Wow - An Outpost Kaloki Review
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to review sites again - Jay Is Games has reviewed Outpost Kaloki.

Jay Is Games: Outpost Kaloki review

An excerpt: "Outpost Kaloki may be four years old, but it is by no means ready to be put out to pasture yet. The gameplay is solid, and the difficulty curve feels about right. The game never really seems to change much from one level to the next, but the setup, graphics, and goals are different enough to make each level as enjoyable as the previous one."

Curious? That's my mercenary ulterior motive. You can check out Outpost Kaloki here. Or you can try out NinjaBee's newer tactics strategy game, Band of Bugs, here. The demos are free, and the games are cheap. And hey, I'm in the credits - I think. In the "Special Thanks" category, if I recall. Yeah, that was me. I think I paid for half the pizza during the beta test party. Hard, back-breaking work, but someone had to do it.

While I worked at NinaBee, part of my bonus was based on the royalties on Outpost Kaloki X, for the XBox 360. Which I never worked on. So I guess they even paid me back for the pizza...

What's interesting to me is that reviewer FunnyMan refers to it as a casual game. You know, while I think it's a friendlier game than most "tycoon" games, I don't think of Outpost Kaloki as being casual at all. It has sold much better on the 360 than on the PC, which could lend evidence to the opinion that it's more "core" than "casual." But - there are a lot of factors involved there.

And frankly, as time goes on, the definition of "casual game" is getting more and more loose. What I thought I could use to describe a casual game three years ago doesn't feel like it applies anymore. Some of the best-selling casual games right now aren't too far removed from the hard-core arcade games of the early 80's. The gaming landscape continues to change.

But it's nice to see Kaloki is still getting some attention.

Labels: casual games, strategy games

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