Strategy games are infamous for having a larger scope than many other genres. It’s not always true, but more often than not, strategy games are huge. Snowbird Games took that reputation and decided to embrace it with Eador: Masters of the Broken World. Eador isn’t just huge; it can be gargantuan. READ MORE
The HD remake trend hasn’t really seen many releases on PC, largely because most PC games have been “HD” for far longer and many still work on current machines, allowing for a simple digital release to appease fan demand. Though not as well-known as some of the major console franchises there are quite a few PC games that are deserving of getting a re-release, especially with newer operating systems acting a bit odd when faced with old software. And Age of Empires II is certainly one of them. READ MORE
Over the storied history of games, we’ve learned that you can’t get everything perfect on the first try. When companies release new titles, we learn about our mistakes and how certain mechanics work. Along with gameplay advancements come graphical progression. From pixels to polygons, we see a series evolve over a number of years and teach us a grand lesson on how far we’ve come with games in our past and in our present.
What Evoland manages to do is take that progression and completely run through it in a couple of hours. READ MORE
Signal Ops just doesn’t know what it wants to be. It tries to be far too many things, and struggles to do even one of them correctly. READ MORE
There are some games that have come along this console generation that will stand the test of time. They will be fondly remembered and analyzed for years to come, even with some flaws. The number of titles that meet this criteria are not large in number, but they come around just often enough and help people realize why they love games in the first place. The original BioShock is the perfect example of this, setting the groundwork for a potential franchise and becoming one of the most revered games in the past several years.
Irrational Games’ follow-up, BioShock Infinite, doesn’t just live up to that legend. It surpasses it.
