667th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Massive Entertainment Publisher: Sierra Entertainment/Ubisoft See that number up there? Two thirds of the way through. Making progress y’all! It feels like a while since we last covered an RTS. We’ve had some games, like the amazing Star Control 3, that mixed […]
Posts Tagged ‘Strategy’
#806 World In Conflict
Posted: 30th January 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, massive entertainment, pc, sierra entertainment, Strategy, ubisoft
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#325 Star Control 3
Posted: 9th December 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, accolade, legend entertainment, pc, shoot 'em up, Strategy
654th played so far Genre: Strategy/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Legend Entertainment Publisher: Accolade There are a bunch of hybrid games, that combine two genres that don’t normally fit together, but manage it with their own spin. Prior to starting Star Control 3, I’d already seen parts of its predecessor […]
#185 Powermonger
Posted: 27th November 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1990, amiga, Bullfrog, bullfrog productions, electronic arts, Strategy
651st played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Amiga Year of Release: 1990 Developer: Bullfrog Productions Publisher: Electronic Arts Selecting the order of games for the list can be tricky and mostly comes down to what I fancy at the time – for genre reasons or because I just really want to play something from a […]
#799 Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Posted: 30th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, red storm entertainment, shoot 'em up, Strategy, ubisoft, ubisoft paris, Various
644th played so far Genre: Strategy/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Ubisoft Paris/Red Storm Entertainment Publisher: Ubisoft The meaning of ‘strategy’ is, as so many genres, quite broad. While we’d normally think of an RTS like Command & Conquer or the Civilization series, for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 it refers […]
#665 Tower Bloxx
Posted: 8th September 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, digital chocolate, internet, puzzle, Strategy
631st played so far Genre: Puzzle/Strategy Platform: Internet Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Digital Chocolate Despite being available online, this game has also been sitting on my phone for about six years now. I’ve been waiting to play it until now, until I felt ready to play it – I kept not wanting to get […]
#79 Lords of Midnight
Posted: 30th July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, adventure, beyond software, mike singleton, Strategy, zx spectrum
621th played so far Genre: Strategy/Adventure Platform: ZX Spectrum Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Mike Singleton Publisher: Beyond Software I sort of remember Lords of Midnight. I was a lot younger, but cousins had it on an old computer system and we (sort of) used to try it. I’m not sure I ever understood quite […]
#235 Cannon Fodder
Posted: 18th July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, action, sensible software, Strategy, Various, Virgin Interactive
618th played so far Genre: Action/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Sensible Software Publisher: Virgin Interactive Partially because of this blog, I started reading up more on older games, to learn about their background and find out more about them. Cannon Fodder is one of the games that I feel are often discussed […]
#836 Defense Grid: The Awakening
Posted: 2nd July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, hidden path entertainment, microsoft studios, pc, Strategy, xbox 360
614th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Hidden Path Entertainment Publisher: Hidden Path Entertainment/Microsoft Studios Although there are plenty of tower defense games out there these days, we don’t see many on the list. We’ve had Pixeljunk Monsters and one of the first, Desktop Tower Defense, but they […]
#746 Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery
Posted: 21st April 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, disney interactive, DS, keen games, nintendo ds, Strategy
596th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Keen Games Publisher: Disney Interactive I’ve always wanted to play the Anno series. The basic ideas of village building and economy handling is one that appeals to me, as previously discussed for The Settlers, it scratches this vaguely simulationist itch. Out […]