Steven Ritz
Laborers are the most basic pawns and must be assigned to Overseers to be effective.
I enjoyed Total War: Arena more than I thought, but I'm not sure if it has enough carrot at the end of the stick for me to keep playing long term.
Boundless is such an ambitious game that seems to know how to make the end game fun, but it puts it at more than an arms reach away.
MotoGP 18 is impressive, as all of Milestone's games are, but that doesn't always translate to fun for general audiences. This title is a must have for serious Grand Prix fans, but lay people like me it comes off as overwhelming with a tedious learning curve.
The most impressive mechanical feat of ADR1FT, however, is the three-dimensional movement system of the player and free floating objects.
If you crave an old school RTS with updated graphics and unique factions to play, then this might be what you are looking for. The game is solid and has a great amount of polish; it just lacks anything innovative enough to keep players enticed for too long.
Many years later I find myself reviewing Crazy Machine 3, a game that strikes hard at my nostalgia chord.
Aside from the stunning, fully animated cut scenes, the visuals feel right out of the PS3 era, if not earlier.
I commend the developer for taking on such an odd corner of literature and creating a unique story inspired by a Bohemian author.
Astro Boy: Edge of Time is a fun and functional CCG, it just doesn't do a whole lot to stand out from the many other like it.
It's not that I didn't like playing Aces overall, I'm just frustrated because I can see a great game underneath the clutter of skill lines and odd design choices.
The game delivers the farming experience it promises.
Often the winner is simply determined by who has more units which begs the question, why even have this type of combat system?
I like the idea that I can play as a pissed off farmer who just wants to save his family and his town, I just can't fully commit to the idea when I feel as if I'm flailing my arms around like two giant fish attached to a WeebleWobble.