Erik Hodges

Writer at Try Hard Guides

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Creature Keeper Review - Fighting Monsters (With Occasional Help)

1 week ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

Creature Keeper is a monster-taming RPG that sends you on an adventure to free the land from an ancient corruption before it destroys all that is natural. Along the way, you tame, befriend, and battle local fauna while filling out your trusty beastiary with knowledge. Something like Pokémon meets The Legend of Zelda, Creature Keeper is built on a solid idea and has some great characters and creature designs.
RailGods of Hysterra Early Access Review

1 week ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

RailGods of Hysterra is an interesting take on the survival crafting genre, tasking players with surviving a Lovecraftian apocalypse and maintaining a sentient, otherworldly god train as you ride the endless rails. The game is clearly designed with a lot of imagination, and the premise alone will be a major draw for new fans looking for a creative spin on a familiar genre.
Deck of Haunts Review - A Monster House Missing Some Monsters

1 week ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

Deck of Haunts is a turn-based card puzzle game with some building elements that tasks you with running a deceptively twisted manor. As a living haunted house, your drive is to lure unsuspecting humans into your halls and feed on their essence, either by driving them insane or outright killing them. As far as deckbuilding puzzle games go, Deck of Haunts is certainly unique, built upon an incredibly strong premise that no doubt is the reason you decided to check it out in the first place.
Hordes of Hunger Early Access Review

1 week ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

Developers Hyperstrange must be after my own heart, as the creators of the wonderfully creepy Blood West have once again captured my attention with Hordes of Hunger, a horror-fantasy survivorslike with some fun twists on the genre and a phenomenal aesthetic.
Siegecaster Review - Wizard Tower, Tetris Walls

1 week ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

Siegecaster is a unique take on the tower defense genre, going its own way with mechanics and portraying a chaotic, if not colorful, fantasy world that really wants you dead. A bit amateurish, the game has its problems, but it is also clearly designed with love in every single pixel, making a game that stands out in a sea of template-built titles and games with stunning visuals and boring gameplay.
Drop Duchy Review - Dropping Bars (For my Peasant Economy)

1 week ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

Fans of city builders and Tetris are sure to find something to enjoy in Drop Duchy, a game that presents a unique kind of puzzle under the guise of a medieval city builder, delivering an immersive and intellectually stimulating game that can be picked up and dropped in short bursts, requiring very little commitment or time to enjoy.
Batman: Arkham Shadow Review - Be The Bat

2 weeks ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

Batman: Arkham Shadow is a game that has revitalized my interest in both the Arkham series and VR gaming. With a story that stands with the best in the series, incredible graphics that I did not know were possible for VR technology, and the most immersive Batman experience you can hope to get. Batman: Arkham Shadow is truly a game that deserves all of the awards it has gotten and more.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Review - Hello Again, Sean Bean

3 weeks ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered just shadow-dropped, taking the world by complete surprise (except for a leak a few days before) by becoming immediately playable the same day it was officially revealed.
Dinkum Review - Crossing Down Under

3 weeks ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

The Outback is a truly beautiful and terrifying place, even in cute little cartoon form. Dinkum is an open-world farming and crafting game set in a uniquely Australian-themed environment. Though slow to start, the game quickly impresses with its depth of possibilities and long-term, committed progression. You can play entirely your own way, and there’s more than enough to keep you engaged for a very long time.
Steel Seed Review - Ghost in the Shell (Adjacent)

3 weeks ago | tryhardguides.com | Erik Hodges

Steel Seed is a dystopian sci-fi stealth action game with an emphasis on parkour, cinematic storytelling, and its characters. To be frank, it’s a game I struggled to come to an opinion on. It’s by no means a bad game, but there are simply areas where I feel the game could have been more innovative, and overall, I found that much of what the game has to offer is going to be up to subjective interpretation.