Hearts of Iron 4 Review
Detailed grand strategy games on World War II are few and far between. Most present either a high level of abstraction or switch to an operational or tactical scale to…
Total War: Warhammer Review
I have fought many, many battles in Total War games. Yet, in the new release, Total War: Warhammer, I encountered three things all in one battle that I never had…
Stellaris Review
The war against the Finu Confederated Provinces was not going well. Their declaration of war against my ally, the Jabbarid Stellar Commonwealth, had taken me off guard. My fleets were…
Crusader Kings II: Conclave Review
I’ve played a lot of Crusader Kings 2. If you were to go back through my “Most Played Game” files, I’m guessing that the only game that rivals it in…
Europa Universalis IV: The Cossacks Review
Titles are a funny thing. The most recent Europa Universalis IV expansion, for instance, is titled “The Cossacks.” You would think, then, that the most important features of the update…
Total War: Attila Review
I began my campaign as the Visigoths as a horde on the run. The Visigoths begin the campaign without a homeland, sitting amidst the cities of the most powerful empire…
Total War Rome 2: Hannibal at the Gates Review
It’s difficult to review an expansion to Total War: Rome 2 without making your piece a referendum on the game’s messy launch. While I liked the game at launch, it…
Total War: Rome 2 Review
The sun shined bright over the village. Birds flew swiftly over green fields, while deer grazed in the meadow. It was a beautiful day, an idyllic world. And yet, the…
Europa Universalis IV Review
My dad used a series of spreadsheets, a bunch of historical data, and a book called Numbers, Predictions & War to develop a mathematical simulation of the entirety of World…