Posted by Richard Robins - Originally posted December 14, 2023, refeatured December 19, 2025.
Editorial
"Christmas is one of the most exciting times of the year for gamers, but is there a deeper connection between gamers and the holiday than even they realise?"
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.
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.
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.
The fact that Star Wars: The Old Republic continues to receive updates despite becoming worse with each passing one is a testament to how good its early game content is and just how desperate the Star Wars community are for a massively multiplayer experience.