PCGamer:
After my first two hours with it, I was pretty sure I hated Frozen Cortex. Nothing seemed to work how I wanted it to, every play went badly wrong, and my AI opponent delighted in finding holes in my defense. If I weren’t obligated to push on, I probably would have stopped playing.
This week’s Humble Weekly Bundle, Make Your Move, features a nice crop of strategy games. While many of the previous bundles have been following a formula showcasing one developer’s games, this one is more eclectic.
PC Invasion where we dish out a dizzying array of truly bizarre awards. The main point of these awards are to look back at the year with a smile and a cheeky wink.
Cubed:
Almost anyone would say that American football and cyberpunk turn-based tactics have no business being in the same game together, but that assertion is actually rather shallow. With its frequent play stoppages and emphasis on formations, American football is a lot more tactical than its stereotypical player and fan image would suggest, and the existence of Blood Bowl proved long ago that hardcore nerd and jock pastimes can coexist surprisingly well. Mode 7 Games have brought this mentality to Frozen Cortex, the spiritual successor to their cerebral X-COM tribute, Frozen Synapse. The result is conceptually brilliant, but fumbles its execution in a number of key areas.
