Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, a prequel to Wolfenstein: The New Order, is a quality first-person shooter (FPS) that ticks all the boxes, so it definitely gets my recommendation. However, I did miss the emphasis on storytelling and the variety in gameplay of the first game, so I would rate The Old Blood slightly below The New Order. This a matter of personal preference, of course. If you prefer all action all the time, The Old Blood may be more to your liking than The New Order.
– Real player with 22.8 hrs in game
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Ima start off with this
I liked wolfenstien the new order, I LOVED wolfenstein the old blood.
Part of the reason for this is, as a kid, i played “Return to castle wolfenstien” in coop about a thousand times with my father. We fought the old Helga and the zombies and occult leaders, SS paranormal division, abominations, and we actually fought in the namesake castle of the series. Blazko and agent one.
If you played single player in that game, agent 1 died in the castle, but in coop, it changed the story and he lived as player 2, which was cool.
– Real player with 20.0 hrs in game
Hearts of Iron IV
Let’s be real, you’re here because you want to finally have the chance to play as a Nazi.
Maybe you’re someone like me. I’m always the good guy, the Jedi, the Paragon, the lawful good.
Then when playing Hearts of Iron IV something in me snapped, I came to see that in these strategy games you are the villain, you are evil.
Embrace it, let the hate strengthen you, harden your heart to the lamentations of your foes, sit atop a throne of skulls steeped in blood and command all you survey.
If I’ve learned anything by talking to other gamers, it’s that if someone makes a game where you can kill people, some gamer is going to kill everything that can be killed in that game. Be that gamer, and enjoy this gem of a game. 10/10
– Real player with 3419.8 hrs in game
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after 1500 hours i can tell you the developers dont care about this game, mod creators make better and more enspired content as 1 or 2 people they charge 20 dollars for them to break your game and kill the community with there unenspired lazy dlc filled with expliots and bugs tank designer is so broken and transport planes are actually supply a whole army with 200 planes and its taken them more them weeks and they still havnt fixed it it is just a value they have to change in the game code modders have already fixed it in days sad to see that this company is all about the money so sad man i just want to play a game that is made by people that care
– Real player with 1562.3 hrs in game
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
WARNING: SPOILERS
NOTE: IOrtcw is an absolute requirement for modern PCs - it’s a fan made patch that is essential - you CANNOT play without it on Windows 10!
An absolutely fantastic first person shooter.
I’ll cover the game’s gameplay, storyline, graphics, sound and multiplayer, as well as performance.
Gameplay wise, the game is absolutely flawless. It’s a hard game, with Nazi soldiers and twisted occult monsters draining your health pretty quickly if you don’t finish them off first. Most enemies, if not all enemies, have their own unique idiosyncracies and features to switch up the gameplay.
– Real player with 412.9 hrs in game
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I’ll get straight to the point and say that if you are a fan of older First-person shooters, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is definitely a worthy purchase. Considering the fact that the game is 16-years-old, it is quite impressive to see how well this title has aged. Being priced at $5, there really is not much reason to not purchase this gem. Hell, you could even wait for a Steam sale and snatch it for even less.
Pros:
+RTCW has an enjoyably unique storyline set in WWII, but… (See first con below)
– Real player with 18.2 hrs in game
Winter War
A strategy game, with fluid game-play. The Winter War scenario is presented with good accuracy, with the large Soviet juggernaut with seemingly inexhaustible reinforcements against the smaller, but more mobile and skilled Finns.
Though the AI has its hickups, playing PBEM against a human opponent is good fun, where the scenario really comes alive. With a determined foe, playing as Finns, it’s very much possible that even an experienced player finds the Finns running out of reserves and replacements, like happened during the real war. There’s some replay value with the card system, and a (very unlikely) possibility for some foreign aid to Finland.
– Real player with 49.6 hrs in game
Nice Interface. Really like this game. As someone else said, adding the Continuation War as purchasable DLC would be great. Does a card release the Finnish reserve units that you can’t move? I did notice a couple of bugs. I played the 1939 scenario as the USSR and things proceeded normally. I then played the same scenario as the Finns and the 4 turn scenario proceeded to turn 5 and the game ended after turn 5. I could not manually save the final game. The game would always do an autosave and go back to the beginning of nonexistent turn 5 and play that through again each time and then conclude the game. I played the Mannerheim scenario as the USSR and the number of turns was right but I could not manually save at the end. The game autosaved and goes back to the final Finnish move and plays it out each time I open the autosave. I attached a screenshot of the 5 turn 1939 scenario. You’ll notice it says “End of Turn 5” and “5/4”:
– Real player with 44.6 hrs in game
Combined Arms Operations Series
IMHO, I can recommend this game with two caveats. The first is that this product is not for players new to wargames. For those gamers, Panzer Corp 2 might be a better, albeit more expensive, choice.
For experienced players, the game comes closest to Matrix Games' The Operational Art of War III-IV, although CAOS is much simpler to pick up and play.
