Preview by Matt S. Recently I had the opportunity to get a couple of solid hours in to the English version of Dragon Quest XI. I got to noodle around the very start of the game, and then play a bit more a few hours down the track after I’d…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s been around a decade since Nintendo allowed Intelligent Systems to produce a new Advance Wars game. Fire Emblem’s simply become the bigger and more valuable franchise, and Nintendo’s focused the developer on that series instead. Fair enough for big Fire Emblem fans like myself, but…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Worms is a very good game for this time of year, when there are going to be all kinds of multiplayer events going on with family and friends, and the Nintendo Switch is a good console for it, too. Team 17’s venerable series’ first outing on…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I love strategy games that can either teach me something about history directly, or at least encourage me to learn something new about history. In that context, I love Numantia. Related reading: The very best strategy game on PlayStation 4 is Romance of the Three Kingdoms.…
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. Ubisoft is always at its best when it’s experimental. Back when the Nintendo DS was a shiny new console, wowing people with Super Mario 64 in portable form, Ubisoft did something remarkably creative with its then-hot Prince of Persia franchise: it released a tactics strategy…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Somehow it has happened again, and there is a new, ridiculously addictive, Civilization game in our hands. Sure, there are a few flaws here and there along the way, and Civilization VI is not a perfect game. However, it is still arguably the most engrossing 4X…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. A sense of humour goes a long way in defining a game’s identity. In Paper Mario Color Splash, jokes paint new life into every scenario and character interaction, upping the ante of peculiar situations tenfold. The Paper Mario series has historically emphasised comedy, but the latest…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The Hyperdimension franchise has been on a steady improvement curve from the very first game. After a shaky start, Compile Heart’s marquee franchise has developed into a series of genuinely good JRPGs that mix its fanservicey roots with genuine humour, as well as a balanced, intriguing,…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. It’s been 21 years since the first Worms game released, and since then we have had so many releases in the series and it’s still going strong. I remember playing one of the older games for PC when I was a child and I liked it:…
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