It is almost impossible to review an MMO game since typically they are a living, organic experience. Each update will build on the previous experience by adding, removing, and renovating gameplay and if you throw expansions into the mix the…
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World of Warcraft: Classic. Blizzard Activision (2019) PC
Tagged with: 2004, 2019, Blizzard Entertainment, Dwarves, Elves, Gaming, Gnome, Human, MMORPG, Orcs, Tauren, Troll, Undead, World Of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Classic, Wow, WoW: Classic
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Doom. ID Software (1993) PC
Oh god no, we are only just back and I’m about to shit on Doom. I am so sorry about this guys.
Total War: Warhammer 2. Creative Assembly (2018) PC
It’s been a while hasn’t it? But sometimes life comes and kicks you in the knackers and you just need to take a break from everything to try to regain the passion back for something you love. Something that can…
Tagged with: 2018, Bretonnian, Creative Assembly, Games Workshop, High Elves, Ikit Claw, Mortal Empires, PC, Sigvald the Magnificent, Skaven, Tomb Kings, Total War, Total War: Warhammer, Total War: Warhammer 2, Total Warhammer, Warhammer Fantasy Battles
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Anno 1503: The New World. Max Design (2003) PC
(Released in Germany 2002) Anno 1602 was a sedate game, but on the whole I enjoyed it, so when I was bored and looking for games on Good Old Games I thought i’d give the sequel a try. And yes,…
Tagged with: 2003, Anno 1503, Anno 1503: The New World, Max Design, PC, Real Time Strategy, Retro Gaming, Review, Trading Game
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Sid Meier’s Civilization IV. Fireaxis Games (2005) PC
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
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Sid Meier’s Civilization III. Fireaxis Games. (2001) PC
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
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. Blizzard Entertainment (1996) PC
I first played Warcraft II around 1998 having borrowed the disc off a friend and installed it on my dads work laptop. It was one of the chunky laptop with a rubber mouse dot built into the keyboard, a Hard…
Tagged with: 1996, Azeroth, Beyond the Dark Portal, Blizzard, Blizzard Entertainment, Dark Portal, First Orc War, Gul'Dan, Lordearon, Orgrim Doomhammer, Real Time Strategy, Retro Gaming, Review, Second Orc War, The Alliance, The Horde, Tides of Darkness, Tomb of Sargera, Warcraft 2, Warcraft II, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. Blizzard Entertainment (1995) PC
Released in 1994 in North America. Like Diablo I never played the original version of Warcraft at release but spent a significant amount of time playing the sequels. So picking this up on Good Old Games I was looking forward…
Tagged with: 1995, Azeroth, Blizzard, Blizzard Entertainment, Draenor, High Fantasy, Real Time Strategy, Retro Gaming, Review, the Dark Portal, Warcraft, Warcraft: Orcs and Humans
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Diablo II. Blizzard North (2000) PC
Diablo 2 falls into the category of “one of my most played games of all time”. It is the game I used to play on 56k dial-up which eventually led me begging my parents to upgrade to broadband internet. Prior…
Tagged with: 2000, Ba'al Lord of Destruction, Battle.Net, Blizzard, Blizzard North, Deckard Cain, Diablo, Diablo 2, Diablo II, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, Diablo Lord of Terror, Hack and Slash, Isometric, Mephisto Lord of Hatred, roguealike, RPG
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Diablo. Blizzard North (1997) PC
(Released in 1996 in the US) I never actually played Diablo back in the day, I sank well over a thousand hours into Diablo 2, and maybe a hundred hours into Diablo 3, but the original game not a jot.…
Tagged with: 1997, Blizzard, Blizzard North, Catacombs, Cathedral, Caves, Deckard Cain, Diablo, Diablo Lord of Terror, Dungeon Crawler, Hack and Slash, Hell, Hellfire Expansion, Isometric, PC, RagingChicken, Retro Gaming, Review, RNGesus, Roguelike, Role Playing Game, The Butcher, Wirt
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
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