Nic Reuben

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Nic Reuben·Oct 10, 2023

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Every single change Pharaoh makes to Troy is for the better, and some changes are so good that it's going to be difficult to play any Total War without them going forward. But the fundamental issues of Total War - mainly enemy battle AI - are far too entrenched to fix in a few years, and the bronze age setting doesn't allow for enough unit variation to make up for them.

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Nic Reuben·Sep 13, 2023

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This realtime 4X makes great use of Dune’s furniture in crafting a compulsive, busy, and well-made strategy game, but the soul of Dune remains elusive.

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Nic Reuben·Jun 19, 2023

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Aliens: Dark Descent is an authentically atmospheric campaign borrowing from both turn-based tactics and survival horror, stymied by a seemingly deep paranoia you might mistake it for one of those strategy games for nerds. It's not. It's not for nerds. It's for cool Aliens fans. You can use a controller. It's not for nerds.

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Nic Reuben·Apr 12, 2023

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Wartales is a grimy medieval fantasy tactical RPG rife with emergent stories. Our review.