December Rewards and its Holiday time! So we've restocked!

Posted By: GamerDating Team - December 19, 2022

GamerDating's December Rewards! It's the holiday season, a time for relaxation, spending time with loved ones, and gift-giving. For many of us, it's also a time to get back into our favorite hobbies, like gaming. This year, we've restocked and added some exciting new titles to our collection. Whether you're looking for the latest releases or classic hits, we have something for every gamer to enjo This month, we are offering even more games

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Frozen Flame – a Survival RPG that needs a little thawing out

Posted By: Elena Walker - December 12, 2022

Frozen Flame is a multiplayer survival fantasy RPG, in a world once governed by Dragons and is now in the aftermath of what appears to be a post-apocalyptic world. It was released in its Early Access form on the 25th of November by fresh-faced developers Dreamside Interactive. I’ll be honest – my first impression was that the game looked generic. The style was immediately reminiscent of the many aesthetic copycats of cartoony an

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November includes Core Keeper, Golf with your Friends and Moving with your subs

Posted By: GamerDating Team - November 01, 2022

GamerDating's November Rewards! It's November! Christmas is coming, games are flowing, and its time to plan your gifts! We aim to keep the subscription cost down, while we can offer indie games or popular titles so that you can game, whilst we find you a match. We offer games every month with our 2 and 4-month subscriptions. Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. Subscription grants you the ability to read

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Fueled up a chaotic couch co-op reviewed

Posted By: Ryan - October 28, 2022

Space-borne chaos or a shiny re-tread of old ground? Couch co-op party games are a small, but still popular, genre. As evidenced by games like Overcooked and Moving Out, there’s a need for one-to-four-player games that rely on communication, a willingness to make mistakes, and an almost sadistic urge to test the strength of friendships. Make no mistake, much like its chaotic forebears, Fueled Up will also put your relationships to the

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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Closed Beta Preview

Posted By: Dan and Team - October 19, 2022

This weekend October 14th to 16th our team had the privilege to try Fatshark's closed BETA of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. We gathered together, jumped into Discord in varied group sizes and chugged through the delights of Darktide. You can play with any variation of your custom characters, a refreshing step away from Vermintide.   The Poundshop Paladin, WoodTier, Farske and Zahur gathered together to dip their toes i

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Games while you date! Imp of the Sun, Potioncraft, Spirit of the Island now available

Posted By: GamerDating Team - October 06, 2022

GamerDating's October Rewards! It's October, autumn is here, winter is coming and the new games are flowing! It's the time of year where curled up on the sofa, with hot chocolate and gaming all evening is ideal. We aim to keep the subscription cost down, while we can offer indie games or popular titles so that you can game, whilst we find you a match. Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. We offer 2 or 4-

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Pokemon Killer Temtem? Ryan Reviews

Posted By: Ryan - September 26, 2022

TemTem - Pokemon killer? An indie, monster-taming MMO with PvP built into its foundation, and a full PvE story, was always going to be a sure bet for fans of the Pokémon franchise. Temtem goes out of its way to emphasise how much of its gameplay experience is focused around competitive play, so much so that it’s nigh impossible to escape, but, if PvP isn’t your thing, all is not lost! I’m not a huge fan of PvP in m

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Smooth Summer Update to make your experience better.

Posted By: GamerDating Team - August 22, 2022

Say hello to our summer fresh update!  In this update, we focused on some quality of life updates, better email interactions, improved performance and bugfixes. Our last big update was earlier this year when we updated messaging with the use of emojis, gif support, improved updates and optimisation. Now we have introduced a new notifications sidebar, improved email notifications and new anti spammer/bot measures to make your experie

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South of the Circle Preview

Posted By: Ryan - August 15, 2022

A narrative experience about the power of regret. Emotional, story-driven games like South of the Circle (SotC) are not, for better or worse, everyone’s cup of tea. Originally released in 2021 for Apple Arcade, it was developed by State of Play, published by 11 Bit Studios, and is a compelling story of ambition and love set around the Cold War. I played SotC on the Nintendo Switch to write this review and was pleasantly surprised by w

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Overcooked! Our sous-chef reviews a top coop.

Posted By: Will Smith-Parsons - August 01, 2022

Overcooked: All the fun of watching your kitchen burn down, none of the messy clean-up. Overcooked! is a top-down, high-pressure cook-em-up that pits aspiring chefs against the clock and a series of strange circumstances to prepare ingredients and cook dishes to the satisfaction of hungry customers. After each level, players receive a score and a number of stars based on how many orders were completed, how many were missed, and how many wer

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Tails of Iron, House Flipper, Foxhole and Overcooked! 2 added for August subscriptions

Posted By: Alex - July 29, 2022

GamerDating's August Rewards! It's August! The perfect time for some game dates, followed by nice walks in the evening. Our goal is to keep subscription at a low cost, offer unusual indie games or popular titles so that you can game, whilst we find you a match. Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. We offer 2 or 4-month subscriptions which allow you to read and send messages to any user, your messages allow

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Gloomhaven, Kitaria Fables, Farm Together, and Tavern Master now available with subscription

Posted By: Alex - July 01, 2022

GamerDating's July Rewards! As we roll into July, the peak of the summer season, and we have new games for our subscriptions. Our mission is to keep subscription at a cost low, offer popular or unusual games so that you can start gaming whilst we find you a match! Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. We offer 2 or 4-month subscriptions which allow you to read and send messages to any user, your messages all

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Wingspan, Cuphead, Children of Morta and Outriders available in our June subscription.

