greg-wild, Author at The Reticule

Top 10 New Worlds – No. 10: Command + Conquer

October 8, 2009 greg-wild

The quality of a game’s world can be defined by the depth and quality of its dedicated Wiki. The milestone is Wookiepedia. Anyone who’s ever made the mistake of clicking on a link to that veritable tome of largely superfluous knowledge will know what I mean. There’s pages there longer than anything the real wikipedia could boast. You’ll end up spending hours just reading through the damned things even if you’ve got only a passing interest. The point is though,…

Rose Tinted Retro – Strife

September 27, 2009 greg-wild

A short backdrop narrative slideshow, and a difficulty screen later, and Strife quickly drops you in it: An angry machine gun totting guard and nothing but a glove with a knife attached for comfort. So far, so Doom. Two bloodied corpses later however, and the next chap you encounter seems distinctly more sedate; furthermore, he wants to talk to you. Strife was a Doom-clone with a difference.

Majesty 2 – The Verdict

September 14, 2009 greg-wild

It all seems so quaint. There you are happily building up your village, nurturing a few chosen heroes to become favoured lords of the land, chirpily following the commands of a faux Sean Connery and… Oh GOD, “a plague of rats upon thee!” the game roars at you. “Defend thine kingdom from my veritable flock of serpentine dragon kin ye weedy effeminate whelp!” All the while zombies from your own darn graveyard are nibbling away at your towers. And wizard…

Preview – Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

August 17, 2009 greg-wild

Dying over and over and over. That’s what Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis was really about. Dying a lot until you stopped just playing, and started thinking. My experience with its sequel, the upcoming Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

Darkest of Days Demo Opinionisation

August 12, 2009 greg-wild

How can something that gets so much wrong feel so right? Darkest of Days is undoubtedly full of some fairly dated issues, yet I really do feel it’s got enough imagination and style to stand out in its own way.

Ya Ali! A Hearts of Iron 3 Campaign Diary – December 1939/January 1940

August 11, 2009 greg-wild

December 1939 The bleak position the Axis powers and the Shah in particular faced at the outset of December could only mean for a total strategic rethink, and despite their successes, the Allied war machine too appeared to need to take stock of the situation, offering a month of respite and reorganization.

Ya Ali! A Hearts of Iron 3 Campaign Diary: November 1939

August 9, 2009 greg-wild

With October’s successes hinting at a subtly precarious situation, can the Axis forces and Iran keep up the pace?

Ya Ali! A Hearts of Iron 3 Campaign Diary: October 1939

August 8, 2009 greg-wild

Here’s part 2 of my Hearts of Iron 3 Campaign Diary, detailing October 1939. We see an Italian blitzkrieg dominating Western affairs, while the forces of Carton de Wiart; a low ranking, but obstinate British division commander prove every bit as wily and stubborn as his grizzled reputation suggests.

Ya Ali! A Hearts of Iron 3 Campaign Diary – Prelude/September 1939

August 7, 2009 greg-wild

With Hearts of Iron 3 proving to be such a leviathan game, I decided to accompany our verdict of it with a long term campaign diary to demonstrate how a full play of the campaign could turn out, and have a laugh a long the way.

The Magic Number – The Cost of Gaming

August 3, 2009 greg-wild

With certain new games set for release at ever higher prices, while others (such as Men of War) have a distinctly lower price point and regular sales, it seems time (as ever, I suppose though) to think about what games should cost. Rather than blathering on in an opinionated fashion, I did a little survey, firing off a short list of questions to a section of The Reticule’s eminent friends in development to see what they thought about it.

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