Tom Ravencroft, Author at MonsterVine

PC Reviews

Monster Train 2 Review – Heaven Can Wait, We’ve Got Cards to Play

Sometimes, games sound deranged when you explain them, but when they come together so elegantly in gameplay, it’s almost impossible to sound sane about them, especially...

Tom RavencroftMay 26, 2025

PC Reviews

Drop Duchy Review: A Roguelike For Board Game Fans—For Better and Worse

When last we saw Drop Duchy, I was intrigued by the prospect of Tetris but it was also a light strategy game with building,...

Tom RavencroftMay 9, 2025

Features

Why Grand Theft Auto VI Can’t Just Be a Hit—It Has To Be A Miracle

Grand Theft Auto VI was delayed again, and there’s a magical little word in the press release that is the clue to everything: Expectations....

Tom RavencroftMay 7, 2025

PC Reviews

StarVaders Review – Explosive Strategy, Adorable Enemies, and Mech Mayhem

I might play hard-bitten skeptic, but when you hit me with an idea like “What if we made Space Invaders but it was kind...

Tom RavencroftMay 5, 2025

PC Reviews

Moroi Review – Dismemberment, Meat Grinders, and Metaphysical Mayhem

Sometimes, games defy the tendency to put them into a reviewable rubric. How do I compare an ostensible action-RPG (kinda) where you dismember yourself...

Tom RavencroftMay 1, 2025

Key art for the game Grit and Valor - 1949

PC Reviews

Grit and Valor – 1949 Review: Retro Mechs vs. Nazis

To avoid constantly repeating myself, let’s point at my two previews to cover the basics, then we can just jump right in with “What...

Tom RavencroftApril 10, 2025

PC Reviews

Merchants of Rosewall Review – A Cozy Shop Sim That Misses the Mark

Ron Swanson once said, “Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.” Merchants of Rosewall wants to be a cozy store simulator. It wants to...

Tom RavencroftMarch 17, 2025