Review by Matt C. By now, there’s a certain comfortable rhythm to Final Fantasy XIV’s expansions. You know what to expect: a new arc of the game’s ever-expanding story, six new zones, a couple of new jobs, a new dungeon every other level and two more “expert” ones at the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Of just all the video games that you could set out to make, the 4X must surely be the most complex. The typical 4X might not have the technical fidelity of a AAA-blockbuster, but the sheer amount of data that it needs to crunch, across military,…
Read MoreReview 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…
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