First Impression Review: Equilinox

22 Aug 2019

This is probably not a "first impression" piece, since I've been playing Equilinox for 30+ hours by now. But I still think it deserves more attention than just a few…

First Impressions: ISLANDERS

7 Jul 2019

Excuse the caps, but that is how they spell the game's title: ISLANDERS. In case you've read my post about the summer sales and which games interest me: ISLANDERS (okay,…

First impressions: Tropico 6

31 Mar 2019

El presidente is back! Or La Presidenta, in my case! I know I complained about Tropico 5 and called it a waste of my money. I later did play through…

First impressions: Foundation

9 Feb 2019

I admit, I didn't even know Foundation existed until I bought it. It was bookahnerk who told me about it, showed it to me and suggested that I'd take a…

First Impressions: Parkasaurus (Early Access!)

25 Sep 2018

Parkasaurus is a tycoon game where you get to build a dinosaur park. The game comes with cute comic graphics, but it has the depth that one would expect from…

First Impressions: C64 Mini

14 Apr 2018

My brother and I didn't get along when we were kids. However, even we had some things we could do without yelling at each other. It was only a handful…

Quick First Impressions Review: Northgard

22 Feb 201715 Apr 2017

I've promised to write down my impressions of Northgard on Twitter. The game released tonight, exactly two hours ago and since it is an early access game, you will not…

Urban Empire: First Impression Review

29 Jan 201723 Aug 2019

I got the game, Urban Empire, as a Christmas present from bookahnerk. It released on January 20, so there was quite some aniticipation built up there. I had watched a…

Otherland MMO – First Impressions

10 Sep 201623 Aug 2019

Bookahnerk had told me about Otherland long before the MMO was in the news as Otherland is one of his favourite books and Tad Williams is one of his favourite…

Atlas Reactor: First Impressions Review

20 Feb 201623 Aug 2019

Atlas Reactor is currently in alpha and they are currently holding their "alpha sneak peek" event until February 24. Since there is no NDA for this event, I can write…

Sunken – First Impressions Review

31 Jan 201623 Aug 2019

In general, I really despise permadeath in games and stay away from games where I am forced to play with this feature. With my playtime being limited due to my…

First Impressions Review: Gremlins Inc.

6 Jan 201623 Aug 2019

(Update: They have added the "save last session" feature with their update on January 22, 2016) Steam's Winter Sale just finished and throughout it, you could gain Steam trading cards…

Valhalla Hills: First impressions

12 Sep 201523 Aug 2019

I've previously written about Valhalla Hills and my impressions from the outside, but now you can get an impression piece from me from the inside! I was the lucky winner…

The Repopulation – Quick first impression (Blaugust Day 24)

21 Aug 201523 Aug 2019

The Repopulation is currently on sale (until September 4) and you may be wondering whether it's worth those 14.99 € (or whatever it is for you). I bought Early Access…

Project Gorgon: First impression – Blaugust Day 4

4 Aug 201523 Aug 2019

I have seen the name "Project Gorgon" quite often before, but never actually read what it was about. But after reading Syp's impressions, I figured it's time to try it…

Post-launch Impressions: Is Trove a good game?

12 Jul 201523 Aug 2019

Trove launched last Thursday and a lot of people are curious whether this game is any good. I will try to give you an impression of the game, but will…

Trove: Open Beta Impressions Review

16 Feb 201518 Jul 2015

Update (July 18, 2015): This post is outdated! Go here for a newer blog post. Trove is the first game that I have been following this closely since alpha. And…

Trove: Second Impressions Review

17 Oct 201412 Jul 2015

Update (July 12, 2015): This post is outdated! Go here to read the latest impressions piece about Trove! Back in alpha, I already wrote about my first impressions. Now that…

First impressions: Trove

28 Jul 201417 Oct 2014

Update (October 17, 2014): Trove is in closed beta and I have just posted a newer impressions piece. Please have a look at this one, too, if you want to…

Wildstar: First Impressions

17 Mar 2014

Carbine Studios lifted the NDA for Wildstar some days ago, so I can finally share my impressions about this game. This also includes screenshots with watermarks, so this is what…

First Impressions: Folk Tale (Alpha Version)

1 Jun 20136 May 2015

Folk Tale is currently on Steam's Early Access and it is an alpha version! Keep this in mind when reading my post about the game. I had first heard about…

The 10/10 project: Wurm Online (Day 7)

9 May 201323 Aug 2019

Game number 7 for the 10/10 Project was Wurm Online. Even though the game officially released on December 12, 2012, this is not a new game at all. According to…

The 10/10 project: Age of Wushu (Day 6)

29 Apr 2013

The 6th game for the 10/10 project was Age of Wushu. This game released on April 10, 2013, with its US publisher Snail Games. It's been released in China last…

The 10/10 project: Champions of Regnum (Day 5)

8 Apr 2013

My fifth day of the 10/10 project brought me to "Champions of Regnum". This is a free to play MMORPG with a focus on RvR (open world PvP, so to…

The 10/10 project: Dark Age of Camelot (Day 4)

1 Apr 20131 Apr 2013

I chose Dark Age of Camelot which was released in 2001 to be the 4th game I would play for the 10/10 project. I played Warhammer Online for a full…

The 10/10 project: Pirate101 (Day 3)

29 Mar 201331 Mar 2013

I have played (well, tried out, rather) Wizard101 before and expected Pirate101 to be more or less the same just in a pirate setting instead of the wizarding school. I…

The 10/10 Project: Everquest (Day 2)

25 Mar 201331 Mar 2013

Everquest is the second game for Syp's 10/10 project. This will not be a long post, however. As you can probably guess from this, I did not play it long.…

The 10/10 Project: The Missing Ink (Day 1)

23 Mar 201331 Mar 2013

The first of the 10 MMOs that I'll be playing for the 10/10 project was "The Missing Ink". All in all, I had 30 games on my list and went…

First Impressions: Anno Online

24 Oct 201226 Sep 2015

I received a beta key for Anno Online a few days ago. Unfortunately, I was at work when I got that email, so I had to wait till I got…

5 days with Guild Wars 2

29 Aug 201220 Aug 2016

I've been wanting to write about my impressions of the headstart and the game itself but decided to hold off for a little while longer. Part of that was because…