Hexes. It was all about Hexes. Without them, you had nothing. He who controlled the hexes controlled the world. It was true in Resonance of Fate, but more important here. Connecting cities and cutting off your foe from vital resources, marching your army forward in such a manner so you will not be surrounded or outflanked. Hexes… Few games out there are as recognisable in their genre as the Civilisation series. Sid Meier’s creation sprung from humble beginnings into a [...]
Gamers now-a-days are a pretty skint bunch of people. But don’t fret as the lovely people at X Box LIVE like to give you trial’s of games. These trials give you some play time and some are worth more time than others. Luckily Plants Vs Zombies is one of those trials that is worth downloading. So what is Plants Vs Zombies? It is a game that I really didn’t expect. Another title by Pop Cap games, the people behind the, [...]
Shogun 2 Preview Together with Sid Meier, The Creative assembly are responsible for the iron grip that strategy games have had on me for the past 11 years. I first played Shogun in 2003 and haven’t looked back since. The seamless mix of turn based and real time strategy with beautiful 3D environments and weather effects had me chomping at the bit for more. I devoured every single game in the series and now, with Shogun 2 announced I can [...]
With E3 drawing to a close for yet another year, I thought I’d take a little time to talk about a series and well, a man, very close to my heart. Sid Meier is responsible for perhaps the worlds best turn based strategy games, the Civilisation series. Not to mention the awesomely fun Pirates! and a whole slew of theme park and railroad games. I played almost every installment of Civilisation to death, not counting Colonization and Alpha Centuri.
The sun shone down on the golden sands of Tropico as I longed on the beach with a cool glass of coconut milk. Then, out of the blur that was the background, a figure approached. “El Presidente, there is a man here to see you.” “Urgh, tell the US ambassador I’m not going to praise them unless they give us the plan to the power plant!” “Er, president, he is not an American, he is British, says he says he [...]
