Game Reviews

StarDrive Review April 30th, 2013 by Keith Turner If you're looking for Civilization in space, you're in the wrong place. If you're looking for epic battles with lots of ships with lasers, cannons and fighters, then StarDrive has exactly what you are looking for. Category: Game Reviews 92 comments

Drox Operative Review January 2nd, 2013 by Keith Turner Have you ever wondered what would happen if you combined an ARPG (Diablo-like) with a 4X space game? Let's find out! Category: Game Reviews 11 comments

Sword of the Stars 2: Enhanced Edition Review December 21st, 2012 by Adam Solo Roughly one year after probably one of the worst strategy gaming releases of recent history, Kerberos Productions and Paradox Interactive re-release Sword of the Stars 2: Enhanced Edition. Category: Game Reviews 102 comments

Starvoid Review November 12th, 2012 by Andy Kannberg Starvoid can be enjoyable, but the biggest disappointment is the lack of players. Kind of killing in a multi-player only game isn't it ? Category: Game Reviews 7 comments

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Review October 29th, 2012 by Keith Turner I'd advise disappointed fans of its predecessor (Elemental: Master of Magic) to keep an open mind about Fallen Enchantress. It really is an enjoyable 4X fantasy game. Category: Game Reviews 25 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Review October 20th, 2012 by Adam Solo XCOM: Enemy Unknown is an extremely addictive, gorgeous and fun game to play. It should live up to the expectations of the large majority of the X-COM hardcore fans and at the same time please newcomers. Category: Game Reviews 81 comments

FTL: Faster Than Light Review September 21st, 2012 by Kyle Rees Kyle reviews FTL and has this to say about it: "FTL is a simple yet engaging indie effort that makes losing exciting and suspenseful. It has high replayability where every play through is random.". Category: Game Reviews 25 comments

Legends of Pegasus Review August 17th, 2012 by Adam Solo Legends of Pegasus is a new turn-based space 4X game by Novacore Studios and Kalypso Media with real-time battles. It was released digitally in August 10, 2012 through the Steam platform. Category: Game Reviews 70 comments

Empire of the Eclipse Review July 26th, 2012 by Kyle Rees With all the issues Zarksoft has to surmount, it has left me thinking: what could have been done with a single player experience? Category: Game Reviews 4 comments

Sid Meier’s Civilization 5: Gods & Kings Review July 24th, 2012 by Adam Solo Sid Meier's Civilization 5: Gods & Kings may not be the best Civilization game but it surely comes right next in my Civ ranking. Category: Game Reviews 14 comments

Endless Space Review July 10th, 2012 by Keith Turner Endless Space is a 4X turn-based space strategy game consisting of up to 8 unique races, each striving to obtain victory over the rest of the galaxy. Category: Game Reviews 39 comments

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Review June 19th, 2012 by Adam Solo Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is the third expansion to the well known Stardock and Ironclad RTS/4X space game Sins of a Solar Empire, that was released in early 2008. Category: Game Reviews 17 comments

Star Armada Review (iPad) March 30th, 2012 by Kyle Rees Overall I think that Star Armada finds a nice balance between depth and simplicity for the intended device it is developed for. Category: Game Reviews 6 comments

Distant Star Review March 13th, 2012 by Kyle Rees For those of you not familiar with Distant Star, it is the first space strategy game to launch on the iPad. Your goal is simple, dominate the galaxy. Category: Game Reviews 2 comments

Blue Libra Review February 10th, 2012 by Adam Solo Blue Libra is a small, yet fun, and very addicting space game, that can give you some hours of good spacey entertainment. Category: Game Reviews 6 comments

Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter Review January 30th, 2012 by Adam Solo Three months after release (more than the producers had announced they needed to put the game in a playable state), I'm writing Sword of the Stars II's review. Category: Game Reviews 18 comments

Distant Worlds Legends Review December 12th, 2011 by Adam Solo If Master of Orion 2 was the 4X space strategy gaming reference of the nineties, then Distant Worlds Legends is the 4X space strategy gaming reference of the early XXI century. Category: Game Reviews 119 comments

Starbase Orion Review November 5th, 2011 by Kyle Rees Starbase Orion has undeniably achieved its goals of providing an experience similar to Master of Orion with better Multiplayer. This is great news for 4x gamers on the iOS as this genre is still rare on the Apple App store. Category: Game Reviews 26 comments

Distant Worlds: Return of the Shakturi Review October 10th, 2011 by Adam Solo DW RotS made me feel in control of the lives and hopes of my civilization, I cared for them and could feel immersed in a huge galaxy interacting with other alien races. Category: Game Reviews 13 comments

Star Ruler “Gold” Review September 28th, 2011 by Adam Solo I thought this was the perfect timing to do a Star Ruler's (re)review since it seems to have reached a stable version and is now being sold in a box set following the Blind Mind Studios publishing agreement with Iceberg Interactive. Category: Game Reviews 14 comments