Game Reviews

When the hype train for Crimson Moon rolled around, the marketing campaign sold you one thing: a dark fantasy, co-op, souls-lite roguelike on the cutting edge of Unreal Engine 5. Play as a Nephilim, a human-angel hybrid, and purge the evil city of Gildenarch of vampires, undead, and grotesque abominations known as Hellgrowth.

If you tell me a game is about cloned soldiers from World War II extracting green essence with magic spells, I'm going to say "sign me up!" And then if you add drinking beer to maintain sanity, petting a cat, and unintentionally killing your teammates with grenades, I'm sold!

When Frogwares initially launched The Sinking City, it established a particular niche for itself, even though it wasn't very successful. It was an open-world investigation and puzzle game based on Lovecraftian mythology, where players spent most of their time linking pieces in a "Mind Palace" rather than fighting Deep Ones.

I have always enjoyed the "hold the line" mission type found in the campaigns of classic real-time strategy games. The intense action of laying down mines, manning machine guns, and defending against a relentless attack is where RTS shines.

It's been two years since No More Room in Hell 2 entered Early Access, and the title has been a lifeless mess of poor optimization, controversial decisions, and an overall identity crisis. The developers have done the impossible and managed to deliver an impressive revival this summer when the highly anticipated 1.0 version of the game went live.

Lately, the extraction genre, and especially scavengers, have taken the gaming world by storm, flooding it with tons of cheap copies of each other. And when I started my GRAIN ROT session, I knew exactly what to expect.

How about a game where you spend time locked in the metal bowels of some massive artillery turret?

There are few campaigns more iconic and brutal in the history of the First World War than Gallipoli. And for years, hardcore WW1 tactical shooter fans have been wishing for an opportunity to storm the shores of Cape Helles and fight through the ridges of the Dardanelles.

Hell Let Loose created a niche for itself by providing a realistic experience of WW2, where all of the focus was put on logistics, communication within the squad, and tactics of commanders, rather than pure action. The decision to move the franchise into the Vietnam era has raised quite a lot of expectations.

When the gods fall and Gyldenmist covers the world with toxins, only a Gyldhunter will dare enter the darkness to collect Gyldenblood and restore the Web of Fate.

Final Strategy is a real-time tactical game in which the player is plunged into a rapidly evolving Cold War fallout scenario. When a rogue commander takes over abandoned military bases and nuclear warheads across the world, negotiations become useless.

From wrestling-style combat system to settlement management, Crimson Desert cannot be easily labeled as an adventure of a certain genre. It is a mess. It is highly complex and overwhelming, but it is definitely one of the most engaging single-player experiences of the year.

With such developers as Warren Spector and Paul Neurath in its team, you already know where the inspiration for Thick as Thieves comes from.

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core is now available in Early Access, bringing a new spin to the mines and the planet of Hoxxes. Let's dive in and see what changes have been made to the formula that made the original game an instant cult hit.

At first glance, Vintage Story may resemble a game similar to Minecraft, but that is not the case. This passion project developed by Anego Studios is an absolutely different beast.

In cosmic horror, there is always one golden rule: the fear of the unknown is worse than any monster.

Haven’t tried Huntdown yet? Well, that was back in 2020, and it was glorious! Glorious in its 16-bit pixel art, synwave soundtracks, and pure 80s action movies cheese. Now, we finally got the sequel - Huntdown: Overtime, currently being released into Early Access mode.

There is always something incredibly frustrating about games with great ideas that just do not work at all due to poor implementation. Reaper Actual appeared with great promise to bring mil-sim extraction mechanics from hardcore shooters to the world of an MMO.

‘I Am Jesus Christ’ is a first-person simulation game that invites players to experience a unique journey - following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, based on stories from the New Testament.

If there is one thing the Warhammer 40,000 gaming community is well-versed in, it is experiencing disappointment. For every Space Marine, there are countless mediocre mobile ports or uninspired strategy games. However, back in 2018, the developer Bulwark Studios offered something special - Mechanicus. A tactical masterpiece brimming with atmospheric tension and respect to the lore.