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Sid Meier’s Civilization IV. Fireaxis Games (2005) PC

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Van Rockingham — Leave a comment

I really didn’t get on with Civilization III, it wasn’t a bad game, but it was fucking boring in end-game and the difficulty was a bit all over the place. So rather than dwell on it, and let CIV3 sour…

Tagged with: 2005, 4X, Civilization, Civilization IV, Fireaxis Games, PC, Retro Gaming, Review, Sid Meier, Sid Meier’s Civilization IV, Turn based Strategy
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Sid Meier’s Civilization III. Fireaxis Games. (2001) PC

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 5 Comments

I wouldn’t say I am the biggest fan of the Civilization series, I had CIV2 on the PS1 (god that was chuggy), I had Revolutions which was a fairly decent stripped back version on the consoles, and I dabbled in…

Tagged with: 2001, Civilization, Civilization III, Fireaxis Games, PC, Retro Gaming, Review, Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Civilization III, Turn based Strategy
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Total War: Warhammer. Creative Assembly (2016) PC

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Van Rockingham — 7 Comments

Officailly known as Total War: Warhammer the cool kids simply refer to it as Total Warhammer. We all know that Total Warhammer is a 10056% better name. Now you may have noticed I am on a bit of a strategy…

Tagged with: 2016, Archeon, Bretonnian, Creative Assembly, Gaming, Orcs and Goblins, PC, Real Time Strategy, Review, Sigvald the Magnificient, Skarsnik King of the Eight Peaks, Thorgrim Grudgebearer, Total War, Total War: Warhammer, Total Warhammer, Turn based Strategy, Vampires Counts
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XCOM: Enemy Within. Fireaxis Games (2013) Xbox 360

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Van Rockingham — 8 Comments

Woop a reboot! I love a reboot… I think. If you’re confused by the title this is the full expansion DLC version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown (released 2012). It is the same game just with a few different soldiers, some…

Tagged with: 2013, Exault, Fireaxis Games, Gaming, Meld, Review, RNGesus, Second Wave Settings, Squad Tactics game, Turn based Strategy, X-Com, X-COM: Enemy Unknown, X-COM: Enemy Within, Xbox 360, XCOM
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UFO: Afterlife. Altar Games (2007) PC

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Van Rockingham — Leave a comment

Phew that was exhausting! About 100 hours has been poured into UFO: Aftermath, Aftershock and Afterlife. The series is a little mixed, and with a 3rd game trying the UFO: Apocalypse route going into the game I am skeptical.

Tagged with: 2007, Altar Games, Beastmen, Laputa, PC, Real Time Strategy, Reticulan, Retro Gaming, Review, RPG, Squad Tactics game, terraforming, Turn based Strategy, UFO Series, UFO: Afterlife
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UFO: Aftershock. Altar Games (2005) PC

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Van Rockingham — 2 Comments

UFO: Aftershock is the sequel to UFO: Aftermath, and is not officially related to UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense). Interestingly, the 3rd game in the series, Afterlight, is not a sequel to Aftershock in terms of the story. Of all…

Tagged with: 2005, Altar Games, Cyborgs, Laputa, Mutants, Myrmecols, PC, Psionic, Real Time Strategy, Reticulan, Retro Gaming, Review, RPG, Squad Tactics game, Starghosts, Turn based Strategy, UFO Series, UFO: Aftershock, Wargots
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UFO: Aftermath. Altar Games (2003) PC

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Van Rockingham — Leave a comment

UFO: Aftermath started off “The Dreamland Chronicles: Freedom Ridge” by Mythos Games, but was eventually abandoned. It is an homage to X-Com, and is partly based on the abandoned X-Com: Genesis. It is *NOT* officially related to UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com:…

Tagged with: 2003, Altar Games, Biomass, Mutants, Myrmecols, Nightfall, PC, Real Time Strategy, Reticulan, Retro Gaming, Review, RNGesus, Squad Tactics game, transgenetics, Turn based Strategy, Twilight, UFO Series, UFO: Aftermath
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Bioware (2003) XBOX

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Van Rockingham — 8 Comments

There are games that come along every now and then that have blown my socks off. Silent Hill 2 is one of them, Final Fantasy VI is another. With that, Knights of the Old Republic is firmly in the socks blown asunder camp. I…

Tagged with: 2003, Aids Burger, Bastilla, Bastilla Shen, Bioware, Canderous Ordo, Carth Onasi, Dantooine, Dark, Darth Malak, Darth Revan, Ebon Hawk, Force, HK47, Jedi, Jolee Dindo, Juhani, Kashyyk, Knights of the Old Republic, KOTOR, Light, Manaan, Mission, Pazaak, Republic, RNGesus, RPG, Sith, Star Forge, Star Wars, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, T3-M4, Taris, Tatooine, Turn based Strategy, XBOX, Zaalbar
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Fallout 2, Interplay (1998) PC

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Van Rockingham — 3 Comments

I struggle with the Fallout series; with Fallout 1 it felt like it should be a good game, but it was broken in too many places. Fallout 3 thought that 15 hours of tunnel schellping was a fun thing, and was…

Tagged with: 1998, Aids Burger, Arroyo, California, Fallout, Fallout 2, G.E.C.K, Garden of Eden Creation Kit, Interplay, Isometric, karma, New Reno, Open World, PC, Retro Gaming, Review, RNGesus, RPG, S.P.E.C.I.A.L, the Chosen One, Turn based Strategy, VATS
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Fallout, Interplay (1997) PC

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Van Rockingham — 4 Comments

Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game to give it it’s full name, spawned a pretty popular series, but other than Fallout 3, I have never actually finished one of these. So, once more into the breach, and let us…