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Joined: September 28, 2009
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Byswcarter
OnJuly 10, 2021

Baldur’s Gate III Preview

Introduction Larian Studios opened up Baldur’s Gate III to early access in October of last year. At that time my computer was on its last legs, and it had all sorts of the trouble running the game, with crashes and…

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OnFebruary 23, 2018

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Preview

Introduction Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is the sequel to Obsidian Entertainment’s Pillars of Eternity, which was released in 2015 as something of an homage to BioWare’s classic RPGs from the late 90s and early 00s. Obsidian was kind enough…

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OnSeptember 27, 2016

Divinity: Original Sin II Preview

Introduction Larian Studios released Divinity: Original Sin in the summer of 2014. I was a little bit iffy about the title when I reviewed it back then. I pretty much did everything wrong during my first playthrough, making the game…

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OnJanuary 18, 2014

Eschalon: Book III Preview

Eschalon: Book III is the third and presumably final chapter in Basilisk Games’ Eschalon RPG trilogy. Basilisk was kind enough to send us an “Alpha 5” build of the game, which allowed me to spend about 15 hours trying things…

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OnNovember 19, 2013

Blackguards Preview

Introduction Blackguards is a turn-based role-playing game from Daedalic Entertainment. I spent a few days playing the Early Access version of the game, which is currently available on Steam. This version includes the first chapter (out of five) of the…

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OnMay 10, 2013

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Preview

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is an upcoming action role-playing game from Hungarian developer NeocoreGames, who are probably best known for their King Arthur “role-playing wargames” (Van Helsing is in fact the first game they’ve created that doesn’t have…

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OnApril 6, 2012

Krater: Shadows Over Solside Preview

About a week ago, Swedish developer Fatshark sent us a “pre alpha” build of Krater, their upcoming post-apocalyptic tactical strategy / action RPG hybrid. Krater is planned as an episodic game with at least three major installments. The first installment,…

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OnMarch 20, 2012

Confrontation Preview

We recently got our hands of a preview build of Confrontation, a tactical strategy / RPG hybrid from Cyanide Studio, the French developer who is also working on the upcoming Game of Thrones RPG. Confrontation is based on a board…

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OnJanuary 23, 2012

Path of Exile Preview

Path of Exile is an upcoming point-and-click action role-playing game from Grinding Gear Games. It’s planned to be a free-to-play title with “ethical” micro-transactions (where you can pay real money for some items, but those items only change your appearance…