Quick Impressions: Noble Fates

10 Feb 2022

Noble Fates is a colony building simulation game similar to RimWorld and Going Medieval, currently in Early Access on Steam. I recently bought it and despite liking "Lords and Villeins"…

Quick Impressions: Jurassic World Evolution 2

30 Nov 202130 Nov 2021

I actually find it difficult to even write any quick first impressions, because I don't know if the disappointment will stay or not. But it certainly is tied to the…

Quick Impressions: Mini Healer

30 Nov 2021

I had Mini Healer on my wishlist for a while now and always knew that I want to buy it! Now, I finally did. This game can be summed up…

Quick Impressions: Tavern Master

29 Nov 2021

I actually expected Tavern Master to go into Early Access before it releases. So when I saw the message from the developer that it was to actually release on November…

First Impressions Review: Not For Broadcast

4 Oct 20204 Oct 2020

Not For Broadcast is currently in Early Access. The first few episodes are available to play through already, but there is more to come. The developers offer a free prologue,…

First impressions of Parkasaurus 1.0

22 Aug 202024 Aug 2020

I didn't put it in the subject line, but this is a post for Promptapalooza: Write that one post you wanted to write so often, but always postponed. Finally do…

First Impressions: Old World

21 May 202022 May 2020

Old World is the first game I purchased from the Epic Game store. All others that I have on that platform were free games they're giving us. But this is…

Making my own wine in Terroir

18 Apr 2020

A few days ago, I looked at the Kickstarter of Chinatown Detective Agency and as I wrote in my blog post about the game, I downloaded and played not only…

First Impressions: Overcrowd: A Commute ‘Em Up

7 Feb 202016 Apr 2020

Ah, me and this kind of game... of course I had to get it! It's also a topic very dear to my heart and I've been known to have inward…

First Impressions: Planet Zoo

10 Nov 2019

First of all, please excuse me if I'm not using the correct English terms for the features of the game. I switched to the German client which I usually don't…

First Impression Review: Equilinox

22 Aug 201916 Apr 2020

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 201916 Apr 2020

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…