Illustrated Roadwarden RPG Revitalizes Classic Text Adventures
Roadwarden is a fascinating text-based RPG that also uses some graphics to show off its maps and a few of the finely detailed destinations that you will visit as a road warden, a lone sentinel charged with patrolling a savage and neglected corner of a dying empire.
Dual Universe MMO Is a Crafters Paradise
After eight long years in development, the Dual Universe MMO has finally been launched. And while traditional MMO gameplay elements like questing are largely absent from the game, Dual Universe presents almost unlimited opportunities for crafters.
The Fun Builds Brick by Brick in LEGO Bricktales
Modern Gamer Marie Brownhill is a LEGO fanatic who always has a few unfinished LEGO projects scattered around her office. So, she was very happy with LEGO Bricktales, which ditches the traditional action LEGO RPG format for one that focuses on building and creativity.
A Dinosaur-sized MMO Thunders Forward in Path of Titans
People pretty much love dinosaurs, which is why a movie series like Jurassic Park has spawned so many sequels. But it’s rare when we get to see life from a dinosaur’s perspective. That is how the new Path of Titans MMO works, with players starting out their dinosaur characters as eggs and growing them into monstrous thunder lizards – if they survive that long.
Sailing Between the Stars and D&D Realms With the New Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Dungeon and Dragons players first got a glimpse of the Spelljammer campaign setting in 1989, with medieval type adventurers piloting sailing ships through space. That amazing concept has now been recreated and updated in a massive new Spelljammer: Adventures in Space compendium that is not to be missed.
Puzzle Platforming Meets Combat Adventure in the Aesthetically Appealing Jade Order
At its heart, Jade Order is a puzzler where players need to figure out how to best clear a board of bad guys as they fight the Ashen Plague through the ruins of a scorched land. You do this in tactical combat, which makes Jade Order both fast-paced and exciting.
AI Dungeon Offers Exciting, Unique and Unlimited Text Adventuring Through Steam
The science of artificial intelligence continues to evolve and grow ever smarter. So why not harness that technology and use it for gaming? In AI Dungeon, that’s exactly what the platform does, so expect a completely unique and sometimes wonderful experience playing along with an AI or in creating your own fantastic worlds.
The Darkest Tales: Spooky Storybook Splendor With a Hack and Slash Teddy Bear Hero
It’s creeping ever closer to Halloween, so we are ramping up our coverage of games with a spooky twist. The Darkest Tales falls into that category perfectly as a Metroid-like hack-and-slasher title featuring dark takes on popular fairy tales and a teddy bear hero with attitude.
Lovecraftian Mythos Lives Again in the Visual Novel Last Threshold
Marie Brownhill, our Modern Gamer columnist, continues to look at spooky and seasonal titles. This week, she dives into the Lovecraft inspired madness of Last Threshold, a visual novel that has a soundtrack driven atmosphere and is dripping in hand-painted haunting backgrounds.
Wrath of the Righteous Goes Rogue-like in The Treasure of the Midnight Isles DLC
The Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous was an epic RPG that was universally loved by players and reviewers. But the DLCs have been a bit lackluster so far. That changes with The Treasure of the Midnight Isles, depending on what kind of RPG you most enjoy.