Dear readers/followers of PCGN, This is the 3000th article published on this site, created in 2011 as a side project for a high school student to spend his free time on things he loves to do: playing games and writing about them. I never imagined that 6 years later I would manage to gather a…
While complete clones are usually frowned upon, when a good formula has been established there is no reason not to get inspiration from it either to give us more of what we are craving, or to further a genre. After all, FPS games started off as “Doom-likes”. And when the inspiration is the masterpiece Hotline…
Ruth, a simple farm girl living in Western Norway in 1929 has her life turned upside down all of a sudden after a thunderstorm. Pixelated graphics leave a lot for the player’s own imagination to fill in with the otherwise beautiful looking locations, and gives the game that charming retro-feel at the same time.
This is the second title (by release date) within Petroglyph’s 8-Bit series and as soon as you start playing it one thing becomes clear: it’s a homage to both classic Command & Conquer as well as Warcraft RTS’ from back in the day when real time strategy was all about the challenge and didn’t care…
The Unity 5 Engine shows its potential once again, in the hands of a creative developer (at the start of his career, no less!) who manages to add another fine title to Steam’s growing collection of indie abstract games. CONSTRUCT has indeed a clearly defined gameplay design but the clever use of shapes and effects…
Alien Shooter TD is a tower defence game set in the Alien Shooter game world. You’re a commander in charge of Earth’s defence forces as you try to wipe out the invading alien threat. You’re given command of SWAT, marines and various specialist military units, and with these paltry few you have to save the planet.
Best Buds vs Bad Guys, otherwise known as Best Buds in your Steam library, is a retro-inspired run & gun game. The problem with being retro inspired is being able to differentiate what makes those games fun and what made them a pain. I welcome games deciding to be challenging, but having design decisions that…
Woodle Tree 2: Worlds is a 3D open-world platform / exploration game set in a very colorful and bright fantasy world, populated with a variety of creatues, including sentient leaves, flying squirrels and others.
Economic Conquest is an economic strategy game developed and published by Frismos. This will mark the developer’s first venture into the Early Access program as well as their first Steam release. The game offers thirty missions with six of them representing the tutorial portion, which does a decent job of easing the player into the…
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