The Best PC Game of All Time

Designed By: Forrest-Pruzan Creative, Kami Mandell, Andrew Wolf Published by: USAopoly Players: 2-4 Playtime: 30-120 minutes Review copy supplied free of charge by Asmodee UK. The Harry Potter franchise holds a special place in the hearts of millions, especially my generation who grew up with both the books and the movies. I started reading the books as a child, and then the very first movie came out. As I moved through my teenage years the books and the movies grew darker, changing and evolving with my own personality and views. So in other words when a game comes out bearing the Harry Potter license I’m intrigued. Once you lift the lid of the rather fetching box and check out the contents you’ll discover seven boxes representing each book in the series. The first box naturally contains all the cards you need to get started on this deck-building adventure, and after that each new box adds more cards into the mix, more villains to fight and even new mechanics. Boxes 4 and 7 alte...

Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Scraping Bottom Games Publisher: Scraping Bottom Games Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Review code supplied free of charge by the publisher Fictorum is the kind of game that’s fun for about an hour. The very first time you hurl a fireball at a house and watch it explode into a dozen chunky pieces brings out the inner child who laughs with glee at such wanton destruction. Once that initial thrill is gone, though, it becomes very clear that Fictorum is in need of a lot of work. But before we get to the many problems let’s touch upon the fact that Fictorum does what so few games manage to actually do; make magic feel powerful. I’ve played a hell of a lot of RPGs and I tend to favour magic users because the idea of wielding the elements or being able to summon creatures or just lob fireballs is inherently freaking awesome, and yet in so many of them magic feels…pitiful. Fictorum lets you blow apart buildings, and by doing so makes you fee...