The video game equivalent of being picked up in a 2000 F-250 by a guy blasting Skynyrd and yelling HELL YEAH BROTHER at everything you say.
Worth buying if you have a VR crew, but don’t buy a headset for it unless you want to die alone like me.
Not a bad little diversion but there’s so many good pop/city management games now it’s not worth more than a few minutes.
They will make video games after this but they shouldn’t, perfection has been achieved.
There’s a good core but the rest of the game is the Diet Coke of Evil: Just one calorie, not evil enough.
Stubbs is emblematic of the end-of-lifecycle game in that it is extremely weird, kind of janky, and beloved by those who happened to pick it up in the game store, which was something we had way back then, because console games hadn’t invented online purchases yet.
At its heart, Empire of Sin does a little of everything and does none of it well.
Interesting indie game that’s not quite as good as it wants to be, but still aims for the sky and hits.
This may be Paradox’s best game and it’s about…family.
Fun combat and colorful world, but not a lot of depth outside that.
Fewer vampires and more Greeks! It’s Bronze Age Total War.
Relentlessly stylish and relentlessly grindy turn-based tactical roguelike.
Easy to start, but miles deep. THAT’S WAR, BABY!
It’s XCOM but less intimidating and overwhelming.
Surprisingly playable and fun for a reasonably complicated wargame.
Arcade-style giant fighting robot action overcomes repetitive missions and a sometimes-nightmarish HUD.
A thoroughly decent-to-good mech game with some weird design choices and a not-always-good retro feel.
Finally, a roleplaying game where you play a role instead of “press button, make the number go up.”
The timeline idea is a neat gimmick but this is a pretty basic strategy game. If you want something simple or are a John Wick completist, it’s worth a gander. Otherwise, get back into the Long War mod for XCOM and blast alien scum.
We’re through the initial burst of Blood/Souls enthusiasm and into the second era, when “It’s like Bloodborne/Dark Souls, but…” is the pitch on the lips of every would-be cash-in. Code Vein is one of those.