Shannon P. Drake


78 games reviewed
76.2 average score
80 median score
67.9% of games recommended
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4.5 / 5.0 - Isonzo
Sep 28, 2022

I feel like you know if you want to give a World War 1 shooter a try. This is a niche thing and you know if you’re in it. Also hi, haven’t seen you at the niche meetings.

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4.5 / 5.0 - Circus Electrique
Sep 15, 2022

Darkest Dungeon Circus Manager 2022.

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4 / 5.0 - Hard West 2
Aug 30, 2022

I found it compelling. Even if you don’t like tactical combat, you have to admire something so completely insane and very much its own thing when the world is busy making roguelike soulslikes platformers. It’s also an excuse to buy a cowboy hat of your very own.

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But if you’re looking for Vampire: The Masquerade and you are also old and you don’t want to play a janky battle royale, Vampire: the Masquerade – Swansong is…kinda interesting.

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2 / 5.0 - Trek to Yomi
May 16, 2022

Great visuals, great voice acting, great sound, great music, shame the game is mediocre.

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Feb 22, 2022

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.

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3 / 5.0 - After The Fall
Dec 20, 2021

Worth buying if you have a VR crew, but don’t buy a headset for it unless you want to die alone like me.

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3 / 5.0 - Hell Architect
Oct 13, 2021

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.

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Aug 20, 2021

They will make video games after this but they shouldn’t, perfection has been achieved.

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Apr 8, 2021

There’s a good core but the rest of the game is the Diet Coke of Evil: Just one calorie, not evil enough.

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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.

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3 / 5.0 - Empire of Sin
Dec 18, 2020

At its heart, Empire of Sin does a little of everything and does none of it well.

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3.5 / 5.0 - The Falconeer
Nov 29, 2020

Interesting indie game that’s not quite as good as it wants to be, but still aims for the sky and hits.

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4.5 / 5.0 - Crusader Kings III
Sep 21, 2020

This may be Paradox’s best game and it’s about…family.

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3 / 5.0 - Fae Tactics
Aug 31, 2020

Fun combat and colorful world, but not a lot of depth outside that.

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Aug 20, 2020

Fewer vampires and more Greeks! It’s Bronze Age Total War.

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4 / 5.0 - Othercide
Aug 12, 2020

Relentlessly stylish and relentlessly grindy turn-based tactical roguelike.

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Jun 10, 2020

Easy to start, but miles deep. THAT’S WAR, BABY!

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May 8, 2020

It’s XCOM but less intimidating and overwhelming.

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Surprisingly playable and fun for a reasonably complicated wargame.

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