Total War: Three Kingdoms – The Furious WildCreative Assembly / SEGA When Total War: Three Kingdoms launched back in May of 2019 it was met with a pretty good reception. Over time, however, gamers have begun to voice their concerns over the game’s lack of diversity. Despite a number of DLC that have since been…
Europa Universalis IV: Emperor ReviewParadox Interactive The new Europa Universalis IV: Emperor DLC is the latest expansion to Paradox’s flagship grand strategy game and it’s a whopper. Accompanying the Emperor DLC is one of the biggest overhauls that EU4 has had in a long time—welcome to the 1.30 patch. 1.30 imparts some major changes to…
Shadow EmpiresVR Designs As I mentioned in my last review of FTL: Advanced Edition, I’m a big fan of video games that can emulate the emergent experiences that you normally get from playing pencil and paper, role-playing games. VR Designs’ Shadow Empires is one such game that has that in spades. But let me back…
Steel Division 2 – Tribute to D-Day PackEugen Systems Steel Division 2 has been one of the best World War 2 real-time strategy games I’ve ever played. Whereas games like Hearts of Iron 4 cover the much more macro-scale of the “greatest conflict in human history,” Steel Division 2 boils things down to a much…
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – T’auProxy Studios / Slitherine Ltd. Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War caught everyone off guard when it came out back in 2018. It was viewed by many to be the first real 4 X strategy game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, although it lacked any sort of diplomacy features.…
Rebel Inc: Escalation Ndemic Creations I’ve never played Ndemic Creations’ previous game, Plague Inc., which was about crafting deadly pathogens and then releasing them upon the world. It did look interesting though. It sure became a cult hit and lingered at the top of several charts for lengthy periods of time. But that game came…
Phoenix Point Snapshot Games When I giddily sat down for my first game of Phoenix Point, I immediately noticed the game’s tutorial. Each step of the tutorial missions is well thought out and teach you progressively more complex game mechanics that I soaked up like a dry sponge. It gave me a great first impression…
Total War: WARHAMMER II – The Shadow & The Blade Creative Assembly / SEGA Ahhhh…the holidays bring with them gentle thoughts of joyousness, merriment, and sharing. However, it can also be a time of strife, death, and wanton destruction if Creative Assembly has anything to do with it. They’ve just released a new Lord Pack,…
Age of Wonders: Planetfall – Revelations Triumph Studios / Paradox Interactive Having played all of the Age of Wonders games, I was really cautiously optimistic about how the latest game—called Age of Wonders: Planetfall—would fare. Luckily, it was a critical success. Its new science fiction setting was something that I felt probably had to happen…
Stellaris: Lithoids Species Pack Paradox Interactive Being a fan of science fiction as well as an author of the genre, Stellaris has been a source of constant joy for me. Not only is this game ripe with a multitude of geeky role-playing opportunities, but it also feeds another addiction that I’ve developed over the course…