Albedo is at its core and old-fashioned adventure. Above average graphics and sound help it stand out from the pack. Unfortunately the game is hampered by a somewhat clunky interface. The puzzles are not always clear and sometimes rather challenging which may have you scrambling for a walkthrough.
1849 is a simple but enjoyable city builder set during the California gold rush. You are tasked with building a town for your miners and producing and trading various goods while dealing with crime and natural disasters. The graphics are cartoony and cute and the game is easily controlled with the mouse.
This gold edition contains both a major dlc (Nevada silver) and comes with both a drm free download and a Steam key making it a very good buy.
Like the others this dlc offers a new building and scenario for Tropico 4.
The building is quite useful for a change. The fast food joint helps provides decent entertainment at a modest cost and has an upgrade that improves housing quality. Together this makes it a good choice in the campaign and other scenarios as wel.
The scenario is not very challenging, but fun nonetheless. You compete against other fastfood chains and have to make more money than them in a limited time.
One of ten small Tropico 5 dlc packs offering a new building and scenario.
The new sanatorium building is of limited use although it does provide a baseline health for the entire island which can be improved even more by adding electroshock treatments.
The real star is the scenario where you undergo treatment to cure yourself of the delusion that you are the president of an island republic. Very original and fun.
Another Tropico 5 dlc with a new building and scenario.
The new building is the Defense HQ. The value of military buildings is always somewhat limited because a skillful presidente need never face military threats during most games. When you do need an army the HQ is a solid choice because it provides a very strong infantry squad.
The scenario is something of a standard affair. You have to build up a strong army to fend off attacks and an economic base to pay for it.
A lot like other Telltale games, but with a sense of humour
If you've played any recent Telltale games you know what to expect. I've found it helps to enjoy this type of games if you think of them as a tv show or movie rather than an actual game. Just forget about the lack of gameplay and marginal choices and instead sit back and enjoy the ride.
And there is plenty to enjoy here. Colourful characters both familiar and new, exciting quick time events (I still don't like them, but at least they are well done) and most importantly an excellent sense of humour.
Recommended for fans of Telltale games and the Borderlands world alike. If you enjoy both add a star (or two) to my score.
Note: This version is activated through Telltale's own site rather than Steam or another platform.
The Walking Dead was the first of the new style of 'adventure games' from Telltale. Instead of puzzles and humour these new games would offer a more emotional story about a group of survivors in the first days of the Zombie apocalypse.
The game has its own graphical style which is inspired by the original walking dead comics. It gives the game a unique look. Voice acting is very strong throughout and helps to make you care about the characters. On the bad side there is little in the way of gameplay and the choices seem heartwrenching but actually only have a limited impact on the story.
Although the game holds up reasonably well, people who still claim this is the best Telltale game are probably guided more by nostalgia than a factual assessment of its merits. It lacks some of the polish of later games.
Paradox releases a great deal of dlc for its grand strategy game. The quality of these dlc's varies wildly in quality and scope from overpriced cosmetic and music packs to dlc that completely changes the game.
Res Publica falls somewhere in the middle. It changes gameplay considerably for republics by overhauling their political systems, but unfortunately there aren't that many in any historical start and the ones that do exist are very small and weak.
RP offers additional features for the most important republic of the era: the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Even with the improvements Europa Universalis is not capable of simulating that republic's strenght and versatility correctly. Unlike the historical Netherlands they usually get overrun by more powerful neighbours.
Yet another Tropico 5 dlc with a new building and scenario. The new dolphinarium is yet another tourist attraction (albeit a very popular one) and as such does not. The scenario, filled with funny references, is highly enjoyable.
The Wolf among us is in most respects a very typical Telltale game that foregoes gameplay and meaningful choices in order to concentrate on storytelling. The story in question is a prequel to a series of comics (graphic novels if you want to be a snob about it) about characters from fairytales who live in our world. You play Bigby Wolf, the sheriff and as you go about your business you meet characters like Snow White and beauty and the Beast.
What lifts this title above other Telltale games are the high quality of the voice cast and the game's unique graphical style (which resembles the comics). Together they make for surprisingly expressive and compelling characters that help you forget the mediocre story and missed gameplay opportunities.
One of ten dlc's for Tropico 5 that offers a new building and scenario. The new bunker building can be used to fortify positions and is very useful for that limited role. The mission is rather annoying in that it is a bit of a grind and when you finally come to the end you might find your planning was faulty and you have to start all over.
This dlc is like all the others for Tropico 5 in that it offers a new building, scenario and costume. Unfortunately the new inquisition building is not all that useful and looks out of place on the island. In the scenario you are stuck in the colonial era which means you never have to worry about happiness and plentiful gold deposits make you so rich it is very simple and short.
In this Tropico dlc you get to embrace your inner supervillain with a new building and scenario. Unfortunately the giant laser building is utterly useless, both in the scenario and other games. The scenario does offer a few good laughs, but is otherwise standard fare.
Yet another Tropico dlc with a new building (wind farm) and scenario. Unfortunately it's one of the weakest of the lot.
Whereas the windmill was a good alternative to larger more expensive power plants in tropico 4 the windfarm here becomes available too late and is too expensive to be useful. The scenario is just a boring grind that forces you to build a great many wind farms you have no use for.
An expansion for Tropico 5 with a new building and scenario.
The new Super computer building is a powerful research tool which provides a good haul of research points without the need for college educated workers.
The mission is a research race which really allows the computer to shine. It contains a few good gags as well.
The first of ten small tropico dlc's. Like all the others it offers a new building (the creamery) a scenario that is particularly suited to the building and some new cosmetic items for you presidential family.
The big cheese is a little better than average because the building is rather useful both for food variety and exports and the scenario is pretty funny.
Never alone is a wonderful game about a young girl and her fox companion as they set out into the polar landscape on a quest to save their village. The game is a puzzle platformer where Nuna and her fox have to cooperate to overcome obstacles. The puzzles never become too hard or frustrating and the landscape is lovely. During your travels you unlock videos that offer snippets of information about the cultural background of the game.
On release the game was tricky to play solo because the AI was not capable of keeping up, but this has been fixed. All in all it is a lovely little game that manages to stay fresh and enjoyable for the handful of hours it should take you to finish.
The first of two major dlc's for Tropico, together with Espionage. The main features are new sea-based buildings and a new campaign.
Although the missions are enjoyable the new buildings are the real stars of this dlc. Many of them are very useful and change the way you play the rest of the game as well. The fishing trawler for instance is so effective that you never need to build fishing wharves again.
The campaign missions don't really pose much of a challenge for a seasoned presidente so long as you remember to switch islands after every mission. Otherwise some missions might pose challenges you can't face within the available time. Just like in Espionage the campaign can be beaten rather quickly.
The espionage dlc adds new buildings and a highly entertaining new storyline. The buildings are either geared towards the military or espionage and as such are highly specialized. Therefore you will probably not build many of them outside of the campaign missions. Luckily those missions are a lot of fun with great jokes they provide a good challenge. The highlight is a missions that parodies f2p city building games. The only real downside is the campaign is somewhat short.
Although the graphics are unique and the cubs adorable this game is severely lacking in content. Hunting animals to feed your cubs is really the only thing you can do and on the default difficulty that is not even terribly challenging or fun. When after a few hours your cubs are grown it just starts over from the beginning again. Maybe the "Mountain" expansion shakes things up, but I have no desire to spend more time or money on this game.
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