X4: Foundations Egosoft As a writer of science fiction, I’ve naturally been drawn to video games within that storied genre. Games such as Freelancer and the age-old Elite series have always been my go-to recommendations when folks ask me which… Read More »X4: Foundations Review – A Solid Foundation to Build Upon
Stellaris: Megacorp DLC Paradox Interactive When Stellaris was originally released back in May of 2016, I knew right away that it was going to be something special. I always say “going to be” because anyone familiar with Paradox’s post-release policies… Read More »Stellaris: Megacorp DLC Review – A Masterful, Economy-focused Addition
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Reinforcement Pack Slitherine When indie developer Slitherine released Warhammer 40,000: Gladius this past July, I was pretty excited. We’ve seen all many of Warhammer 40,000 games in the past, such as RTSs (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of… Read More »Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Reinforcement Pack Review – Elite Units Join the Fray
Destiny 2: Forsaken Bungie/Activision Gamers are a pretty picky bunch these days, and for the most part that’s understandable. Many developers out there release games that are unfinished, unpolished, or both in order to meet sometimes unrealistic deadlines. When they… Read More »Destiny 2: Forsaken Review – A Great Addition to a Relatively New Franchise
Aven Colony Mothership Entertainment Aven Colony is a science fiction colony building and management simulator. Initially, it reminded me of a browser game, but more complex. Yet not as fully-featured as other games within the genre. It seems to fit… Read More »Aven Colony Review – A Decent Science Fiction Colony Sim
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
Stellaris Humanoid Species Pack Paradox Interactive I’m one of those gamer geeks who was playing Master of Orion 1 and 2 way back in the day. Therefore, I was pretty excited to hear that NGD Studios was developing a remake… Read More »Stellaris Humanoid Species Pack Review – A Great Addition to the Best Space 4X Game Out There
StarCraft: Remastered Blizzard Entertainment I fondly remember the golden age of real-time strategy games, and sometimes let my mind drift back to how good things really were as far as that venerable genre was concerned. We had the various… Read More »StarCraft: Remastered Review – Bringing Back Those Great Memories
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
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!
Everspace Rockfish Games Rouge-like games are quite the experience. Traditionally, they are dungeon-crawlers set in high fantasy settings that utilize procedurally generated levels. This makes them very high risk endeavors, as the player has to be very careful about… Read More »Everspace Review – A Surprising Engrossing Space Opera
Empyrion – Galactic Survival Eleon Game Studios While the rest of the survival genre is pretty much on fire right now, with games such as Conan: Exiles, Ark – Survival Evolved, and Rust as popular as ever, science fiction survival… Read More »Empyrion – Galactic Survival – A Hidden Space Exploration Gem