turn-based combat

When I looked at a trailer for VED, I wondered if it would be for me. I saw dice rolls in an RPG setting and slightly baulked at the idea of reviewing it. Thankfully, VED is an interesting mix of turn-based action with a heavy narrative focused around the discovery […]

VED – PS5 Review

November 24, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged choose your own adventure / corporate espionage / dice rolling / faction warfare / fairies / Fantasy / karaclan / magic / narratively-driven / rpg / turn-based combat / ved by Mike

This particular reviewer is partial to quirky retro-tinged games and indie curios, so it’s with a little alarm we find ourselves reviewing Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics, a board game conversion from UK devshop Auroch Digital. Simply described in press releases as a Lovecraftian turn-based strategy game, we don’t have much to […]

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics – PS4 Review

November 30, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged cthulhu / lovecraft / silly / turn-based combat / ww2 by Ian

I’ve never been a Battlestar Galactica fan but games like Homeworld and the absolutely insane subterfuge of Eve Online make me green with envy over tactical space sims. Always nice to look at, I’ve rarely turned my hand at playing them. Slitherine’s Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock provides me with an introduction […]

Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock – PS4 Review

December 25, 2017 in PS4 / Reviews tagged battlestar galactica deadlock / cylons / slitherine / space sim / strategy / tactical / turn-based combat by Mike

2014’s The Stick of Truth was a great game. Aside from being a credible turn-based RPG, it was also like you were playing the cartoon. The look was perfect and it was a welcome way to delve back into South Park’s world which we’d not visited thanks to other shows […]

South Park: The Fractured But Whole – PS4 Review

October 23, 2017 in PS4 tagged rpg / south park / stick of truth / the fractured but whole / turn-based combat by Richie