The Five Nights at Freddy's movie is a big steaming pile of- The Five Nights at Freddy's movie is a stinking lump of- The Five Nights at Freddy's movie is a gigantic hunk of horse- No, what the Five Nights at Freddy's movie is, is a failure. Based on the first 3 Five Nights at... Continue Reading →
Shadows of Doubt Review – Trespassing Simulator
Shadows of Doubt is a procedurally generated detective game where you play as a retired detective in a randomised city layout where you can take police jobs, illegal theft and assault jobs, and solve randomly generated murders. The setting is the late 20th century where the industrial revolution never really stopped, resulting in global warming... Continue Reading →
Completing Heroes of Might and Magic 3 – Island of Fire
Here we are again. This time we're playing Island of Fire, which is from the base game. The objective is to kill a group of 40 Arch Devils on a lava island. The map has a mini-narrative about the Devils planning to invade the mainland, so your quest to kill them is like a pre-emptive... Continue Reading →
Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Horn of the Abyss Review
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 is a game I love very much and have already reviewed here if you're interested. Horn of the Abyss is a fan made mod for the game made by the community. It is made with such quality that it is genuinely comparable the game's official expansions Armageddon's Blade and... Continue Reading →
Disco Elysium and the Art of Relearning Humanity
Disco Elysium is a role-playing game that, above all else, is shockingly real and relatable no matter how fictitious it's world is. It is a murder mystery game where you, a detective and your partner, Kim, try to solve the lynching of a citzen in a fictitious post-war communist city. You get wrapped up in... Continue Reading →
Alex’s Review Corner’s 2023 Official Game of the Year Award!
The list of games I review gets shorter year by year. I assure you, fellow gamers, this is not from a lack of gaming - my strength is strong in that regard - but due to the increasing prices of new games and the fact I have already reviewed a very, very large portion of... Continue Reading →
Total War: Rome 2 Review – Friends, Romans and Carthaginian Men
The original Rome Total War released way back in 2003, and set the groundwork for what the next decade of Total War games would look like, with some of the design principles - later refined in it's Barbarian Invasion DLC and Medival 2 Total War - still lingering around today. It's also one of my... Continue Reading →
Baldur’s Gate 3 Review
Baldur's Gate 3 has become my latest obsession. Whereas most roleplaying games and franchises are made inspired by tabletop games, the Baldur's Gate franchise has always been made for people who either didn't know they would like tabletop Dungeons and Dragons, or for people who struggle to find the time and arrange the schedules of... Continue Reading →
Xenonauts 2 Early Access Review – Alien Genocide is Justified
Hello everybody and welcome to my blog, and did you know the aliens are here? I'm not joking. They're here. The aliens. Are here. They have already infiltrated Earth organisations. They are already probing your neighbours. They are already preparing to breach your front door. Seriously. The only reason I know is because I work... Continue Reading →