Tactical Troops: Anthracite Shift appears to share a fair amount of DNA with Door Kickers – no bad thing. The question “How deeply simmed are the aircraft in imminent Cliffs of Dover expansion IL-2 Sturmovik: Desert Wings – Tobruk?” is answered very succinctly by the dancing altimeter and air speed gauge needles at the start of this trailer. The work of a team of third-year game development students from the Netherlands, it features a lovely Western Isles-inspired map that I can't buzz without picturing gun-runners, wreckers, and wickermen. O is for Over the sea to SKYEįorgiving flight freebie SKYE is 'just' a cockpit view, a proper flight model, and a pulpy 1930s plot away from being the Crimson Skies spiritual sequel I've lost all hope of seeing in my lifetime. N is for Needs more cowbellĪnd more physics, wolves, and wingsuits. What I'd give to read a Stuart Campbell review of the latest Blocks title, Hammer of the Scots. Furious players converged on the company's Epsom HQ but dispersed after the losses predictor indicated an attack would be costly and cause little damage. Slitherine Software turned 20 late last month and - according to my mate, Barry - marked the occasion by replacing all Allied AFVs in Panzer Corps 2 with T20 Medium Tanks for a 24-hour period. If wargames have an obverse, it's this soothing £4 fish tending sim. Once his wellbeing levels are high enough I'll be able to furnish him with a companion. Ha-Go (well, actually “Ha Go” because hyphens aren't allowed) is one of My Koi's exceedingly pretty, pool-penned piscine Tamagotchi. ![]() Between “Marvel that my ancient self-built and much-travelled rig has booted up yet again” and “Check emails” there's now “Feed Ha-Go”. Since Wednesday my morning routine has included a new activity. A few hours with the demo this weekend should tell me all I need to know. The Feud: Wild West Tactics looks like it could make an old Gunslinger very happy. Instead it's the latest in a long line of adventure games that mounting frustration combined with an allergy to walkthroughs has prompted me to abandon. If The Procession to Calvary's difficulty curve didn't climb like a spooked skylark about four hours into the story, Joe Richardson's uncommonly amusing Renaissance art safari would have been a shoo-in for my game of the year. “Sweet is war to them that know it not” Erasmus of Rotterdam I is for I refuse to jump into that canal again As long as Oliver Keppelmüller realises that not everyone shares his enthusiasm for detail and busywork (fingers-crossed for extensive delegation options) all should be well. Less than a month away, Grand Tactician: The Civil War threatens to make all previous ACW wargames redundant. G is for Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) Put your thinking cap on, and your musing trousers, deductive socks, and investigative kaftan before attempting this week's extra-large co-op puzzle. Tank Crew's tenth and final steed is the Ferdinand, a petrol-electrical tank destroyer with formidable firepower, tough armour, and the agility/vim of a Galapagos Tortoise. ![]() E is for Electric ElefantĬombining internal combustion engines with electric traction motors worked well enough in early diesel locos and hybrid cars, but when Ferdinand Porsche tried it with AFVs during WW2 the results were disappointing. Yesterday, disrupted Dutch simwrights VSTEP announced that they were halting development of NAUTIS Home for the moment in order to focus on meeting the needs of commercial customers. D is for Dutch declarationĬovid-19 has scuppered chances of a Ship Simulator sequel any time soon. It has no structure.” - makes mine look positively mealy-mouthed. ![]() His searing review - “What makes Greyhound a terrible movie is that it has no sense of how to be a movie. No stranger to naval sims, Quarter to Three's Tom Chick thought even less of Tom Hank's rudderless destroyer film than I did. Hopefully Cobble will heed the deluge of complaints and, at the very least, offer the old UI as an option. Fuelling and oiling have also been needlessly streamlined. ![]() Having gained brownie points by announcing a free Bristol Blenheim, the code inheritors immediately set about haemorrhaging them by replacing the game's charming clipboard with something far less in tune with the subject matter. Welcome to the cosy corner of RPS where the vehicular is valued, the historical is hallowed, and the paragraphs are shorter than 7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 37 L/24 barrels.Ĭobble Games' unsolicited UI Update for Plane Mechanic Simulator (only £4 at present on Steam) has gone down like a lead barrage balloon. A is for Alphabetised wargame and sim news.
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