Here’s the short-list of positives for this product:
1. The OOBs are exhaustive, and the historical units will be familiar to wargamers. The NATO symbols are a delight.
– Real player with 12.9 hrs in game
Very fun game, 10 times better with friends. Worth every euro.
Also the developers are active and extremely nice. They’re a role model for other developers.
– Real player with 12.7 hrs in game
Panzer Hearts - War Visual Novel
After finishing this game, I felt an overwhelming sense of emotional gratitude to the creators of this wonderful game. In the beginning, it sets you up for a somewhat odd premise but simple love story. As you continue, however, you are not only drawn into the world that has been set up, but you also start to get a sense that something isn’t as it seems. Without spoiling anything, the reveal of what truly is at hand is handled beautifully, and the emotional journey I was taken on brought me to tears.
– Real player with 10.7 hrs in game
I was fortunate enough to pick this game up a few months back in an IndieGala bundle and I must say it’s a crying shame that this game is ridiculously under-appreciated here on Steam. For this game to only have 17 reviews at the time I write this review is utterly ridiculous. ..Still, 100% of those 17 purchased game reviews are positive and there’s good reason.
Much like the 1995 movie Braveheart with Mel Gibson, this visual novel deals with love, war, and freedom. It is a story written passionately from the heart, and while being a lower budget visual novel, it is one that shouldn’t be ignored. I enjoyed it very much and it had unexpected plot twists and sad moments that made the tender love scenes all that more memorable.
– Real player with 8.8 hrs in game
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
To start off I wanna say this isn’t a game of high quality. In fact, I found one of the games in this collection as a mobile game for my phone first (the WW2 Sandbox one) and it was pretty fun, but had all the ads and in-app-purchases that you see with mobile games. I definitely suggest that as a mobile game because it was free and pretty in-depth compared to most strategy games on mobile. On computer, meh. It was incredibly cheap, and even cheaper on sale, which was the main reason I bothered getting it. The deal was pretty good, because this is a 3-pack of games. They all play basically the same, so once you learn one, you learn all of them. As far as strategy games go, it’s simple compared to other games like it, and the mechanics become second nature within half an hour to an hour. The tutorials are pretty trashy, and don’t cover anything more complicated than basic movement and attacking, which means it’s up to you to really explore how combat and movement work. The AI is actually pretty good, but can be predicted and outsmarted with some practice. So why am I recommending this? This may not be a great game, but it’s cheap and simple. If you’re new to strategy games, or just enjoy casually playing them and don’t like diving heavily into grand-strategy games, this is a good choice for you. There’s also a mobile version, which I suggest for anyone. If you really like the complicated and in-depth mechanics that you find in games like Hearts of Iron and Victoria 2, though, stay away from this game on PC. There’s quite a bit of content, but you’ll get bored pretty fast, and personally I would take Hearts of Iron IV any day over these 3 games.
– Real player with 37.3 hrs in game
Ok, here’s my take on the game. I’m used to playing Axis and Allies, both the Milton Bradley board games as well as the old Nova Games, which was the best…I also play the triplea version, which is excellent. This game is much more in line with the Milton Bradley games. A relatively simple game, simple mechanics. That being said, there are some very nice features that I enjoy. You can plot out moves in a step by step fashion. Moving infantry to take the first territory, then “relocating” mech units into the newly taken territory, and then launching an attack with them into the next. You are not required to to plan out every move for all your troops, they can be executed one at a time. This is definately a “beer and pretzels” kind of game.
– Real player with 35.1 hrs in game
Waves of Steel
TLDR main selling points:
1. A faithful Warship Gunner/ Warship Commander successor
2. Simple-to-use part-based building system, for building your own warship
3. Very easy to mod
4. Fight zany enemies
Now, the rest of the review:
I have been waiting for a VERY long time for any successor of Koei/Microcabin’s Naval Ops: Warship Gunner/ Warship Commander series. Waves of Steel is by far the closest to the original with considerable improvements to the ship design process. Of course, since this is 2021, it also supports modding.
– Real player with 112.9 hrs in game
This is a very good game in the vein of the PS2 Naval Ops series, specifically Warship Gunner 2. You design a ship, face off against overwhelming numbers of enemies, and then pick up new techs to build a newer, better ship the next time around. This allows for some experimentation, possibly adding dozens of guns to a ship or removing them all in favor of torpedoes. Additional systems can be added to improve radar range, rate of fire and the like. There’s no single “best” build even if the game gives progressively better options. Between flags, decals and paint jobs, every ship really ends up feeling like it’s yours.
– Real player with 46.9 hrs in game
Wolfenstein: The New Order
this game is soooooo goood oh my god get it now
– Real player with 47.0 hrs in game
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– Real player with 38.5 hrs in game
Godkiller
A heartwarming tale of the will of mankind, and its ability to persevere through any adversity. The game is fun, silly, and an enjoyable 3 or so hour experience. Take it at face value as a satirical, goofy game and not one meant to be taken immensely seriously.
Also, dash in the air to go much faster. It doesn’t always work, but most of the time it does.
– Real player with 3.7 hrs in game