Posted By: Alex - June 02, 2022

GamerDating's June Rewards! It's June, new game time! Available for new subscriptions, we have limited stock, so first come, first served. Our goal is to keep subscription cost low, and always offer new games so you can find a match, start chatting and play a game with your date, preferably one of those new ones you've just got! Our full list of games is now available on our static page which we'll update each month. We offer 2 or 4-

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Games available in our packages

Posted By: GamerDating Team - June 01, 2022

Our gaming offers bundled in with our packages Check out our entire list of new games added and available. Our games we offer are separated between two options of subscription to GamerDating, a gold option and a silver option. Remember you can choose two silver games for the gold option instead of just one gold game if you'd prefer. Each month we add new games, restock and seek out the unusual games for those game dates and couples da

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10 Reasons to Date a Gamer

Posted By: Alex - April 13, 2022

10 Reasons to Date a Gamer There are many benefits to dating a gamer, be you a gamer yourself, or an open minded non-gamer who is looking to support their partner or perhaps even become a gamer. It is also not uncommon for couples with a gamer in the mix to convert the other and introduce them to what it’s like to date a gamer. We reached out and asked some of our successful couples to give a list of reasons why it is good to date a g

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April Rewards - Easter new games for your subscription!

Posted By: Alex - April 05, 2022

GamerDating's April Rewards! Spring Bunnies and Happy Hearts. It is the month of new love, relationships and the blossoming of true love. Love, date, game. Each week we add more new games that are available with your first subscription, and each month we update that selection. We keep our subscription cost low, and at the same time offer you games with your first month so you can play. So get gaming, get matching and find your ideal part

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March Rewards - It's spring and we have new games!

Posted By: Alex - March 09, 2022

GamerDating's Spring March Rewards! It's spring, everyones talking about Elden Ring, and it's time to give them a ring!. Sorry, I couldn't resist. The rhymes flowed, and I was on the road to overload .. and... and... and it's time to, just get on with this update so you can go on a Game Date. Each week we add more new games that are available with your first subscription, and each month we update that selection. We keep our subscription

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Valentines February Rewards - Latest games for you!

Posted By: Alex - February 16, 2022

  GamerDating's Valentines February Rewards!   Happy Valentines Day, and if you are here, maybe you have yet to reach out and connect with your potential special co-op gamer. Well reach out now! Each week we add more new games that are available with your subscription, and each month we update the selection. This month we've added a selection of new games, but also a selection of ideal co-op games or games to have

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Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall - Swing and a Miss

Posted By: Alex - February 16, 2022

Swing and a miss, but literally. Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall is a VR-exclusive action-adventure game. A game that I was super excited about, because who doesn't enjoy being a Stormcast Eternal! When the combat worked, it felt great, but the game didn't support that! I was super stoked for this, as a fan of all things Warhammer I leapt into the game with excitement, looking forward to playing a skilled Lord-Arcanum of

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Pupperazzi, cute game of dog photography

Posted By: Ryan - January 26, 2022

A wholesome, casual video game for lovers of dogs and photography everywhere. This review was written based on my experiences playing the Xbox Game Pass version on an Xbox One X. Pupperazzi has a simple premise: take pictures of adorable dogs. That’s it. There’s no overarching story, there’s barely any lore to speak of, and that’s okay. The world has been a dark place in the past few years and sometimes it’s ni

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Cities: Skylines Review

Posted By: Joe "Xirta" - June 11, 2015

Cities:Skylines is a game that is advertised as “A modern take on the classic city simulation”, and at first seems to be just that. After playing it, however, I would describe it more as an advanced and complex modern take on the classic city simulation, as it is so much more than a simple current-day version of this style of game. The roads, the services, the transportation... all these things make this game stand out from the others of its kind. They make it unique and make you want to sit down and enjoy building the city that you imagine, be it powered with natural power or using the fuels of the world you have picked, a city made for industry alone or made with an appreciation of beauty and natural surroundings mixed in with modern society. Every step made in the game is your choice alone.

 

One thing I really like about this game is its attention to detail, enhanced by its graphics. At the most zoomed out view you see it as just a map of the city, which is a nice look when you are trying to plan your city and its future expansion; when you zoom in you see the fine detail of each building . It’s nothing game changing, but it is a nice thing that if you wish you could experience the look and feel first-hand of your city. I was rather amazed at this when I first looked into it because of the level of detail: the windows even show reflections, and you can click on each person to see their name, their occupation, the name of their residence and even what is on their agenda currently.

