A Grand Revolution
Civilization has finally come to consoles with Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution, where it is warmly welcomed by PS3 and 360 gamers who lack good hardcore strategy games.
Category Archives: Reviews
Napoleon Is Dynamite (for some)
Napoleon’s Campaigns may not be for fire-and-forget gamers, but those who appreciate a war game with great depth will find it "la magnifique!"
Achtung Baby!
Panzer Tactics DS brings hardcore in-depth strategy to a small handheld platform, in this case the Nintendo DS. And it does it in a big way.
Veni, Vidi Vici!
Taking the strengths of all their Europa Universalis titles and adding both an amazing graphical interface and a Roman theme is pure genius.
Empire Paradise Found
Turn-based strategy games are not always easy to play, but Lost Empire: Immortals does a good job at providing hardcore strategy in a simplified interface.
Front Mission Takes America
Preciously only episodes three and four have been seen in the US, but now the Front Mission series comes to the DS direct from Japan.
A Thinking Man's Wargame
Although real-time strategy games sometimes overshadow turn-based ones, if more games were like Galactic Assault, the tables could be turned.
A Why For World War II
Although it began life as an educational tool, Making History: The Calm & The Storm eventually became a rewarding game that looks at why the war happened.
The Universe Expands
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords was one of the most extensive turn-based strategy games ever created, but the new Dark Avatar expansion tops it.
The World Is Yours
Europa Universalis III takes country management and strategy to the extreme, but does so without requiring a PhD from players.