I Can’t Believe It’s Not Fire Emblem
HIGH Classic TRPG gameplay without the fat.
LOW A barebones tutorial.
WTF Boob plate armor — are we still doing this in 2021?
Dark Deity Review
Tag: Strategy
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos – Chicken Edition Review
Please Shut Up
HIGH Great tactics and an interesting dungeon.
LOW Every moment of dialogue.
WTF Seriously, who thought this script was funny?
War In The East 2 Review
Back In The U.S.S.R.
HIGH A richly detailed operational WW2 strategy that plays smoothly for wargame vets.
LOW The lack of handholding can be overwhelming for newcomers.
WTF Why are the aerial operations so fussy if the AI automation is turned off?
Interview With Glen Pawley On Star Dynasties
When it comes to sci-fi settings that stretch beyond the stars, it feels like the stories too often land on a spectrum between Star Trek’s pristine bureaucracy of benevolent space colonialism and the mythopoetic swashbuckling of benevolent space colonialism in Star Wars. Star Dynasties, the latest grand strategy from Iceberg Interactive and Pawley Games, tries to have it both ways by using a galaxy-shaping disaster as the excuse to dive headfirst into the administrivia of intergalactic feudalism, texturing its space colonialism with a tangled web of shadows and political intrigue.
Wanna Survive Review
Barely Hanging On
HIGH Streamlined design, cute graphics, solid premise.
LOW The Highway.
WTF Infinitely spawning zombies? Come on.
Field of Glory II: Medieval Review
Like Chess, But With More Colors
HIGH Classic tabletop tactics with all the bells and whistles.
LOW Matches can take a while to complete.
WTF The character models are twice the size of houses.
Project Triangle Strategy Preview
The most recent Nintendo Direct contained many exciting announcements, but few caught my attention as much as Square Enix’s surprise reveal of Project Triangle Strategy.
Element Space Review
MassCom X-Effect
HIGH The game mostly works!
LOW It mostly works.
WTF Sure, don’t explain what those meters do until the end of the game.
Brigandine: The Legend Of Runersia (PS4) Review
Measure Twice (Or Better, Trice) Before Cutting
HIGH Deep and satisfying turn-based tactical action.
LOW Some outdated graphics and unit models.
WTF There’s no way to select more than one unit at a time?!
Empire Of Sin Review
My Empire Of Dirt
HIGH Interlocking systems that generate drama.
LOW Deep-seated anxiety on whether a gang likes me.
WTF A mortician gangster — handy!
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