Category Archives: Review

Total War: Warhammer Review

Posted on May 30, 2016 by SynCaine

Total War: Warhammer is, IMO, simply the best version of Total War yet, and by a considerable margin at that. It’s an excellent strategy game, its an incredible use of the Warhammer IP, and it fixes so many of the … Continue reading →

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Zombasite is a deep indie ARPG

Posted on April 11, 2016 by SynCaine

Full disclosure: I was contacted by the devs of Zombasite and sent a free Steam key. This write-up is based on about 4 hours with the game. Zombasite is a Diablo-like game with some interesting and often confusing systems layers … Continue reading →

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Sunless Sea Review

Posted on February 1, 2016 by SynCaine

I don’t know where I saw this (Reddit?), but the following is a PERFECT description of Sunless Sea and its main problem: It has the gameplay of a rogue-like (play a bit, die, replay earlier bits, get a bit further, … Continue reading →

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This War of Mine review

Posted on January 5, 2016 by SynCaine

This War of Mine is a unique gaming experience, and one I highly recommend to just about anyone. It’s also a hard game to review, because in terms of pure gameplay, while TWoM is solid, that’s not really the driving … Continue reading →

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Age of Decadence review

Posted on October 17, 2015 by SynCaine

Age of Decadence has finally made it out of Early Access and is fully released. I tried the demo a while back, and was impressed enough to keep the game on my radar, and now with full release, I can … Continue reading →

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Blood Bowl 2 is a UI-driven nightmare right now

Posted on September 15, 2015 by SynCaine

The Blood Bowl 2 beta has started, which is good, because dear god does BB2 need more time to bake. Rant incoming. Making BB2 should be the easiest game in the world to make. You go into it with all … Continue reading →

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Legends of Eisenwald Review

Posted on July 18, 2015 by SynCaine

A few days back I had written about whether Early Access on Steam was working or not, and today I want to give one example where it worked perfectly. Legends of Eisenwald is a game that likely never gets made … Continue reading →

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Dungeon of the Endless review

Posted on April 22, 2015 by SynCaine

I picked up Dungeon of the Endless a few days ago, ironically right AFTER it was available for a free weekend on Steam. It’s a rogue-like game somewhat similar to Faster Than Light (FTL), set in the Endless universe (Endless … Continue reading →

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Pillars of Eternity review

Posted on April 6, 2015 by SynCaine

This post will be a non-spoiler (spoiler post coming tomorrow) review of Pillars of Eternity, having now beaten the game, with a playtime of just under 60 hours. I didn’t complete all of the side quests, but I’m guessing I … Continue reading →

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Pillars of Eternity: Thoughts after a few hours

Posted on March 27, 2015 by SynCaine

Whenever developers ‘remake’ a classic game, or attempt a ‘spiritual successor’, there is always a balance of what to keep and what to change/update, and if you don’t get that balance right, you disappoint. Often-times you not only disappoint, but … Continue reading →

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