Retro reflections by Matt S. Strategy games tend to age horribly. It’s not so much the visual side of things – because let’s fact it, strategy games have very rarely been leading visual experiences anyway. No, what makes the strategy genre one that ages horribly is a game’s ability to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Thea: The Awakening looks like it should be an indie take on Civilization. It’s got the same hexagonal map design, and you’re looking down on villages and units of characters from an omnipresent point of view that looks every bit the Civilization clone. That in itself…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. Ask one of your mates about Warhammer and at the very least, you’ll probably get a response that’s a half-hearted “Oh yeah, Space Marines.” It’s rare that you’ll find someone who has absolutely no clue about what the franchise is, and that’s because by some miracle…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Castle Battles is as casual as strategy games come. You’ve seen what this game offers, more or less, many times before, and, on a platform such as the iPad, which already has a glut of both casual and serious strategy games, this is going to struggle…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII is one of my favourite strategy games ever. On the PlayStation 4, it plays beautifully (proving that even the most complex strategy games can work using a game controller), looks beautiful, and has incredible strategic depth. Related reading: Matt’s in-depth…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. Expeditions: Viking is the latest historical RPG from Logic Artists, a Danish developer whose last offering was all about forcefully bringing the military might of Spain to faraway lands like Mexico. As the name suggests, this is a distinctly Norse-flavoured reimagining of the same sort of…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. My first experience with The Escapists was actually when I previewed The Escapists: The Walking Dead for PC. Within minutes of beginning to play via keyboard, I knew the franchise was destined for a mobile release. I later spent many an hour with The Escapists on…
Read MorePreview by Jim S. Quarantine is, in principle, the opposite of another game we here at DDNet really enjoyed; Plague Inc: Evolved. In that game you needed to help a virus spread and destroy the world. In this turn-based strategy game, you must try to prevent the disease from destroying…
Read MoreRetro Reflections by Matt S. Back in 2001, when the first The Lord of the Rings film was released to cinemas, the world got hit with a new wave of complete love and fascination for J.R.R. Tolkien and his brilliant, important, fantasy masterpiece. Suddenly people were re-discovering the books all…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. Halo Wars was an experiment in expanding upon a universe entirely viewed in first person. Though Bungie originally wanted Halo to be a real time strategy, some could argue that Microsoft caught lightning in a bottle when the company convinced Bungie to shift the focus over…
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