I’m not sure what miracle it was that convinced Tecmo Koei to release a Romance of the Three Kingdoms onto the Wii U Virtual Console, let alone in the West. What’s even more miraculous was that it was released in the Australian Wii U Virtual Console too, and we never…
Read MoreLet me begin by saying that I’m always a little wary of browser based Real Time Strategy games. I’m a big fan of the genre and yet many RTS games aimed at casual audiences abandon strategic depth for accessibility. In essence, the idea of a simplified strategy game is oxymoronic.…
Read MoreFans and critics alike are all too aware of the challenges that Nintendo has faced with getting the Wii U into households. Everyone seems to have a different idea of why this is the case, but one of the popular thoughts is that there’s a lack of ‘must-have’ exclusives and…
Read MoreThere are no shortages of quality strategy games on the iPad. But that’s now. It wasn’t long ago that that was not the case at all. There was Civilization Revolution, which was certainly the finest portable version of that game, but it has only been in the last 12 months…
Read MoreI am really disappointed with XCOM. Not because of the game itself, but the fact that, within a day of it being released on the Apple App store for $20.99 the Internet has filled with comments from people saying words to the effect of “it’s too expensive” and “I’ll wait…
Read MoreFrozen Synapse is compelling now as it was when it was released on PC two years ago. Within this game is some very valuable lessons that many much bigger developers can learn – sometimes keeping things clean and simple results in greater depth. Frozen Synapse is a tactics strategy game…
Read MoreSid Meier really does have a midas touch and when 2K Games calls him in, people should pay attention. Despite 2K’s shaky history on the iPad, Sid Meier’s involvement in Ace Patrol has provided one of the finest tactics games yet made on the platform and here is a game…
Read MoreWhen I was a child, my father and I would play Battleship on the weekends religiously. It was an addictive board game and it felt different every time we played. Unlike the board games, strategy video games have never had the sheer amount of replayability, accessibility, and simple enjoyment that…
Read MoreLet’s hear a cheer for Alexander Souslov, the man who wrote the manual for Eador: Masters of the Broken World. These days, most games are content to fob you off with a quickstart guide and a turgid tutorial. That’s not the case with Eador. The manual is extensive, useful and…
Read MoreSignal Ops is one of the many titles that proposes a fantastic concept, yet executes it in the most appalling way. On paper, a game that is part real time strategy and part first person shooter sounds unique and potentially enjoyable, but here in execution it’s an absolute mess. When…
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