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Showgunners review

Robert Allen — Thu, 04 May 2023 03:51:19 +0000

While the social satire lacks some bite, Showgunners blend of murderous spectacle and XCOM-style strategy is a title tactics aficionados won’t want to miss. Formerly known as Homicidal All-Stars, Warsaw-based developers Artificer changed the name of their latest game to Showgunners. The new moniker is decidedly less garish, but it’s hard not to wish that ...

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Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope review

Robert Allen — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 20:22:29 +0000

Sparks of Hopes augments the arsenals, overworlds, and core mechanics, building on its prodigious predecessor. If you appreciate customized character builds, this should be your next strategy campaign. Arriving a scant five months after the Switch’s launch, 2017’s Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle was a triumphant fusion of concepts. Battles were born from the turn-based ...

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Circus Electrique mini-review

Robert Allen — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:55:54 +0000

2016’s Darkest Dungeon delivered a rousing interpretation of card-driven, turn-based combat. As with most breakout hits, the title inspired an array of indie developers to code their own deviations. From Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager, Iratus: Lord of the Dead, to Slay the Spire, each game replicated Red Hook Studios’ basic formula ...

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Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia (PC) review

Robert Allen — Wed, 18 May 2022 19:01:20 +0000

Nearly a quarter of a century after the first Brigandine delighted strategy fans, Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena rekindles the basic formula. The mix of vying for control of bases alongside hex-based encounters still beguiles, only a bit less than it once did. A board game known as Othello once boasted that play would take, “a minute to ...

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Research and Destroy review

Robert Allen — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 20:52:47 +0000

With references that range from Valkyria Chronicles, Hanna- Barbera, and with a slightly sus-looking cartoonish character, Among Us, Research and Destroy offers a hodge-podge of pop culture references. But the game’s best qualities are the ingeniousness of plot and gadget, which help offset the sting of aggravating enemies. Disinformation is the real enemy in Research ...

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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Switch) review

Robert Allen — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:49:41 +0000

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim seamlessly pivots from guarded conversation to massive, kaiju-killing rocket barrage. That’s a feat for any game, but especially when you’re hopping between thirteen different characters. Vanillaware’s latest remains an astounding achievement on Nintendo’s system. Best known for Odin Sphere, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, and Dragon’s Crown, Vanillaware could have kept their fanbase content by offering ...

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Loop Hero (Switch) review

Robert Allen — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 01:26:08 +0000

With light role-playing, inventory management, deck building, and even city managerial components, many of Loop Hero’s components might feel a bit familiar. But when assembled into interlocking and occasionally ambiguous ways, the title feels wholly distinctive. Remembrance is a reoccurring theme in Loop Hero. In Four Quarter’s (Please Don’t Touch Anything) release, the stars are ...

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No Plan B (Steam Early Access) preview

Robert Allen — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 05:08:49 +0000

Round up your squad, plot your path, and watch those corners while you strive to keep your teammates alive in No Plan B. Whether you opt for cops, robbers, or gangsters, there’s a wealth of strategizing found in both pre-made missions as well as player-designed ones. A multitude of games are built around the ‘breach ...

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Loop Hero review

Robert Allen — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 03:34:08 +0000

With light role-playing, inventory management, deck building, and even city managerial components, many of Loop Hero’s components might feel a bit familiar. But when assembled in interlocking and occasionally ambiguous ways, the title is like nothing else out there. Remembrance is a reoccurring theme in Loop Hero. In Four Quarter’s (Please Don’t Touch Anything) latest ...

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV review

Robert Allen — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:00:16 +0000

While maintaining the game’s relative accessibility, Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV’s Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack offers an inventory of new scenarios, strategic opens, and even a streamlined game mode. Now there’s even more way to get yourself involved in three-way standoff, stalemates, and other tactical conundrums. Luo Guanzhong’s fourteenth-century novel, Romance of the ...

