Dwarf Fortress is a game that has been under constant development for twenty years and recently got a Steam release. It's a game that's always had it's circles of praise, but a number of accessibility issues like where to buy it, a convoluted UI and control scheme, have kept me away from it. But now,... Continue Reading →
Vampire Survivors Review – The Dopamine Machine
There are many ways games can make one's brain release dopamine. One way is by making you shoot dudes in hilarious ways, and another might be to make numbers go up by clicking stuff. Vampire Survivors takes both of those things and sticks them together in one of the most shockingly satisfying ways I've recently... Continue Reading →
Alex’s Review Corner’s 2022 Official Game of the Year Award!
It's been another year, and that means another game of the year award is due. Now, the way this works is that I'll be ranking the games I have reviewed on this site from worst to best. The number one game will be my game of the year. I have chosen to do it this... Continue Reading →
7 Days to Die Review – Eternal Early Access
7 Days to Die is a zombie survival game where, every 7 days, a huge horde of zombies will descend on your location and try to eat you. You are given a week to prepare to defend yourself against this horde by crafting weapons, ammo and defences for your location. But you'll also be needing... Continue Reading →
Total War Warhammer III Review – Facing my Daemons
Total War Warhammer III released in February of this year and I've been wanting to review it for a long time, but no time ever seems right. The game is so frequently updated, broken, fixed again and being built upon that I feel as though most of what I say will be outdated in a... Continue Reading →
Tyranny Review – Obsidian’s Hidden Gem
Tyranny is a game that has one of the smallest followings on social media I've ever seen and almost zero people playing it on Steam whenever I check the community hub. In spite of this it has a fairly large YouTube coverage, was made by some of the best RPG developers out there, Obsidian Entertainment,... Continue Reading →
Crusader Kings 2 Review – Whacky Antics Simulator
On the surface, Crusader Kings 2 is yet another generic grand strategy game where the only objective is to paint the map the colour of your selected country. But underneath it all is a sandbox of unlimited roleplay potential - a world ripe with selfishness, political decent, religious conflict and an awful lot of inbreeding... Continue Reading →
Burnout 3 Takedown Review – Civilian Casualties, the Game
The Burnout franchise is funny because it was originally meant to be just another racing game, but the developers decided they wanted crashes to be in it and the ability to ram other racers off the track. The publishers said no to that idea, so the developers left the project to go work on their... Continue Reading →
The Elder Scrolls Online Review – From RPG to MMO
In my ever-expanding quest to spontaneously review the Elder Scrolls series with a complete disregard for chronological release, today I'm taking a look at The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO for short). First thing's first; This is an MMO, not an RPG. While you can play solo, the game is always multiplayer, will remain to be... Continue Reading →