The Void War demo may leave you conflicted
If demo-equipped Void War doesn’t actually cross the line between ‘affectionate homage’ and ‘cynical ripoff’, it gets awfully close to it at times.
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Little Bird, big ask (finishing the Cleared Hot demo isn’t easy)
I’ll admit it. After an hour with the Cleared Hot demo I decamped to the Steam forum in search of fellow failures. Surely the place would be teeming with others who, like me, loved the trial’s physics, visuals, and writing,…
This and that
Early Access Dagger Directive’s first update doesn’t seem to have cured its corpse reanimation problem. Loading still seems to revive fallen foes now and again. The new build doesn’t like old savegames either, so it looks like I’m going to…
Stabbing pains (Early Access Dagger Directive is brill but bugged)
The current build of Early Access Dagger Directive – v0.4 – contains one of the most entertaining game bugs I’ve come across in a long time. Unfortunately, it also sports a glitch that brought my campaign to a shuddering halt.
Short on clichés, and fairly long on physics, the Truck World: Australia demo is rather impressive
Released yesterday, First Haul, the free Truck World: Australia ‘prologue’, contains quite a few pleasant surprises. For example, I wasn’t expecting…
Neglected bus simmers eye City Transport Simulator: Bus
Compared to the bustling train and tram sim sectors, the bus sim scene has felt pretty stagnant of late. Besides a couple of strong OMSI 2 add-ons, omnibus enthusiasts have had little to get excited about this year. Assuming SimBus…
Review Reprise: War and Peace 1796-1815
I’ve written hundreds of reviews, previews, and retrospectives during my twenty-odd years as a games inspector. As many of these appeared in the British version of PC Gamer magazine and nowhere else, now and again something from my archive may…
Squad 22 is aimed squarely at the vatnik demographic
“When diplomacy fails, our time comes – the time of warriors.”…Squad 22: ZOV starts spouting pro-SMO claptrap seconds after launching. A hastily developed Door Kickers knockoff “officially recommended by the Russian Military”, the game appears to be the brainchild of…
Every drone sim should include ‘flypaper’
While FPV SkyDive doesn’t have Liftoff’s aerodynamic authority or Uncrashed’s good looks, it does come with serviceable FMs, entertaining environments, and a hard-to-resist price tag: 0GBP. I’ve been reaching for it pretty regularly of late, and, during a recent session,…
Alphabetised game news (V2Z)
V is for Verisimilitudinous virtual tides. The tiny selection of maritime sims that acknowledge the Moon’s effect on sea levels grew by one late last month. Not only do eSail owners who opt in to the V3 beta get improved…
Alphabetised game news (Q2U)
Q is for Quick fag card. The 25 cards that make up ‘Victoria Cross Heroes in Action’ are not your typical fag cards. Released in 1970 by Sheffield firm Bassett & Co, they were distributed in packets of candy cigarettes.…
Alphabetised game news (L2P)
L is for Light at the end of the tunnel at long last? General Staff: Black Powder’s website and Steam page haven’t been updated in a dishearteningly long time, but recent posts on the Kickstarter page give wargame AI aficionados…