14 DAY TRIAL // Andrei Dumitrescu: I still have to put in the time to get through The Banner Saga again in order to see how some different decisions, both in terms of management and in terms of character development, will play out in this fascinating mix of tactics and Viking fantasy.
The combat sections of the game might grow a little repetitive from time to time, but I love the way Stoic Games has managed to create an interesting world that slowly unravels its secrets and manages to make me both sad and interested to know more.
When the battles get to me, I plan to stay in the strategy space and to reinstall Hearts of Iron III, the World War II grand strategy from Paradox Interactive, and then put the Historical Plausibility Project mode on top of it.
I abandoned my campaigns a few years ago, but the announcement that HoI IV is being in active development has captured my imagination and I want to fight a few more battles in the Russian steppes and in the Atlantic.
Andrei Dobra: This weekend is dedicated to quite a few old and new titles, starting with Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe, a quirky yet grueling air hockey game that puts you in the space suit of an astronaut stranded on an alien planet. In order to get back home, you need to build a ship and you can score parts by beating different outlandish aliens at air hockey.
When I am not defeating aliens to get back home, I'll probably once again jump into some Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and experience some of the Operation Bravo maps one last time before they're retired next month.
Lastly, I'll probably do a few more races of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed if a few friends join me in the fun little karting game.