Steve Butts Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Reviews

GDC 2012: MechWarrior Tactics

As if MechWarrior Online wasn’t enough, GDC also gave me the chance to check an entirely different, but no less awesome take on ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorMarch 8, 2012

Reviews

GDC 2012: MechWarrior Online

It plays like MechWarrior 4 and looks like Crysis 2. I’m kind of tempted to end the preview right there because, if that ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorMarch 8, 2012

Reviews

PS Vita Impressions

Handheld gaming devices have much more competition these days than they did ten years ago when Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance ruled the market. ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorFebruary 23, 2012

Editorials

Beware the Watchmen

Yesterday DC Comics announced a series of prequels for Watchmen, the ground-breaking 1980s mini-series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Hailed as one ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorFebruary 2, 2012

Reviews

War of the Roses Preview

Watching the demo of Fatshark’s War of the Roses, I had to wonder, Why aren’t there more team-based, melee-focused multiplayer games? At times, ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJanuary 26, 2012

Reviews

Star Wars: The Old Republic Review

Most MMORPGs have far too narrow a definition of the term “RPG.” For them, it seems like a game is an RPG just ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2012

Editorials

Why X-COM Is the Greatest Game Ever

I’ve been wanting to say this for a while now and, since Firaxis finally admitted it was working on an X-COM sequel, this ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJanuary 16, 2012

Editorials

Steve’s Five Favorites of 2011

This job has two competing requirements. First, in order to be suitable for this type of work, you really have to love games. ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorDecember 30, 2011

News

Epic Wins Advantage in Too Human Lawsuit

Judge grants Epic’s motion to exclude reports and testimony by key Silicon Knights expert. Though the final resolution of the case is still ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorDecember 27, 2011

Reviews

Assassin?s Creed Revelations Review

I was frustrated by the unrealized potential of the first Assassin’s Creed, but the improvements Ubisoft made in the sequels have made it ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorNovember 23, 2011

Reviews

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review

Reviewing a game like Skyrim is a bit like reviewing an entire grocery store on the strength of a single orange. The whole ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorNovember 10, 2011

Reviews

Batman Arkham City Review

I loved Batman: Arkham Asylum so much that I was kind of afraid of Batman: Arkham City. I worried that the stars wouldn’t ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorOctober 26, 2011

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