Review by Harvard L. Let’s set the scene. It’s 1993 – the SNES had just hit stores, and that means people are flogging off their old consoles. You chance upon a much-worn NES at a garage sale, along with a peculiar cartridge: “99 Games-in-one”. You’ve never seen this at your…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Stand alone “expansions” are often very hit and miss. What goes in? What impact does it have with the original storyline? What does it add? Finally, is it worth it? With SpellForce 3 having released last year, Soul Harvest is quick on its heels in order…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It surprises me that it has taken the talented group at Creative Assembly so long to take a swing at bringing its Total War formula to the ancient conflict depicted in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. As a conflict that spread across the entirety of China,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ll be honest: I never expected to play a game in which short skirted, big boobed anime girls started cracking jokes about Australia’s right wing politician’s drive to rip incomes away from working class families. But here we are at Alluna and Brie and, as odd…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Weedcraft Inc. is a tycoon game about developing a marijuana empire, which aspires, and succeeds, to be a game far greater and far more intelligent than anyone would have expected. Coming from Polish studio Vile Monarch, and published by the ever subversive Devolver Digital, Weedcraft Inc.…
Read MoreReview by Trent P. When it comes to strategy games or simulators that have an established legacy, fans can be particularly picky, and very traditional. Often, the fan favourite of a series is most certainly not the newest entry, particularly if there’s been a lot done to change the game.…
Read MoreReview by Priscilla M. Arcade Spirits, developed by Fiction Factory Games and published by PQube, is a romantic visual novel set in the year 20XX that follows an alternate timeline where the well-known crash of the video game industry did not occur. The story follows the main character whom after…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Apparently Jon Shafer found his time working on the Civilization series to be something of a frustration. After being the lead designer on Civilization V, he left Firaxis and 2K Games to Kickstart his own game – At The Gates. At The Gates, in turn, feels…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Myana is the princess of Laarz, a nation of cat-people (“luccretias”) who live in near isolation. Ludovic is an aloof king’s guard in Eroolia, a human kingdom with a long history of tension with Laarz. The two hardly seem like a perfect match, but the fates…
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Review by Matt S. Seed of the Dead was previously called “Rape of the Dead”. That should tell you all you need to know about the class of this game. Or, more specifically, its complete lack of class. It’s a game about a zombie plague and you, a dude, running…
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