Category Archives: First Impressions
Grogheads Impressions! Field of Glory: Kingdoms
Field of Glory: Kingdoms is the eagerly anticipated new game from award-winning studio AGEOD and publisher Slitherine Ltd., It begins in 1054 A.D., just after the July 16th Great Schism, wherein the Patriarch of Constantinople Michael Cerularius, was excommunicated, separating the Catholic church of the West and the Orthodox churches of the East. Field of Glory: Kingdoms encompasses more than two centuries of European, African, and Middle Eastern history. According to our scribes, this game is deep, and will require close study before any verdict can be rendered. However, we’ve had the chance to go back to the Dark Ages so we can give you some quick impressions. Strap on your spangenhelm and coif and join Sir Lloyd as he embarks on this Medieval adventure.
By: Lloyd Sabin
Grogheads Impressions! Total Conflict: Resistance
Total Conflict: Resistance is a tactical first-person shooter set in a real time global world with a strategic overview. Many other games have attempted to create the experience in which the player can manage production, resources, and moving units around on a global map and then resolve combat in first-person mode. The gaming market is filled with failures trying to master this formula but in Total Conflict: Resistance there is much hope. Although the game is still in a state of early access, the player has a lot to work with in terms of features, gameplay mechanics, and more. This impression is based off approximately 50 hours of play time in the early access build.
By: Steve Keledjian,
Grogheads Impressions! The Great War: Western Front
The Great War: Western Front, by developer Petroglyph Games (who also developed Star Wars: Empires at War) and publisher Frontier Foundry, is a hybrid strategy game with a turn-based strategic layer with real-time tactical battles that unfold in the trenches of the First World War. The action takes place on the Western Front, namely north east France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and western Germany. These initial impressions will focus primarily on the campaign game play, although historical battles and single player/multiplayer skirmish modes are available for the player to explore.
By: Steve Keledjian
Grogheads Impressions – Starship Troopers Terran Command
Starship Troopers: Terran Command is the upcoming real-time strategy game developed by the Aristocrats (Order of Battle) and published by Slitherine Ltd. Due for release on June 16th, PC gamers will soon have the opportunity to once again take command of the Mobile Infantry in combat against the Arachnid threat. Eager for Federal Citizenship, Grogheads enlists to do its part and ensure that wargames – not MOBAs, dominate the galaxy!
Would you?
By: Craig Handler
Grogheads Impressions: WarPlan Pacific!
WarPlan Pacific is the latest World War 2 strategy game released by Slitherine/Matrix Games and developed by Kraken Studios. It is an operational level wargame covering all the nations at war in the Pacific theater of operations from December 1941 to 1945, on a massive game scale. Using the same game system as its predecessor, WarPlan Europe, WarPlan Pacific ships with many additional features and improvements. We took WarPlan Pacific for a spin to give you our initial impressions on just how well the mechanics of the game system translate to the war in the Pacific.
