Humanity since its earliest days has remained fascinated storytelling, is this universal trait the result of chance? Or is a deeper reason, we constantly ask "what if?", and look beyond what we can see for something greater?
Chivalry 2 perfectly combines Monty Pythonesque humour and buttery smooth combat that somehow just works.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun remains one of the best RTT titles released in the past ten years, and fans of the genre who somehow missed this title will certainly want to pick it up prior to the release of Mimimi Games' newest game releases later in 2023.
Dauntless has come a long way since its closed beta, and seeing the developers turn it from a "poor man's Monster Hunter" into a viable competitor of the same is a testament to their passion and dedication.
Desperados III is one of the greatest Real Time Tactics (RTT) games ever released and should be viewed as a benchmark for developers working on RTT titles for decades to come.
Battlerite is a good game, albeit one without a community to sustain it
Absinthia Is a surprisingly good traditional RPG, albeit one that seems uncertain about its demographic, and as a result, fails to appeal to a large audience.
Supplice greatest strength and weakness is its reliance on nostalgia, and as a result, while it is likely to appeal to gamers from the 1990s, beyond giving a glimpse of "how things used to be", it has very little to offer anyone born within the past 20+ years.
The Cycle: Frontier was a good idea executed poorly
Scars Above perfectly combines the charm of an early 2000s liner shooter with the power and performance expected of a 2023 release in a way that few other titles have been able to mimic.