Game reviews, game previews, gameplay tests, and similar, especially for games from the areas of strategy games, MMORPGs, economic sims, and role-playing games (RPGs)
In the Songs of Conquest Test There Are Old, Popular Game Mechanics Like in Heroes of Might and Magic Reinterpreted in a Modern Way, but Trimmed to Retro by Pixelart
Songs of Conquest attempts to revive the old fantasy role-playing strategy brand Heroes of Might and Magic. Explore a map with heroes, gather resources, train units, expand cities, and ultimately conquer the world.
Real-time Strategy Meets 4X Simulation in the Sands of the Desert Planet Arrakis – The Dune Spice Wars Test
Dune: Spice Wars offers a completely new interpretation of the wars around the desert planet Dune. Here, the real-time strategy is mixed with 4X elements, so Age of Empires meets Civilization. Besides building and fighting, we take care of trade, diplomacy, politics, espionage, and sabotage and keep an eye on more than 10 different resources.
![Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Review (Deutsch) - abgedrehtes Tisch-RPG in Borderlands 3.5 im Test [German, subtitles]](https://zapzockt.de/wp-content/uploads/Tiny-Tinas-Wonderlands-Review-Deutsch-abgedrehtes-Tisch-RPG-in-Borderlands-3.5-im-Test-German-subtitles-480x270.jpg "Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Review - Wacky Tabletop RPG in Borderlands 3.5 in the Test 3")
In this test of the Loot Shooter Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, guns and magic mix to create an action game of a special kind.
The Borderlands series from Gearbox is very well known and promises the finest loot shooter gameplay. How well does the pen & paper fantasy and tabletop role-playing game approach fit into the proven Borderlands concept? Find out in this Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands review with PC gameplay in the video (German, subtitles).
The action-packed shoot ’em up Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands in a detailed review – Is the mix of fantasy RPG and action RPG successful? Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands was released on March 25th, 2022, for PlayStation PS4 and PS5, for Xbox One and Xbox Series X & S, and also for PC in the Epic Games Store, a release date for Steam is planned but not yet known.
In the Highrise City Test, we see a City-building Simulation Like in Cities Skylines, Combined With Build-up Strategy à la Anno 1800
In Highrise City we build cities like in SimCity or Cities: Skyline, but with resource management and trade, like in Anno. This new city builder mixes construction games with trade simulation and mayor management.
Often you can find especially good games in the Indie Games lists on Steam. Here is a list of many good indie games from 2022 and earlier
![Submerged Hidden Depths Review - chilliges Postapokalypse Adventure im Test [Deutsch,many subtitles]](https://zapzockt.de/wp-content/uploads/Submerged-Hidden-Depths-Review-chilliges-Postapokalypse-Adventure-im-Test-Deutschmany-subtitles-480x270.jpg "Submerged Hidden Depths Review - Chilled Post-Apocalyptic Adventure In The Test 6")
In the peaceful and relaxing 3D adventure game Submerged Hidden Depths, two siblings try to save their post-apocalyptic world from a dark threat.
In Submerged: Hidden Depths, we play the girl Miku and her little brother, who together try to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Their environment is completely flooded, with only remnants of the old civilization still sticking out of the water. They explore the mystery of the dark mass that has caused the surrounding plants to overgrow everything.
![Achilles Legends Untold - Action RPG Adventure im antiken Griechenland [Beta Preview Deutsch Game pReview Deutsch-German many subtitles]](https://zapzockt.de/wp-content/uploads/Achilles-Legends-Untold-Action-RPG-Adventure-im-antiken-Griechenland-Beta-Preview-Deutsch-Game-pReview-Deutsch-German-many-subtitles-480x270.jpg "Achilles Legends Untold - Action RPG Adventure in Ancient Greece - Beta Preview 7")
In the action RPG Achilles: Legends Untold, you can relive history from Ancient Greece with Achilles
In Achilles Legends Untold, we play Achilles, the hero from Homer’s Illiad saga, and fight for ancient Troy. In this action RPG adventure, there is Ancient Greece mixed with ARPG gaming like in Titan Quest, but it also resembles RPGs like Diablo or even Dark Souls.
The Settlers 2022 – How Ubisoft declared war on one of my favorite game series of all time and defeated the economic real-time strategy game series with a dumb Age of Empires-Clone
![The Gunk Test - buntes Staubsauger-Adventure im Weltraum [Game Review]](https://zapzockt.de/wp-content/uploads/The-Gunk-Test-buntes-Staubsauger-Adventure-im-Weltraum-Game-Review-Deutsch-German-many-subtitles-480x270.jpg "The Gunk Review - Science Fiction Adventures With Vacuum Power Tested 9")
The Gunk Test – a colorful vacuum cleaner adventure in a dirty outer space – Game Review
In the action adventure game The Gunk from the Steamworld developers Image and Form, we save a sci-fi world from terrifying dirt and goo. In this review I show The Gunk gameplay, we solve puzzles and jump and run passages.
![Recipe for Disaster Review - chaotische Restaurant Tycoon-Sim im Test [Deutsch, many subtitles]](https://zapzockt.de/wp-content/uploads/Recipe-for-Disaster-Review-chaotische-Restaurant-Tycoon-Sim-im-Test-Deutsch-many-subtitles-480x270.jpg "Recipe For Disaster Review - Chaotic Restaurant Tycoon Sim In The Test 10")
Testing this time: The new restaurant manager simulation Recipe for Disaster
In this Recipe for Disaster review (with test gameplay) you can see the new restaurant management business simulation that went into Early Access on Steam in November 2021. In this tycoon-style manager game, we create recipes, hire employees, buy tables, chairs, decor, and kitchen equipment and try to make real business. This Cooking Tycoon simulation game has it all. While the customer’s mouth is burning, the stove is burning in the kitchen, and we are responsible for everything.