The Best PC Game of All Time

I’m getting old for this Saturday night drinking malarkey. I’m old before my time, I guess. So let’s keep this short and sweet, shall we? This week I put out my review of DiRT Rally 2.0 which I freaking loved! As we near launch I’m getting pretty excited to test out my skills on the Rallycross tracks against everybody else. By which I mean I’m excited to inevitably lose a lot. I also reviewed a PS VR title by the name of Intruders: Hide and Seek wherein you play as a young lad trying to deal with three strangers who have broken into the house. It has a couple of good points and the VR does enhance the experience, but as I said in the review it made me constantly wish for an official Alien Isolation VR patch. I’ve been sinking some serious time into Crackdown 3, too. And do you know what? It’s actually not bad. It’s certainly not great, but I think it might have got harsher reviews than it truly deserves. Though it has issues with repetitive mission design, lack of story and more th...

Jon Shafer’s At The Gates has had a rather long and tricky development spanning some six years, a Kickstarter campaign and personal struggles. As for the titular Shafer, he used to work for Firaxis, the same company responsible for Civilization series. In fact, Shafer was the lead designer on Civilization V. In 2012 he left to form his own company called Conifer Games which then launched a Kickstarter in 2013 for At The Gates, a new 4X game. So, roughly six years after its initial funding has Jon Shafter’s At The Gates been worth the wait? On paper At The Gates is familiar; you eXplore, eXpand, eXterminate and eXploit your way across the map turn by turn. You start off with only a single tribe available (the Goths) but you can unlock the ability to play as more by allying with them in-game or conquering them. Each new tribe offers different bonuses. Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Conifer Games Publisher: Conifer Games Review code supplied by the publisher. Unlike most 4X...