Matrix and Slitherine are strategy game specialists, and as such I have always been a bit disappointed that they haven’t done more with the iPad format to date. Here is a platform that is just perfect for strategy games and has really, so far, undelivered in terms of both quality…
Read MoreOne of the more interesting Kickstarter projects in recent months is Jon Shafer’s (and his new studio, Conifer Studios) At the Gates. It has well and truly hit its goal, but there’s still a couple of days left to make a pledge if you’re looking to get in on the…
Read MoreOriginally a release on the Nintendo DS, Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes has made the high definition jump from consoles to iOS. It’s good, but the technical faults of this version mean it fails to recapture the charm that it originally had. It’s not that Clash of Heroes is…
Read MoreSinister things are happening in Atlantic City. Crime rules the streets. Smoky dives serve home-brewed hooch in china cups. Order is maintained through the swing of a baseball bat. Cops count their money and look the other way. And, behind everything, there’s the sound of the city. There’s despair in…
Read MoreI don’t really understand why Tecmo Koei let the Kessen franchise fade into obscurity. There was so much potential in the basic idea of meshing Warriors-style action with a more cerebral strategy game, and as Kessen III proves, that formula is still genuine fun today. Perhaps it was the commercial…
Read MoreAt the start of the year, when Digitally Downloaded was far smaller, if I had mentioned “grognard” in a review every reader would have understood what I meant. We were very much focused on the various strategy and RPG genres back then. We have since expanded of course, and that’s…
Read MoreWhen I sat down to start writing this review, I had to spend 10 minutes researching the name. It’s never a good sign when the very name of a game is forgettable. That’s a harsh way to kick off a review, I know, and in all fairness Planets Under Attack…
Read MoreThe features of a good Real Time Strategy (RTS) have been well established over the years thanks to intelligent games like Command and Conquer, Age of Empires and that pinkest of elephants (one who is almost fluorescent); Starcraft. With such popularity to market off, the development of RTS games is…
Read MorePort Royale 3 made me glad that I still play games. It is so different to the modern games that focus on instant gratification that it must have been a real risk to release it on consoles, and if there’s any justice in the world this risk will pay off,…
Read MoreStrategy games have held a position of favour for man hardcore gamers since the inception of the form. Unfortunately, this genre has been woefully represented over the past few years as market ground has been lost to more populist fair, especially to the infinitely reproducible first person shooters. So much…
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