Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Tripwire Interactive, Antimatter Games/Iceberg Interactive We’d finally done it—the Vietnamese forces had been pushed back to their final stronghold which was the inner part of Hua City, courtesy of the U.S. Army. Our company of grunts… Read More »Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Review – One Heck of an Immersive Military Shooter
Escape From Tarkov Battlestate Games First person shooter games have arguably been the most popular genre of video games in the entire history of the gaming industry. Back in the early 90’s when fighting games were all the rage, first… Read More »Escape From Tarkov (Alpha) Review – Quite Possibly The Future of Action/RPG MMO’s
Rainbow Six Siege – Velvet Shell Update Ubisoft Our five on five battle had been whittled down to one vs. one. Blood splatters were displayed across many of the palatial party estate’s walls, accompanied by bullet holes both large and… Read More »Rainbow Six Siege – Velvet Shell Update Review – A Unique Spin on the Established Tactical Formula
Space Hulk: Death Wing Streum On Studio/Focus Home Interactive I must admit that I sort of got on the whole Warhammer 40K bandwagon pretty late. I’d always seen their table top games at my local gaming store, back when I… Read More »Space Hulk: Death Wing Review – Unleash the Dogs of War
Killing Floor 2 Tripwire Interactive After playing Killing Floor 2 for a few hours, I had the opportunity to sit back and reflect on what I’d just experienced. Initially, my critic’s brain took over. I thought about what I would… Read More »Killing Floor 2 Review – An Orgiastic Cavalcade of Blood & Gore
Battlefield I Dice/Electronic Arts As a student of martial history, and an avid life-long gamer, I’ve always wondered why no one has ever created a game that features World War I as its primary backdrop. I distinctly remember asking just… Read More »Battlefield I Review – One Epic Gaming Extravaganza
Verdun BlackMill Games Last week I wrote about a World War II game, Day of Infamy, and related how I almost couldn’t believe that someone thought that it was still novel to produce yet another game based on it. I’ve always… Read More »Verdun Review – A Fantastically Grim WWI Experience
Homefront: The Revolution Deep Silver I’ve always been a big fan of underdogs. Working with minimal resources and/or weapons and going up against superior (usually oppressive) forces utilizing asymmetric tactics is something that is visceral for me. I mean, I… Read More »Homefront: The Revolution review – Cool Story/So-so Game
Doom id Software/Bethesda Many months ago, when I’d originally heard about id Software (the developer) and Bethesda (the publisher) teaming up in order to produce the next Doom game, I was ecstatic. For me, the news brought back warm and… Read More »Doom Review – Flashback to the Future?
Stellaris Paradox Interactive Stellaris, Stellaris, Stellaris…where have you been all of these years? I almost feel like calling out, just as Marlon Brando once did: “Stellaaaaa…ris!” In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, Stellaris… Read More »Stellaris Review – A Grand Affair