Category Archives: Game Reviews

Reviews and reminiscences on different games I have played and thought to share a personal opinion on.

Planescape: Torment

Game Facts This game was released at around the time of the Baldur’s Gate and Icewind Dale series in 1999, and is similarly an Infinity Engine game where a party of D&D adventurers explore a 2D isometric world. This world … Continue reading

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Icewind Dale

Game Facts Icewind Dale, released in 2000, was I believe the third of Bioware’s Infinity Engine D&D rules role playing games (RPGs). The titular setting is in the Forgotten Realms, a frozen wasteland far north of Baldur’s Gate and the … Continue reading

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Medieval II Total War Kingdoms

Game Facts Medieval II Total War was released in 2006, the fourth Total War game in the ongoing series. These are relatively hard-core historical strategy games all with a similar game mechanic. Grand strategy is played out in a turn-based manner in a … Continue reading

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Neverwinter Nights 2

Game Facts Neverwinter Nights 2 (NWN2) is a 3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) rules Role Playing Game (RPG) made by Obsidian Entertainment in 2006. Like its predecessor made by Bioware, it is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign world, one … Continue reading

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Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

Game Facts Galactic Battlegrounds is a Star Wars Real Time Strategy (RTS) game released by LucasArts in 2001, with an expansion called Clone Campaigns released the following year. The game is based on the Age of Empires : Age of Kings engine. A … Continue reading

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Skyrim

Game Facts The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released in 2011 on Steam across many gaming platforms to much critical acclaim. It is a first/ third person perspective single-player action orientated role-playing game set in the cold north of the … Continue reading

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