I’ll make my own advent calendar!
Listen, I don’t have much time.
And that includes some people I like.
*I may have embellished the actual threat for dramatic effect.
Half a year on, and there are still no contenders to this throne.
But what really sets TCF apart is its absolutely gorgeous world and weather effects.
And what a combination it turned out to be.
Arrakis takes every opportunity to wear down your forces and hit back at your attempts to expand.
Long treks through the desert will diminish your supplies.
Water is forever in short supply.
When you actually do lose units to a Sandworm, it’s annoying as hell.
But the frustration when it happens is worth it for thedelicioustension of their lurking presence.
Dune: Spice Wars really doesn’t play like other RTS games.
It wants you to forge alliances, trade, scheme, backstab, and assassinate to get your way.
V Rising
V Rising.
What a horrible, horrible name.
In V Rising, you play as a vampire.
As for the rest, the quality never drops.
Chopping trees and exploding rocks is good grindy fun.
The world is large, and getting larger with each update.
Sifuis the closest I’ve come to that same giddy martial arts-fuelled excitement.
The combat, once it clicks, feels incredible.
A proof of concept.
Sifu, despite being the debut title of its developers, does not feel like a proof of concept.
It tells a story throughout all the fighting.
It feels complete, and polished, and as disciplined and resourceful as the sifu you intend to avenge.
It’s an amazingly simple idea, executed to perfection.
Rocket Bot Royale is free-to-play, very accessible, startlingly skill-based, and incredibly moreish.
