The Best PC Game of All Time

Platforms: Xbox One, PS4, PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Fatshark Publisher: Fatshark Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes Review code supplied free of charge by the publisher. Let me preface this review by stating that I didn’t play the first Vermintide game. I had a few chums slicing and dicing the Skaven hordes, but I never found the time to pick up the Left 4 Dead style game set in the Warhammer universe for myself, so this review of the sequel is coming from the perspective of a new player wondering what all the fuss is about. Thankfully you don’t need to have played the first game to have an absolute blast with Vermintide 2; all you need is a desire to shatter some skulls. So here’s the general idea; you pick from one of five characters and then team up with three other folks to scoot through levels that are positively overflowing with rat creatures known as the Skaven and humans who have been corrupted by the forces of Chaos. You work together, you kill a lot of stuff, you...

Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4 Reviewed On: PC Developer: Warhorse Studios Publisher: Koch Media Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Review code supplied free of charge by the publisher. A small development team with a vision and a huge game four years in the making that began its life on Kickstarter, Kingdom Come: Deliverance has come a long way since it first appeared in the public eye. It’s an RPG set in 1403 in the kingdom of Bohemia and places its emphasis on strong storytelling and realistic mechanics, including hunger and a compelling swordplay system. But for all of its brilliance there are a lot of flaws to fight through, too, so let’s have a chat about this wonderful, beautiful, hugely flawed beast. There’s a lot to get through. Easily the biggest triumph of Kingdom Come: Deliverance is its storyline which sees commoner Henry, son of the local blacksmith, survive a surprise massacre of his hometown of Skalitz, prompting him to seek vengeance on the man who led the assaul...

Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Numantian Games Publisher: Numantian Games Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No I don’t often cover titles in Early Access, but the simple fact is that these games, which are still in development, are asking for customers money, and thus it might be worth covering at least some of them.  Numantian Games latest effort has gotten itself a pretty big following so far, so let’s take a look at it. They Are Billions takes a few things and mashes them together, fusing a rather pretty steampunk aesthetic with RTS mechanics and then mixing in masses of rotting zombies for good measure. There’s nothing particularly new under the hood of this Early Access hit, but so far its RTS mechanics and tower-defense vibe have been executed very well. Right now there is a single mode to enjoy named Survival which tasks you with a seemingly simple task; survive until a certain number of days against a series of increasingly large and increasingly tough zombie h...

Designed by: Shem Phillips Art by: Mihajlo Dimitrievski Published by: Graphill Games Players: 2-4 Playtime: 60-120 Minutes Review copy provided free of charge by Asmodee UK. Ah, the Vikings. According to my beloved Champions of Midgard these infamous folk loved to fight trolls and slay various other beasts, but Raiders of the North Sea paints a slightly more realistic portrayal of them. Here they don’t fight monsters, they just raid presumably innocent monasteries and assault fortresses for fun. Yup, like any good Viking who has been raised properly your main task in life is to gather a crew and then raid the various outposts, villages, and monasteries at the top of the board, all in the name of glorious loot and glorious victory points. But before I go any further I should point out that Raiders of the North Sea is part of a trilogy of sorts, and while there’s no overarching story or anything there will be a small box called RuneSaga which will link Shipwrights of the North Se...