Consider this: Advanced Tactics: Gold is the work of a handful of people. In that context, and for all its unwieldiness, it’s a brilliant, complex, nuanced game that grognards (wargamers) can easily lap up. It’s going to be impossible to explain how Advanced Tactics: Gold plays. It’s a game that…
Read MoreMajesty 2 is a real time strategy of the the Age of Empires/ old school Command and Conquer mould. Thankfully the game is very much an entity its own right, taking a Monty Python-esque humour to the genre, narrated by a voice suspiciously like that of Sean Connery. The premise…
Read MoreMajesty 2 is a real time strategy of the the Age of Empires/ old school Command and Conquer mould. Thankfully the game is very much an entity its own right, taking a Monty Python-esque humour to the genre, narrated by a voice suspiciously like that of Sean Connery. The premise…
Read MoreDarkest Hour: a Hearts of Iron Game is, without doubt, the most complicated strategy game that this writer has played. Looks like a big game, right? Set during the great wars (World War I and II), it has a truly global feel as you take command over your choice of…
Read MoreDarkest Hour: a Hearts of Iron Game is, without doubt, the most complicated strategy game that this writer has played. Looks like a big game, right? Set during the great wars (World War I and II), it has a truly global feel as you take command over your choice of…
Read MoreHistory Great Battles Medieval (PC), as the name suggests, takes you on a journey back to medieval times. Specifically back in time to the 100 Years War. The premise, that you take control of the armies of either the English or French and attempt to recreate history has been attempted…
Read MoreHistory Great Battles Medieval (PC), as the name suggests, takes you on a journey back to medieval times. Specifically back in time to the 100 Years War. The premise, that you take control of the armies of either the English or French and attempt to recreate history has been attempted…
Read MoreWhen someone says ‘real time strategy,’ people will first think of Starcraft. Then (especially if they’ve been playing games for a while), they might think of Command and Conquer. The really hardcore gamers might then also picture the likes of the Total War series or even RUSE. What they’re probably…
Read MoreWhen someone says ‘real time strategy,’ people will first think of Starcraft. Then (especially if they’ve been playing games for a while), they might think of Command and Conquer. The really hardcore gamers might then also picture the likes of the Total War series or even RUSE. What they’re probably…
Read MoreThe tower defence genre is filled with cheap and disposable games, but Paradox Interactive is taking a crack at reinvigorating the genre with Defenders of Ardania. The game is going to be available on a whole bunch of platforms – PC, iPad, PSN and XBLA, and should be released in…
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