Nuclear Throne is a game developed by Valmbeer, the Dutch developers behind Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Super Crate Box and Gun Godz. Their mission statement is clear: “Vlambeer – Bringing back arcade since 1985”, and they are doing this quite well. Their games may be different, but they are all fun […]
Let’s play Warhammer Vermintide II (solo mode)
Warhammer Vermintide II from developer Fatshark offers you the opportunity to calm your nerves by murdering hordes of Skaven and Chaos warriors. It succeeds perfectly. I tested the solo version of the game, so I was accompanied in my adventures by three companions of misfortune animated by the game’s AI. […]
Osmos let’s play
Osmos is a nice little game developed by Hemisphere Games. You are a cell, which must achieve different goals to overcome each level. The main gameplay principle is that to get bigger you have to swallow other cells. So far so good. The problem is that in order to move […]
The Council: Beyond the Closed Doors of the Human Mind
The Council is an episodic adventure game reminiscent of Telltale games like The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones or Wolf Among Us (my favorite opus so far). Like them, it focuses on storytelling, the importance of your choices and their consequences but also manages to further improve the genre through […]
Skyshine’s Bedlam: rare steak in its gasoline sauce
Skyshine’s Bedlam is a post-apocalyptic game with turn-based tactical fighting and roguelike elements, developed by Skyshine Games. You play the master and commander of a large, very large truck. Leaving the shining and crowded city of Bysantine, you try to reach the mythical Aztec City with crazy settlers as passengers aboard your radioactive […]
Prison Architect DIY prison
It’s like Simcity but with murders. Have you ever dreamt of building an inescapable prison? Well from tomorrow (6th October) when Prison Architect is officially released, you can finally try to build the supermax facility of your dreams. Watch out however as the inescapable part is the easier part, the harder […]
Braveland: a take-away strategy game
Braveland is a turn-based strategy game developed by Tortuga Team. You play as a brave farmer who attends the looting of his village and decides to take justice into his own hands by donning the armor of his father. Yes, another hero born atop the smoking ruins of a village! Unfortunately for […]
Handling loss – a journey into the Darkest Dungeon
Darkest Dungeon is a game developed by Red Hook that is still in early access (official release will be in October). It’s a dungeon crawl with a couple of new and interesting mechanics and a great gothic atmosphere. The heroes are hired by a caretaker that needs you to clean the […]
Gods Will Be Watching: managing brutal consequences
Gods Will Be Watching is an hybrid genre game, a mix of point-and-click adventure and resource management game. You play Sergeant Burden, who’s sent into a particularly morally challenging undercover mission, and must manage a series of dramatic situations to maintain galactic peace and ensure his own survival. I immediately liked the graphic style […]
Ultimate General Gettysburg: channel your inner tactician
Ultimate General: Gettysburg is a strategy game that sets you in command of the Union or Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg from 1st to 3rd July 1863. This battle is crucial in that it is believed to be the turning point of the Civil War for the Union. Tragically, this […]