Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Impressions
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, by Owlcat Games, is a computer role-playing game (cRPG) in the vein of classics of the genre like the first two Baldur’s Gate games, Icewind Dale, the recent Pillars of Eternity series, Divinity: Original Sin I and II, and Owlcat’s previous Pathfinder game, Kingmaker. In Wrath of the Righteous, you […]
Jesse’s Top Games of 2021 and 2022
With 2021 coming to an end, I have to say that it was a good year for turn-based tactical games… but not a great one. Its strength was largely concentrated on a few very good releases, rather than a plethora of merely good releases like we saw previously. This is not a huge surprise as […]
Expeditions: Rome Review
Expeditions: Rome by Logic Artists and their publisher THQ Nordic, is the latest turn-based tactical RPG title in the Expeditions series. Previous titles in the series present alternate histories for the conquistadors and Viking eras. In Expeditions: Rome, your character is forced to flee from Rome in the face of a political action taken against […]
Before You Buy Shardpunk: Verminfall
Shardpunk: Verminfall (Steam Link), the first release of developer Clockwork Pie, is a tactical turn-based role-playing game where players control a team of desperate survivors in the process of attempting to escape from a city overrun by humanoid vermin invaders. Leading them through a steampunk city, they are forced to fight to survive, scavenging resources […]
B4 You Buy Stellaris: Galactic Paragons
Galactic Paragons (Steam Link) is the latest DLC for Paradox Interactive’s 4X game, Stellaris. It is a mechanics DLC, focusing on developing and expanding the mechanics behind leaders, making them much more important and pivotal to a Stellaris empire, providing all the mechanical support necessary to integrate them into the larger ecosystem of Stellaris DLC. […]
Before You Buy Age of Wonders 4: Empire and Ashes
Age of Wonders 4: Empires and Ashes is a DLC for the fantasy 4X game Age of Wonders 4, released in May of this year. It expands the game by adding content mostly related to the techno-magical aspects of Age of Wonders 4, including a new culture, four new tomes, a new form, a new […]
SpellForce: Conquest of Eo Gameplay
After some Spellforce: Conquest of Eo gameplay? We’ve got you covered! As this highly anticipated 4X/RPG hybrid arrives tomorrow, February 3rd, we’ve prepared a short series of gameplay videos in our “Let’s eXplore” format. Spellforce: Conquest of Eo is a fantastic genre bender, which we think you’ll see in the videos below. The gameplay is […]
Soulash Review
Soulash by Artur Smiarowski is a turn-based traditional roguelike where you play a dark creator god, imprisoned by your children eons ago. You have now mysteriously escaped with the goal of devouring the souls of mortals (and gods), to regain your power, discover how you escaped and reclaim your ultimate power of the universe. Overview […]
Telepath Tactics Liberated Review
Telepath Tactics Liberated by Sinister Design is a strategy role-playing game (SRPG) where you play two sisters, and a host of support characters attempting to rescue their father from the same slavers they escaped from a decade ago. In the process they can recruit a number of allies to your cause, creating a rather large cast […]
An Early Access Preview of Iron Oath
Iron Oath by Curious Panda Games is a tactical turn-based strategy game that sees you manage a team of mercenaries involved in completing jobs while pursuing the individual who betrayed your company and left most of your team for dead. Overview You play the non-represented leader of a mercenary company with up to 15 mercenaries […]