless Legend – A Unique Science Fiction/Fantasty Experience like no other