Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

Post-Launch Review

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

Developer: Harebrained Schemes
Released: January 2015 (standalone)

Played: complete in 18h:12min

About

What should have been an easy job goes horribly wrong and your crew of mercenaries suddenly finds itself in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. A dragon that was believed killed decades ago after a post-Awakening rampage is actually alive, and now that you know, it wants you dead. The only way to protect your teammates and your home is to discover the dragon's plans and put a stop to them.

Shadowrun Returns

Post-Launch Review

Shadowrun Returns (PC)

Developer: Harebrained Schemes
Released: July 2013 (PC) / September 2013 (mobile)

Played: complete in 10h:36min

About

Set in a future where magic has returned to the world, you are a shadowrunner, a mercenary operating in the underworld independent of the megacorporations. Your friend Sam has died, and he's left you a message offering you a huge payout to find his killer. You're on the job, but the case quickly grows bigger than you imagined...

Endless Space

Post-Launch Review

Endless Space

Developer: Amplitude Studios

Released: July 2012

Played: 5 games over 19 hours

About

Choose your race, establish your empire, and colonize the galaxy. Travel across the stars to discover systems with unique planets and strategic resources. Dominate your opponents with economic, military, science, expansion, diplomatic, supremacy, wonder, or score strategies.

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

Post-Launch Review

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (PC)

Developer: 2k Marin / Australia / China
Released: August 2013
Played: story complete in 10h:38min; Hangar 6 complete in 2h:10min

About

It's the height of the Cold War in 1962. A covert American organization known only as the Bureau is investigating a mysterious pathogen when an alien attack destroys a military facility and exposes CIA agent William Carter to an unknown artifact. Recruited into the Bureau, Carter leads a team of field agents investigating and combating the alien threat, hoping to keep the war covered up and discover a vulnerability before the aliens take over the world.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Post-Launch Review

XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PC)

Developer: Firaxis Games
Released: October 2012

Played: 7 hours of Enemy Unknown; Enemy Within complete in 17h

About

Alien invasion! Humanity's only hope against the overwhelmingly advanced threat is XCOM, a secret organization dedicated to researching and defeating the aliens. XCOM's commander struggles to balance technological and biological research, facility expansion, training and recruitment, and global panic while deploying squads of soldiers to repel attacks and seize research material.

Civilization V

Post-Launch Review

Civilization V

Developer: Firaxis Games

Released: September 2010

Played: a half-dozen games in about 60 hours

About

Guide your civilization through thousands of years from the stone age past the modern era. Expand your influence through exploration, research, conquest, diplomacy, religion, espionage, economics, and culture.

Pokémon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire

Post-Launch Review

Pokémon Omega Ruby

Developer: Game Freak

Released: November 2014
Played: complete in 40h

About

A trainer in the Hoenn region sets out to be the very best, accompanied by their neighbour. Along the way, you'll encounter Team Aqua and Team Magma, who want to improve the world, but bite off more than they can chew when they awaken powerful ancient legendary Pokémon...

Fire Emblem: Awakening

Post-Launch Review

Fire Emblem: Awakening

Developers: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo SPD
Released: April 2012 (Japan), February/April 2013 (everywhere else)

Played: story and most paralogues complete in 43h:48min

About

A tactician with no memory of their past finds themselves bound to Chrom, prince of Ylisse, just as a rival nation threatens war and monstrous Risen attack border villages. As Chrom and the tactician fight to defend the peace, a mysterious traveler with knowledge of the future warns that a catastrophic awakening approaches, of which the war and the Risen are but a prelude...

The Banner Saga

Post-Launch Review

The Banner Saga

Developer: Stoic

Released: January 2014

Played: story complete in 9h:40min

About

A Kickstarter success now available to the public, The Banner Saga is a tale of vikings, giants, and monsters in a world where the gods and the sun are dead. This strategy game follows two groups of humans and varl in the sparsely populated north. The dredge are forming armies and pushing south, razing settlements as they travel... but even the dredge and their immortal leaders are afraid of something.

Adventure Time: Card Wars

Post-Launch Review
Adventure Time: Card Wars (Android)
Developer: Cartoon Network
Released: February 2014

About

Did you see that episode of Adventure Time where Finn and Jake play Card Wars? This game is that game. Collect monster, spell, and building cards, and battle opponents from across the land of Ooo to unlock stronger and rarer cards!

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 Triple Thrill

Post-Launch Review

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

Developer: Chris Sawyer Productions

Released: October 2002

Played: about half of the scenarios complete in 25h

About

Ever wanted to build your own theme park? Build roller coasters, rides, and attractions in crazy settings across the world, including canyons, mountains, deserts, and volcanoes. Manage your profits, expenses, and guests in a variety of scenarios to meet success before your deadline.

Rebuild

Post-Launch Review

Rebuild (Android version)

Developer: Sarah Northway

Released: October 2011 (browser version, Rebuild 2)

About

Rebuild is a turn-based strategy game set during the zombie apocalypse. A handful of survivors have secured a small (relatively) safe zone, and have begun the task of reclaiming the city from the undead. It's your job to beat back the zombie horde, construct defences, gather resources, recruit survivors, and rebuild the city.