Sumerian Six (reviewed on PC)
When my esteemed editor asked me to take a look at Sumerian Six on PC way back in September, I
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RTS
Age of Mythology Retold (PC)
If you remember the good old days of 2002, and were a fan of real-time strategy games, chances are you played Age of Mythology, a classic RTS from Ensemble Studios.
Fast forward 22 years, and it’s back with Age of Mythology Retold, a remaster that slaps on a fresh coat of paint – using the graphics engine from Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition – and it does an excellent job for anyone feeling nostalgic for those RTS days of old.
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Iron Harvest: Complete Edition, PS5 Review
Real Time Strategy (RTS) titles like Iron Harvest on Console are a rare beast.
And even rarer is a Console RTS that has a control and user interface (UI) system, which isn’t a finger twisting nightmare on a controller. But it can be done.
Halo Wars and Sudden Strike 4 have nailed the UI in an RTS for Console gamers, and Iron Harvest…almost did.
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Frostpunk – Console Edition Review (Xbox One X)
The year is 1886 and thanks to massive volcanic eruptions the world is plunging into anther Ice Age.
Man scrambles and builds massive coal powered generators to try and create enough heat to establish areas where humans can continue to live in this harsh new world. But resources are scarce and plenty are needed to ensure people are fed and sheltered. In Frostpunk you need to decide on the priorities and whether it will be order or faith that will see you through.
It is good solid fun. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Byte Size – Riot: Civil Unrest, PS4 Review
Living in New Zealand in 2019, I don’t tend to be exposed to large scale civil unrest. So as a resident of gods-own, Riot: Civil Unrest immediately caught my attention, for being about something I have little knowledge or experience of, and frankly it is one of the more unique ideas for a video game I have seen in recent months.
The Good – The scenarios are based around real world incidents, including ‘The Arab Spring’ and the game is nuanced enough, even with its limited art style, to relay how difficult civil unrest is on both sides of the riot line.
The Bad – At times the 8bit art style looks great with cleverly designed sprites, but it very quickly becomes a blur of activity and it is hard at times to know whats going on.
The Ugly – The designers have made a strategy game with only one way to approach any given scenario to properly win, which for an RTS, takes the fun of choice away.
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