When you begin the game you think “hey, this is rather simple,! Place a little housing there... a little shopping area here... and let’s give them somewhere to work...”, but as the game progresses it increases in complexity as well, and I found it both a challenging and fun thing to have to care about each feature that needs to be in place, in a well-run city: from places to educate inhabitants to places to bury them, all aspects need to be taken into account to make sure your people stay happy and want to live in your city. It might sound easy but you quickly realize that having thousands of people waiting around for a dead person to be picked up can prove fatal for your inhabitants.

 

As you start playing you will realise the choices you need to make and the planning involved. Even simply dealing with the water in your city requires some detailed planning, and this is an example of something this game makes you really think about. It encourages careful thought about in-depth details, including the direction the water is running in the rivers so as to not contaminate your own water supply. It may seem like a minor detail to some, but for me it added a nice realism to this game.

There were few things about this game that annoyed me, but one was the arduous task of trying to connect the transportation (ferries, trains, etc) to the city: sometimes people seemed to go out of their way just to exit the city, re-enter it via a road made for connecting these transportation buildings, and then just travel in circles back into the city just to rejoin the road around again… But why judge my virtual city inhabitants on their hobbies, when here I am having fun trying to build roads for said virtual inhabitants?

 

Cities: Skylines has an in-game version of Twitter called “Chirper”, which provides you with much-needed information regarding things such as services and lack thereof (e.g. power and water), but it can also provide a lot of annoyance because the inhabitants using Chirper often repeat themselves even when the changes are not something you wish to make. The game gives you the function to turn off the messages, but I feel that if I accidently disconnect a part of the city from the powerlines I’m going to need to know that before I lose a section of my populace, so I choose to keep Chirper activated.

You can use “Info views” to change how you see the city, in which you have the ability to check things such as pollution levels, volumes of traffic (which is really handy so you can see which parts of your city need some new roads in order to reduce the congestion and increase the flow of traffic) and which parts of the city are happy/unhappy with the city services. This then allows you to plan the addition of more services into the area, which can result in an instant change so you can actually see the improvements one building has made to the area.

 

One major flaw I experienced, is that when I attempted to “de-zone” an area, be it industrial or residential, it kept resetting to a residential location: a house would just suddenly appear again and paint its squares the green colour (associated with residential zones) it was before I took it away. I had to keep removing it then build a road across it just so it would accept the zone was no longer assigned. This was the only bug I I found, which mean this game is pretty solid.

Whilst we are on the subject of flaws I would like to add my displeasure that more or less everything needs to be built with a road attached to it. For some things I can understand, but I don’t understand why I cannot make a park made from nine attached playgrounds or the like to make it look nice to me, or perhaps a large area of park surrounded on each side by office buildings just like you might get in real life. At the end of the day I want my people to have a green paradise in the centre of modern society.

This game is valued at £22.99, from which I would say I managed to get some 21 hours before I felt the game lost its magic for me, but  for most of those hours I found myself attached and did not want to stop: my mind was filled with road plans, new energy networks and the like. When I write about planning major highways and intersections it may not sound that interesting, but when the city’s inhabitants demand raw resources then – by gosh –I am going to completely restructure a road that will go under the land or over a river and connect them to the place they need shipments from! Because this aspect of the game was really fun.

 

The thing that does increase the value of Cities: Skylines is that it is played via Steam. This means that you have the Steam workshop available, which gives you access to download mods that give it a new fresh feeling again, or simply might include more types of roads for those that are serious about road planning and wish to get some extra road types or some more fancy intersections.

The game comes with the functions to modify maps or assets, so you can tailor the game to your own liking even more, which can potentially prolong a game’s play time a lot! Some other nice functions I found are the ability to turn on infinite money or make it so every progression goal is unlocked, meaning you can just build your perfect city without the challenge, which can be rather relaxing if you want to play more for the creation of the city than the creation of a living city. What I find scary is that there is a mode to make the game even more challenging. This is the first time I think I can say there must be some hardcore building gamers out there!

So I’m going to list out some of the pros and cons of this game.

Pros:

  • Excellent road planning challenge.
  • Nice environment details such as water levels, flows and better wind areas.
  • Choices between fossil fuel or green energy.
  • Ability to play for a casual fun city build or the complex runnings of an industrial city.
  • Easy modding.
  • Great interface to see different types of information.

Cons:

  • Restricted building to roadsides
  • Driving in circles unless created so it cannot happen.

 

Overall I very much enjoyed this game, and by no means am I solely a sim player, yet it appealed to me very much. This game is one that can be played in small or large amounts and is easy to just open and play from when you last saved. I think the kinds of people that would get the most from this game are those who really get the fun from creating a plan inside their mind and being able to recreate it, but at the same time even if you just wish to build whatever makes you happy it also gives you that ability by giving you the money and all the buildings to just paint the land with whatever you have imagined for it.

Thank you to Xirta for his reivew. If interested in Cities Skyline, you can pick up Cities Skylines for free in our subscription packages for GamerDating.com

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