This is the first turn based strategy game I've tried to play because I thought it looked pretty darn good in the reviews. The three battles I tried in the game, I lost them all, badly, even though I had the stronger army and with the difficulty set to normal.

I'm sorry, but this game is not forgiving for first time TW players. Not by a long shot. The majority of my time playing was spent just trying to figure out the UI and trying to figure out how to best build up resources and resupply my army between defeats. Forget about trying to figure out how to manage things like technology, training, and diplomacy, I never got that far because of my total frustration in just trying to gather the basics in an effort to survive.

The game seems too much like work to me, but I can see why it could be challenging and fun for someone else who's experienced at this type of game. For someone like me who's totally new to it, and appearantly totally awful at it, I found nothing fun about it.

@gz_510:

because blowing up innocent people is exactly the same thing as posting a political meme on twitter.

@AncientDozer:

you just made jwrebholz's point.

This just made me want to buy an Oculus Rift.

@dmisino:

Grow up.

@pnova Evaluating a good video game is like evaluating a good girlfriend. If you base it solely by how they look, you're doing it wrong.

This was a very talented studio. These people should have no problem finding new work.

Valve, Bioware, and Gearbox are great developers that are currently looking for great talent.

2012 was one of the greatest years for PC games with the likes of Walking Dead, Borderlands 2, Mass Effect 3, Dishonored, Far Cry 3, Max Payne 3, Diablo III, Guild Wars 2, Planetside 2, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

What happened this year?

PLEASE Gabe! Take my money!

*waves many Benjamin's in the air*

@meatz666

I only want HL3... even if it meant it was Source 1.