When I reviewed God of War: Ragnarök, it took me 48 hours to complete it. When I reviewed Ghost of Tsushima, it took me 50 hours to fully complete it. When I reviewed Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance the last two weeks, it took me 51.1 hours to fully complete it. And every moment was beautiful. Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance does its best to bring a short, yet meaningful story to the KR family, while also intro...[Read More]
I think I’m creeping up on a record for the number of Kingdom Rush games reviewed within a six-month span. It’s a record I would gladly hold, of course, as I have thoroughly if not addictively enjoyed the series so far on the Xbox. It might be the best Xbox game/series that I have played in 2023. Hmmm. Anyway! The good folks at Ironhide Game Studio have been churning them out lately, and the lates...[Read More]
Ironhide Game Studio got me. They have taken a mobile game and brought it to the Xbox and they have absolutely got me. Not since the release of Plants vs. Zombies on the iPhone eons ago have I been so addicted to a game that sprung from mobile roots. Kingdom Rush is a fast-moving strategy game that has simple gameplay concepts in its designs and an enormous casual gaming replay backbone that will ...[Read More]
It has been a while since I have had a pure turn-based combat game to review. Legends of Kingdom Rush plopped on my desk almost a month ago and we have had an on-again, off-again relationship. This turn-based combat game has a colorful palette, a cute and amusing collection of characters, a simple combat system to work from, and a somewhat Plants vs. Zombies vibe that keeps the frustration nearly ...[Read More]