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SYNTHETIK: Ultimate review

Robert Allen — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 06:17:54 +0000

SYNTHETIK: Ultimate wants you to unlearn some of the techniques that most twin-sticker shooters employ. This game is less about unrealistic circle-strafing, and quickly darting out of cover with a full magazine, guns blazing. At first glance, SYNTHETIK resembles just another roguelike, twin-stick shooter. With only a modicum of Terminator-esque storytelling to slow things down, ...

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Great Conqueror: Rome review

Robert Allen — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 03:58:17 +0000

After tackling War World II and the Napoleonic Wars, EasyTech’s third war game transports players to the third century BC, where you’re transform Rome from an ambitious republic to a sprawling empire that spans across Europe, Asia, and Africa. Although titles like Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi, Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV, and Europa Universalis IV ...

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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim review

Robert Allen — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:20:33 +0000

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim seamlessly pivot from guarded conversation to massive, kaiju-killing rocket barrage. That’s a feat for any game, but when you’re juggling hopping between thirteen different characters, Vanillaware’s latest feels like an astounding achievement. Best known for Odin Sphere, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, and Dragon’s Crown, Vanillaware could have kept their fanbase ...

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Brigandine the Legend of Runersia Review

Robert Allen — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 20:30:47 +0000

Twenty-two years after the first Brigandine arrived on the PlayStation One, Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena rekindles the basic formula. The mix of vying for control of bases alongside hex-based encounters still beguiles, but just a bit less than it once did. A board game named Othello once boasted that play would take, “a ...

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Tiny Metal: Full Metal Rumble review

Robert Allen — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:27:24 +0000

Originally released stateside in 2001, Intelligent Systems’ Advance Wars series was a success, inspiring a trio of sequels, and with Battalion Wars, even an action-driven spin-off. But long-term triumph was gradually overshadowed by the Kyoto-based studio’s other properties. Fire Emblem, WarioWare, and even portable iterations in the Paper Mario series became favored, as the company’s ...

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Worbital review

Robert Allen — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:14:28 +0000

With popular entries like Scorched Earth, Shellshock Live, and the ever-popular Worms series, the artillery genre has enjoyed a lengthy legacy. But beyond the shift into the third-dimension with games like 2001’s Scorched 3D and 2003’s Worms 3D, the mortar-trading mayhem hasn’t experienced much in the way of innovation. Sure, franchises have supplied new additions ...

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Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics review

Robert Allen — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 19:07:23 +0000

Every week, the Switch’s software library grows with an abundance of new games. Although there’s already an assortment of turn-based games like Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, SteamWorld Heist, as well as multiple entries in the Valkyria Chronicles, Disgaea, and Banner Saga franchises, genre fans might argue there’s no such thing as too many tactical ...

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Solid Foundations for Fort Triumph

Robert Allen — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 01:32:27 +0000

Pint-sized indie upstarts frequently attempt to tackle the kind of ambitious projects produced by sizable teams of veteran developers. And as anyone who has witnessed the final state of a crowdsourced game knows, a limited amount of experience and shoe-string budgets can result in an underwhelming effort. As such, it’s refreshing to witness a prodigious ...

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Tokyo Tattoo Girls review

Robert Allen — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 03:21:48 +0000

Tokyo Tattoo Girls is the type of game that probably wouldn’t have been localized a decade ago. The reason has nothing to do with the appearance of some slightly risqué images; the game’s exhibition of butt and boob cleavage is all fairly tame stuff. If you remember back in 2010, SEGA removed the hostess bars ...

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Forts review

Robert Allen — Mon, 01 May 2017 23:25:56 +0000

Forts is a game built around a myriad of fiddly parts- where the game’s eponymous strongholds sway in a state of persistent peril. While that might sound like light criticism, it’s anything but. In fact, players fascinated by measured amounts of complexity will most likely find enjoyment in the game’s skillful blend of the real-time ...

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