Category Archives: Random

Beholder short film

Posted on February 1, 2019 by SynCaine

Here is a link to my review of Beholder. Since that review the game difficulty has been toned down, and is now more enjoyable IMO. Today I was sent a link to the short film produced about the game. It’s … Continue reading →

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Another Battle Brothers DLC is coming!

Posted on February 1, 2019 by SynCaine

The latest expansion/DLC was announced today, called “Warriors of the North”. More ‘stuff’ is great news for me, as I’m still very much in love with BB. I’ve been playing ‘true’ Ironman games lately (more on that in another post), … Continue reading →

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Battle Brothers: Legendary retirement

Posted on January 17, 2019 by SynCaine

I’ve retired my company in Battle Brothers after 365 days (because achievement). It was a Veteran/Veteran/Ironman game, though it wasn’t true Ironman as I would use the force-quit trick to replay some battles that went exceptionally poorly. Without that trick … Continue reading →

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Battle Brothers: Fighting the Kraken

Posted on January 9, 2019 by SynCaine

Want to quickly update a topic I’ve discussed here a lot in the past; that difficulty often leads you to learning the inner mechanics of a game, and that is one spot a good game will shine. In the linked … Continue reading →

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Steam winter sale of 2018

Posted on January 4, 2019 by SynCaine

The Steam winter sale has come and gone, and I didn’t purchase a single title. I did get a bunch of trading cards though, so that’s something. One reason I didn’t buy anything is currently Battle Brothers is hording all … Continue reading →

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Battle Brothers: Inching towards legendary victory

Posted on December 26, 2018 by SynCaine

I’m now 200+ days into my current campaign in Battle Brothers, and things are going well overall, though I’ve yet to complete a single legendary site. I have resolved two end-game crisis events however (orcs and noble war). What I … Continue reading →

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Battle Brothers: Beasts and Exploration – Initial thoughts

Posted on December 3, 2018 by SynCaine

I’ve had a few requests to talk about the expansion to Battle Brothers, so while I haven’t seen all of the new content, here goes. In short, if you liked BB before, I can’t imagine you won’t love the expansion. … Continue reading →

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Fall of Winterhome, the new Frostpunk scenario

Posted on November 28, 2018 by SynCaine

I reviewed Frostpunk here, and the review still holds up in terms of accuracy. Since that review the game has received a bunch of content updates, with one being a new scenario, the Fall of Winterhome. It’s a challenging scenario … Continue reading →

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State of Decay 2 Review

Posted on November 19, 2018 by SynCaine

I liked State of Decay 1, quiet a bit in fact. I can’t say the same thing about State of Decay 2 (SoD2) however, which has been rather disappointing. I’ve already talked about the multiplayer issues of SoD2, and I’ll … Continue reading →

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Game difficulty forces you to learn the details

Posted on October 26, 2018 by SynCaine

Az has a post up about his recent adventures in Hollow Knight and Dead Cells, two Metroidvania-style games (a style a very much do not enjoy). That post and the one before it sounded, to me, like he was playing … Continue reading →

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