148th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2002 Developer: The Creative Assembly Publisher: Activision Right, here’s another game that came up randomly, but happened to be a game in a series one of us already loved (this time, perhaps surprisingly, not me). The Total War series is a historical strategy series, […]
Posts Tagged ‘Strategy’
#503 Medieval: Total War
Posted: 17th May 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2002, activision, pc, Strategy, The Creative Assembly
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#713 Jeanne d’Arc
Posted: 1st May 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2006, Level-5, playstation portable, RPG, Strategy
142nd played so far Genre: Strategy/Role-Playing Game Platform: Playstation Portable Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Level-5 Publisher: Sony Right, this is a bit unfair isn’t it. Not only does this game cross the generation line compared to Advance Wars but it also incorporated RPG elements into its turn-based strategy framework. Still Jeanne d’Arc is one […]
#487 Advance Wars
Posted: 27th April 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2001, game boy advance, intelligent systems, Strategy
141st played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Game Boy Advance Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo Whilst we have been playing some handheld games recently (like Edge and LocoRoco 2) this is a group of platforms that we tend to neclect in favour of the PC or home consoles. This was noticed […]
134th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Maxis Publisher: Maxis It is hard to really remember a time before the market was completely saturated with managament simulation games. Whenever you go to a Game (or even a Morrisons) to peruse a special offer for PC games you will see […]
#203 Civilization
Posted: 15th February 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1991, civilization, microprose, pc, Strategy
123rd played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1991 Developer: MicroProse Publisher: Microprose I have a slight confession to make here. While early on we said we’d play a game for five hours or until we completed it, we haven’t always followed is as strictly – if we got a good idea, […]
#119 Defender of the Crown
Posted: 10th January 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1986, Kellyn Beck, Strategy, Various
114th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Kellyn Beck Publisher: Cinemaware Here’s a bit of a blast from the past for me. You see, Defender of the Crown is one of those games I played lots on the NES (borrowing it several times) and one of the games I […]
#366 Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
Posted: 5th June 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, electronic arts, Firaxis Games, pc, Strategy
59th game played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Firaxis Games Publisher: Electronic Arts Trust me, it’s a wonder we got this out there. Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri is, in brief, Civilization… in space! What it does, though, aside from changing the graphics, technologies, units and texts to be more […]
#955 Plants vs. Zombies
Posted: 8th May 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2009, pc, popcap, Strategy
52nd game played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: PopCap Games Publisher: PopCap Games It is time yet again for us to step into the realm of strategy games. Seeing how over 11% of games on the list fall into this genre it is a path we need to tread […]
#757 Desktop Tower Defense
Posted: 18th April 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2007, internet, Strategy
47th game played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Internet Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Paul Preece Publisher: Kongregate Desktop Tower Defense is a tower defense strategy game with a focus on ‘mazing’ the enemies – forcing their path to change based on the towers you build. The ‘desktop’ in the title isn’t referring to where […]
#49 Archon
Posted: 10th April 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, atari, electronic arts, fighting, free fall associates, Strategy, Various
45th game played so far Genre: Fighting/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Free Fall Associates Take chess. Add an extra row to the board, with a few more pieces. Change the looks of them, to divide them visually and give them seperate abilities.ย Have pieces battle each other instead of automatically capturing others.ย […]