As though the sea reboots in cinema wasn't enough, it has now seeped into gaming. The 2019 Modern Warfare is a remake of the fourth Call of Duty game of the same name, which released over a decade prior. It features all the same characters filling all the same roles, but has a vastly different... Continue Reading →
Total War Warhammer 3: The Viking Devil Worshipers
Norsca is a faction that combines real Viking history of raiding wealthy and opportunistic lands from the sea with mythological wyrms, war mammoths and werewolves, and the idea that they all worship four evil satanic Gods for whom they fight to earn the favour of. Convoluted as it sounds they're also one of the game's... Continue Reading →
Total War Warhammer 3 – The Environmental Activist Faction
Trees give us oxygen. They eat carbon dioxide. They look really pretty. And they are essential for making so many, many things... And now, a band of hippie Wood Elves has decided that trees need to be preserved at all cost. Yes, Total War: Warhammer comes with it's own band of environmental activist, but who... Continue Reading →
Dwarf Fortress Review – Pint Size Insanity
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 →
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 →