Conan Exiles Funcom I reviewed Conan Exiles back in 2017 when it had first entered into Early Access. Although the game initially had some issues (as do most EA titles) that needed to be ironed out—such as optimization and lack… Read More »Conan Exiles: Imperial East & Jewel of the West Content Packs
Total War: Warhammer 2 Review – The Queen and the Crone Creative Assembly/SEGA Fans of the Total War: Warhammer series, particularly part duex, have had to endure a long wait—the last big content drop (and it was BIG) was the… Read More »Total War: Warhammer 2 – The Queen and the Crone Review – The Wait is Finally Over
Conan Exiles Funcom There seems to be three primary sandbox survival (crafting, building, clan-based PvP) games on the market right now. Those three would be Rust, Ark: Survival Evolved, and Funcom’s Conan Exiles. I’ve spent many hours with each of… Read More »Conan Exiles (Early Access) Review – A Survival Diamond Finally Emerges From the Ashes
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Fatshark My friends and I often wondered why there hadn’t been many good games (there were some really bad ones) based on the Warhammer Fantasy Battle IP. Then, about 4 or 5 years ago, Games Workshop, who… Read More »Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Review – Pure Hack & Slash Goodness Pumped Up to the Next Level
Conan Exiles Funcom I’ve been an unabashed fan of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian ever since I was a wee lad. The fictional, quasi-prehistoric setting of the Hyborian Age has been attributed as the first sword and sorcery universe… Read More »Conan Exiles (Early Access) Review – Funcom’s Fantasy Diamond in the Rough
Total War: Warhammer – Mortal Empires Creative Assembly/SEGA I’ll say this right off the bat—being a fantasy geek who has played all manner of pen and paper RPGs in the past, I’ve always lusted after a computer game that could… Read More »Total War: Warhammer – Mortal Empires Review – A Great Strategy Undertaking Pays Off
Middle-earth: Shadow of War Monolith/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 2014’s Shadow of Mordor was quite an impressive game. In fact, it was so good that although there were some rather repetitive aspects to it, the overall package was nothing short of… Read More »Middle-earth: Shadow of War Review – The Continuation of an Epic Fantasy Saga
Total War Warhammer II Creative Assembly/SEGA Ever since I played pen and paper role-playing games, mainly Dungeons & Dragons, I’d always known about the Warhammer Fantasy Battle miniatures game. I couldn’t afford them at the time, and so thought… Read More »Total War Warhammer II Review – Perhaps the Greatest Total War Experience Yet
Divinity: Original Sin 2 Larian Studios There haven’t been many epic fantasy RPG video games that I’ve seen come out lately. When I mean epic, I mean multiplayer experiences that evoke the magical feeling of pen and paper games, such… Read More »Divinity: Original Sin 2 Review – A Masterful Love Letter to the Classic RPGs of Yore
Blood Bowl 2 Legendary Edition Cyanide Studio The Warhammer universe has seen a lot of play as of late. The venerable IP is on par with Dungeons & Dragons as far as its ubiquity is concerned. However, whereas I can… Read More »Blood Bowl 2 Legendary Edition Review – Football, Warhammer-Style