Getting retro with it Over the next five weeks I will be reviewing the Geneforge series, recently re-released and let loose on the Steam store. This is something of a retro review, considering that the first installation was first published way back in 2001. For you retro/RPG junkies, that shouldn’t…
Read MoreWhen niche publishing specialist, Matrix Games, took on the rights to Unity of Command (UoC), it was becoming apparent anybody lucky enough to be involved with this fantastic game had uncovered a diamond in the rough. A diamond indeed, for in the oft-time overcomplicated and unmanageable world of strategy games,…
Read MoreWhen niche publishing specialist, Matrix Games, took on the rights to Unity of Command (UoC), it was becoming apparent anybody lucky enough to be involved with this fantastic game had uncovered a diamond in the rough. A diamond indeed, for in the oft-time overcomplicated and unmanageable world of strategy games,…
Read MoreLord of the Rings: War in the North is the exact same formula that developers, Snowblind, have been peddling for years; starting back with Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance on the PlayStation 2. It looks prettier when applied to the PlayStation 3, and by virtue that this formula remains fun, it…
Read MoreLord of the Rings: War in the North is the exact same formula that developers, Snowblind, have been peddling for years; starting back with Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance on the PlayStation 2. It looks prettier when applied to the PlayStation 3, and by virtue that this formula remains fun, it…
Read MoreIf you took the all-balls action and humour of Serious Sam, and decided to marry it with the most inappropriate genre possible, you’d be making a Serious Sam puzzle game, or an RPG. Serious Sam: The Random Encounter is the latter, and against all odds it is a really, really…
Read MoreIf you took the all-balls action and humour of Serious Sam, and decided to marry it with the most inappropriate genre possible, you’d be making a Serious Sam puzzle game, or an RPG. Serious Sam: The Random Encounter is the latter, and against all odds it is a really, really…
Read MoreTaking metaphorical things literally deserves a great deal of points for ingenuity. Creating an entire game around such a concept deserves even more. Data Jammers: Fast Forward is a very pleasant game in theory; it’s a game whose design is at core intelligent and witty. The team from Digital Eel…
Read MoreTaking metaphorical things literally deserves a great deal of points for ingenuity. Creating an entire game around such a concept deserves even more. Data Jammers: Fast Forward is a very pleasant game in theory; it’s a game whose design is at core intelligent and witty. The team from Digital Eel…
Read MoreBeing a long time fan of sims, I’ve played them all, everything from IL-2 Sturmnovik to Sim City; but Fate of the World is my first foray into the often ignored realm of ‘serious games’. All of these serious games intend to educate (wait! Don’t go away!) but often fail…
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