tactical

I’ve visited a couple of submarines as a tourist and I’m always struck by their economy of space. Quarters are packed tight and only a cigar-shaped, torpedo-armed hull is protection against atmospheres of pressure. It’s a wild thing to think about but now UBOAT attempts to replicate it with this […]

UBOAT – PS5 Review

October 16, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged das boot / deep water studios / germans / nazis / ship management / submarine / subterfuge / tactical / uboat / war simulator / world war 2 / ww2 by Mike

I’ll always root for a little guy, especially if there’s a good idea on display. Shieldwall is a tactical battle simulator that uses a comedic set of characters to lighten the mood. Nezon Productions are a very tiny team and it’s unfortunate that this size has produced a game with […]

Shieldwall – PS5 Review

November 17, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged ancient warfare / capture the flag / greek / Hero / historical / infantry / nezon productions / real time strategy / roman / shieldwall / squad management / tactical by Mike

Mechs V Kaijus is a tower-defence game from Uruguay-based devs, Doble Punch Games. Originally released in 2018 on PC, the game has now made it over to PSN courtesy of publishers JanduSoft. The game puts you in the role of Commander, overseeing a squadron of powerful mechs as they defend the […]

Mechs V Kaijus – PS5 Review

September 28, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged mechs v kaijus / strategy / tactical / tower defence / tower defense by Richie

Royal Frontier is a strategy game from prolific Canadian coders Woblyware and it comes to us by way of Ratalaika Games. Now, we tend to review the vast majority of games from Ratalaika and so we knew we could most likely request a review code for this one but with half […]

Royal Frontier – PS5 Review

March 21, 2022 in PS5 tagged king's bounty / ratalaika / royal frontier / tactical / turn based strategy by Richie

When a game has a connection to Shin Megami Tensei I sit up and take notice. Monark is from ex-Atlus developers who worked on the tough but oh so rewarding and atmospheric JRPG series and you can see some connecting threads here and there, but this isn’t a Shin Megami […]

Monark – PS5 Review

February 24, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged grinding / jrpg / madness / monark / school / seven deadly sins / shin megami tensei / tactical / turn-based by Gareth

I’m a big fan of the modern XCOM games. They mix the right amount of difficulty and strategy whilst ‘dumbing it down’ to a point where you lose a lot of the faff and it works well on a controller. Phoenix Point comes from the creator of the original XCOM, […]

Phoenix Point – PS4 Review

October 8, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged civilization / factions / julian gollop / phoenix point / recruits / strategy / tactical / turn-based / xcom by Gareth

Although it’s not a deck builder, my experience with Slay the Spire and the recently reviewed Neoverse has helped me no end with Star Renegades which is new to the PS4. The combat has a lot in common with that style of game and it’s another Rogue-lite. It brings plenty […]

Star Renegades – PS4 Review

March 23, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / long / roguelite / rpg / slay the spire / star renegades / tactical / timeline / turn-based by Gareth

Warsaw was released about a year ago on PC and has now arrived on PS4. It has quite a few similarities to the incredibly difficult Darkest Dungeon, but has some ideas of its own to make it more than a clone. Most obviously its setting. Warsaw is set in Poland, […]

Warsaw – PS4 Review

October 18, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged darkest dungeon / historical / nazis / Resistance / tactical / warsaw / world war II / xcom by Gareth

The original Wasteland was a precursor to Fallout, the old, good ones. Wasteland 3 has far more in common with those tactical, turn based RPGs than what Fallout has become under Bethesda and it’s all the better for it. Obviously it’s set in a post-apocalypse and it requires a massive […]

Wasteland 3 – PS4 Review

September 7, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged fallout / post-apocalypse / rpg / strategy / tactical / wasteland / xcom by Gareth

Othercide crept up on me. The code came into the PlayStation Country inbox and I took a quick look at some info and it seemed the perfect fit. I’ve come around to the rogue-like/lite style of progression, it’s a tactical game which I often adore and the graphical style was […]

Othercide – PS4 Review

July 31, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged grandia / monocrhome / othercide / Red / roguelike / roguelite / stratagy / tactical / xcom by Gareth

I really enjoyed Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun back when I reviewed it three years ago. I haven’t played the first two Desperados games (or the third expansion-esque one) but quickly found myself at home with Desperados III as it very much feels like a sequel to Shadow Tactics […]

Desperados III – PS4 Review

June 12, 2020 in PS4 tagged blades of the shogun / cowboy / desperados / old west / shadow tactics / stealth / strategy / tactical / voodoo by Gareth

I don’t know many people who don’t enjoy the John Wick series of films. If you like action then that’s basically all you get with just enough plot to have a reason to keep more movies coming. John Wick Hex is a rare thing these days in that it’s a […]

John Wick Hex – PS4 Review

May 5, 2020 in PS4 tagged hex / john wick / movie licence / prequel / tactical / timeline by Gareth