Everything Old Is New Again
Fire Emblem Awakening for the 3DS proves that Nintendo is anxious to both use new technology and return to its hardcore roots. It doesn’t get much better than this.
Category Archives: Reviews
A Tribute Fit For A General
History Legends Of War: Patton follows the amazing general as he sweeps through France to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany. It’s a fine strategic masterpiece for PCs and consoles.
Strategy Teams With Comedy In This Fight
Great Big War Game takes the cartoon action strategy title so many people have been playing in the mobile space over to the PC. Great hilarity and combat ensues.
XCOM Offers Modern, Classic Gameplay
If anyone could have remade a classic like XCOM, it’s Firaxis. Their take on the series with XCOM: Enemy Unknown is nothing short of epic, making turn based strategy white hot again.
A Poor Defense
This week I get a little hot under the collar after spending some time with Radiant Defense and channeling my inner Todd.
Casting It’s Magic Spell
Warlock: Master of the Arcane eliminates much of the drudgery of turn-based strategy games and replaces it with a simple interface that lets players concentrate on what they love: combat.
A Classic Is Remade, Again, Badly
After years of waiting, Jagged Alliance: Back In Action is finally here. But a clumsy attempt to move JA to a real-time series, and more bugs than an Arulco hospital defeats this effort.
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Fate of the World challenges players to solve realistic environmental and political catastrophes based on real world events. And saving the world for real is hard work.
Deep Strategy For Hardcore Armchair Generals
Making History II: War of the World is an incredibly deep strategy game that puts you in the driver’s seat of almost any country on the planet at the outset of World War II.
Bronze Age Shows Modern Strategy
Bronze is a traditional strategy title that would make a great board game, but is much more efficient when played on the computer.