I experienced a sinking feeling a few times while playing Naval Action this week. Mostly it was entirely literal: my ship was actually, physically sinking after a long battle, my hull splintered, my sails tattered, and waves slowly but surely washing over my deck. I had a figurative sinking feeling as well, when I first started...
On a Venn diagram, the modding and trucking communities are pretty much one circle. What Truck Simulator player doesn’t want to customise their rig or convoy with thousands of other drivers online? Yes, modding is alive and well in SCS’ sims, but the devs are set on making things easier still by implementing Steam Workshop support. The update...
The team behind Punch Club are incorrigible crowd-pleasers, which is fitting for a game about managing a shady boxing ring and part-time vigilante revenge quest. First they invited Twitch to beat the game as one to unlock it on Steam early. Now, they’ve announced a free expansion to arrive on March 8: The Dark Fist. The Dark Fist...
American Truck Simulator celebrates life on the move. It’s about mastering the details of your rig and whatever heavy load you happen to be hauling. Planning is key, but being open to the unexpected also helps you make the most out of the game’s deep commitment to its core simulation. And as Andy Kelly observed...
You could ‘simulate’ my experience of farms by sniffing a couple of trainers covered in sheepshit, but for actual land-owners, I hear farming is often much more involved. It involves animals and crops and tractors and other big wheely things, and all four should appear in the latest in Giants’ long-running simulation series. Which is to say, Farming...
I’ve been playing Enforcer: Police Crime Action, a police simulation game, and writing a diary about it. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Day 7 Great news! My grandparents have finally answered their phone, and I got to spend some time with them! I’ve also got bad news: I don’t want to spend anymore time with...
Sometimes, simply reading the title of a game will make me want to play it. For instance: Enforcer: Police Crime Action. When I saw it in the Steam store I was immediately intrigued by two things: Police Crime But wait! After carefully re-reading the title, I noticed a third item of interest: Police Crime Action Well, I’m sold. I decided to check out how...
NEED TO KNOW What is it? An expansion for Cities: Skylines that adds snow, freezing temperatures, new buildings, and moreExpect to pay: $13/£8Developer: Colossal OrderPublisher: Paradox InteractiveReviewed on: Intel i7 x980 3.33 GHz, 9 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 960Multiplayer: NoLink: Official Site The weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful! At...
Bureaucracy simulators received a new lease on life thanks to Papers, Please, which tasked players with deciding, via a bunch of paperwork, whether citizens were fit to cross a border or not. Need to Know takes that template in an interesting new direction, placing you as an agent with the Department of Liberty, an organisation that monitors...
Not convinced by space trucking? Put off by the risk of loss while out and about on the final frontier? Well, Frontier (the game developer, this time) hopes to coax you in with the £5/$7.49 Elite Dangerous: Arena, out now on Steam and the Frontier store. Arena is Elite Dangerous’ Close Quarter Combat mode stripped out and repackaged...
