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 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: 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…

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…

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…

First Impressions: The Secret World

30 Jun 201212 Dec 2012

I have tried The Secret World during the last two beta weekend events. This post is not a review. It is about my first impressions of the game and thus,…

First Impressions: Torchlight 2

26 May 201223 Aug 2019

It's been a few days now since I've been able to play Torchlight 2 during their beta stress test event. It was also the first time I ever got to…

Diablo 3 beta – or: Why I preordered Torchlight 2 instead

22 Apr 201227 Oct 2012

Let me start by saying that I truly enjoyed what I've seen about Diablo 3 per se. Neither bookahnerk nor I have found any bugs so far which just seems…

Warhammer Wrath of Heroes – Impressions

3 Dec 201123 Aug 2019

Cynical Brit's YouTube video "WTF is Warhammer: Wrath of Heroes created some buzz apparently. At least, in the world of Google+ and on the Warhammer Online forums. Its NDA was…