Project Winter Reviews

Sometimes a game like Project Winter comes along, having all the right concepts but ruined by the players playing the game. The idea is solid, and you can clear

Project Winter looks and plays really well. The in-game comms system has a quite different sound design than we are used to these days, and hearing your companions voices fade out as the distance between you grows can induce some mild panic.  The game has plenty of depth and detail to make it far more than a one-dimensional experience and is all about team work and communication.  This is certainly a great game to play with friends and even people that you do not know as it will not matter so much when you fall out once their treachery and dishonesty becomes apparent.

Do you remember LAN parties, dear readers? Are you even old enough to remember going to LAN parties? When you and your friends would drag improbably heavy computers to a house to play multiplayer games next to each other. There was something magical about it, something that surpassed the simple days of couch coop. I remember playing Age of Empires 2 in LAN, and laughing evilly as I committed a massive betrayal of my team, decimating formally allied armies and reshaping the world in my image. Half the fun of betraying your friends (in-game) is seeing their reaction. That righteous fury that sweeps across their face, or the jealous indignation as they see the trap they’ve fallen into.