Aztecs: The Last Sun — (Early Access, PC) Reviewed on PC.Score: 6/10 I’ve had this on my radar for a while, and I finally put proper time into it: about 4.5 hours of play plus a 1h30 ultrawide capture. For those looking for Aztecs: The Last Sun first impressions, this is not a scored review—just…
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Active Matter Early Access Review — Quantum Horror Meets Extraction Grind Reviewed on PC.Score: 7/10 Active Matter doesn’t coddle you. You’re trapped in a looping nightmare—an operative thrown again and again into quantum-unstable zones to harvest the namesake “active matter.” In this Active Matter review, you’ll discover that it’s an extraction shooter with a rare…
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ASKA review: a gorgeous Viking survival/colony sim with depth—but heavy grind and AI babysitting hold it back. Trailer, gameplay, and score 6.5/10.
Polar exploration, crew management, and cosmic dread meet in The Perilous North Reviewed on PC.Score: 8/10 The Perilous North brings the terror of polar exploration and survival in an exciting strategy RPG. The Perilous North is set during the golden age of polar exploration and is being created by a talented husband-and-wife development team. The…
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Impressions from 8.4 hours: bold visuals, noisy UI, and buggy—but fun with friends Reviewed on PC.Score: 6.5/10 What is skate.? On PC, skate. is EA & Full Circle’s free-to-play, always-online reboot set in San Vansterdam. This skate review highlights how it brings back physics-based Flick-It controls, supports cross-play/cross-progression, currently requires a controller on PC, and…
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First Impressions — Mars Attracts Reviewed on PC.Score: 7.5/10 I’ve spent half my life on city-builders and sims. The golden era for me runs from SimCity 2000 and SimCity 4 through Caesar III, Pharaoh, Zeus: Master of Olympus, Tropico, Anno 1404, Banished, and into modern staples like Cities: Skylines. Mars Attracts first impressions are influenced…
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Voidbreaker, the incredible roguelite shooter you probably aren’t playing Reviewed on PC.Score: 7/10 To bring something truly unique in a popular and heavily saturated genre like the FPS genre is no mean feat; in fact, it’s a rarity usually reserved for hugely experienced teams with sizeable budgets and the marketing clout to preach to the…
Ultra-authentic, ultra-exhausting — when sim ambition starts to feel like shift work Reviewed on PC.Score: 5/10 From submarine captain to overwhelmed player UBOAT wants to be the ultimate WWII submarine simulator. In practice, it often felt less like a game and more like a second job. It isn’t an action-movie war fantasy, and it isn’t…
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The showdown nobody saw coming in 2025’s unlikeliest rivalry In the crowded landscape of simulation games, few niches are as unlikely as drug-dealing sims. Drug Dealer Simulator 2 (DDS2), developed by Byterunners and published by Movie Games S.A., aimed to deliver a gritty, immersive follow-up to the cult hit original. But then came Schedule I—a…
DDS 2: Casino DLC Review Reviewed on PC.Score: 6/10 By Daniel Sarach (Reviewed on PC) Rolling the Dice on Expansion Content A year after Drug Dealer Simulator 2’s release, Byterunners delivered its first paid expansion: the Casino DLC. On paper, it sounds like a dream fit. DDS2’s core loop thrives on high-risk, high-reward hustling, so…
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PS5 First Impressions — Sengoku Dynasty Guest review by The Movie Hero Sengoku Dynasty slots neatly into the current wave of “comfy” sims, but with a feudal Japan flavor. If you know Medieval Dynasty, you’ll recognize the structure—same label behind it (Toplitz Productions), new setting—only this time you’re rebuilding a life and a village after…
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Ghostrunner speed meets Ruiner grit in Reikon’s new sci-fi FPS. Reviewed on PC.Score: 8/10 Ghostrunner speed meets Ruiner grit in Reikon’s new sci-fi FPS. Metal Eden, a sci-fi shooter from Polish developer Reikon Games, delivers an eye-popping neon rush with brutal, high-velocity action. You play as a Hyper Unit — a battle android built for…
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Portals, crafting, and short bursts of survival — launch impressions Reviewed on PC.Score: 5/10 As fans eagerly awaited the Grand Emprise 2, many had launch impressions about its high-paced, portal-hopping survival crafting adventure across themed fantasy biomes. It’s framed as a mostly linear, one-time ride (not a sandbox), with short sections to keep momentum —…
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Small Team, Big Guns: Witchfire’s Webgrave Update Proves Focused Indies Can Outpace AAA Reviewed on PC.Score: 7/10 I recently jumped back into Witchfire, curious to see what the much-hyped Webgrave Update really added. I expected minor tweaks. What I got was something far more substantial—and genuinely refreshing. No bugs. No broken quest logic. No weird…
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