strategy – Legacy of Games

The autoresolve rework made it even worse

In a recent article I shared my hopes for the upcoming Warhammer: Total War III, focusing on general gameplay improvements over any sort of setting-specific content. Among them, I talked…

Mini-Review: Clan Moulder

With Warhammer: Total War 3 on the chaos-filled horizon, I am probably going to stop playing the second installment as much as I usually do. I want to wrap up…

Mini-Review: The Huntsmarshal’s Expedition

Repanse de Lyonesse may have journeyed to the distant lands of Araby for a sacred quest, but many other Old World nations set sail for more selfish reasons. One such…

5 wishes for Warhammer: Total War III

Warhammer: Total War is, without a doubt, a favorite game of mine. I have lost hundreds of hours waging wars in its fantastical setting and nerding out whenever a new…

Mini-Review: Chevaliers de Lyonesse

22 Feb 202124 Mar 2021

Remember when we complained that Warhammer: Total War didn't have any content at launch? By Sigmar, that's in the past. You can't turn your back nowadays or Creative Assembly will…

Warsaw – a game about losing

18 Feb 202114 Oct 2021

The years is 1944. Poland yet remains under control of Nazi occupiers, but a red wave of (questionable) liberation is on its way. You take command of a band on…

Should there be a Medieval III: Total War?

My love for Medieval II: Total War has recently been rekindled... for no particular reason. I just woke up one day and so dearly wanted to return to that game.…

The 33-year-old Amiga game with a pay-to-win plan

Critics of the modern game industry tend to look back fondly to the olden days, where all the cost of a game was upfront. You bought the darn thing, brought…

The price of perfection – Warhammer: Total War

6 Jul 20208 Nov 2020

I remember being disappointed with Creative Assembly's Warhammer: Total War when it first came out. On paper, a Total War adaptation of Games Workshop's Warhammer universe sounded like a dream come true, but then it…