Recent reviews by Ashton Black

First impressions.

I was never a massive fan of Factorio. I know that many people loved it, but it kind of overwhelmed me and felt a little janky at times. I did play it for a 100 hours or so.

With that out the way, I can say that I'm totally blown away with the quality, intuitiveness and fun I'm seeing in DSP. The devs have taking the spirit and quite a few mechanics and brought them into what seems to be an excellent evolution of the genre.

This is a no-brainer for fans of Factorio, Satifactory and any other factory building game. I'm going to be fascinated to see where they go with it.

As to it's EA status, I've not come across any bugs, yet, but there were a couple (not many) missing features from the tech tree. Certainly nothing important.

Update: The devs are introducing more to the game as time goes by, it's still reciving fairly regular updates at the time of writing (24/11/21)

Highly recommended for the price.

For me this game came out of nowhere. What an excellent, satisfying de-crafter.
For an EA game it's also fairly well polished.
Well worth the money.

This shows a LOT of promise. It's the nearest I've seen to a solo D&D game I've always craved. That said, this in a EA and it's short, buggy and has a level 4 cap. I'm good with that, knowing it'll be at least 12 months until it's polished enough for most people.

If you loved Dragon Age and similar titles and can put up with the "downsides" of it being an EA.

However, is it worth the full AAA price, as is? Probably not, unless, like me, you're a fanboi.

I did a good number of hours in CKII and spent quite a bit on DLC. Whilst I was expecting improvements, I never imagined it would be this much.
If this is the base they're onto a winner. Highly recommended for fans of the previous version.

A game where it pays to fail and explore. Very complex and deep, despite it being timers and cards. I would definitely recommend it.

If you played Mount and Blade : Warband you will absolutely love this. They've managed to keep the spirit of the game whilst updating the look and feel. There is content missing, a couple of minor graphical glitches, but it's one of the most polished Early Access games I've ever played.

Worth every penny.

Bearing in mind that this is "play" poker as opposed to real poker, so the players behaviour is different, I like it. Could certainly do with some sit&go and tournament modes, however.
Nice way to get some practice in.

Quite simply the best WWII global grand strategy out. Not without it's flaws, but as it matures it'll get better. Personally, I find it great. Games take approx 10-20 hours of play, but there is a lot of countries to try with different idologies and mods extend the replayability.

4X Not too bad. :-)

Well I likes it. :-)