Erik Hodges, Author at Try Hard Guides

Erik Hodges

Erik Hodges is a hobby writer and a professional gamer, at least if you asked him. He has been writing fiction for over 12 years and gaming practically since birth, so he knows exactly what to nitpick when dissecting a game's story. When he isn't reviewing games, he's probably playing them.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Review — The Golden Age of Piracy

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced sets a gold standard for remakes, enhancing the original with both gameplay additions and recreated graphics.

Pawsome Resort

Pawsome Resort Early Access Review

Pawsome Resort has a great premise, but has a lot of room to grow.

Last Pirates: Die Together

Last Pirates: Die Together Early Access Review

Last Pirates: Die Together is an interesting, albeit formulaic entry into an oversaturated market.

Schrödinger’s Call

Schrödinger’s Call Review — A Phonecall Between Life and Death

The incredible narrative experience of Schrödinger’s Call is bound to leave you different than you were.

SpaceCraft

SpaceCraft Early Access Review

SpaceCraft's EA launch has its issues, but should provide a great experience for a very niche market of players.

Crushed in Time

Crushed in Time Review — Stretched and Pulled

Crushed in Time is a fun puzzle game, but one that doesn't quite live up to There is No Game.

Frostpunk 2, Frostpunk 2: Breach of Trust

Frostpunk 2: Breach of Trust Review — The Cold Shoulder

Frostpunk 2: Breach of Trust feels like a mandatory part of your Frostpunk collection.

SAND: Raiders of Sophie

SAND: Raiders of Sophie Early Access Review

SAND: Raiders of Sophie still has its issues, but the long-awaited EA launch remains promising.

Arms of God

Arms of God Early Access Review

Arms of God meaningfully evolves the Bullet Heaven genre and is in a great state for an Early Access title.

Tabletop Tavern

Tabletop Tavern Review — Miniature War (Gaming?)

Tabletop Tavern is a brilliant mixture of genres, but it feels like an Early Access title in everything but name.

Cursemark

Cursemark Early Access Review

Cursemark shines by breaking some roguelike genre tedium and going all-in on player build expression.

Voidling Bound

Voidling Bound Review — The Creatures are a Feature

Voidling Bound could use a few quality-of-life improvements, but is otherwise an excellent, fun-to-play, and incredibly unique entry into the creature collector genre.

Fatekeeper

Fatekeeper Early Access Review

Fatekeeper has the potential to be one of the greatest RPGs of the year, if not of recent memory.

Witchspire

Witchspire Early Accss Review

Witchspire is an exciting exploration-crafting game with a uniquely magical setting.

The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time

The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time Review

The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time is an incredible, unique puzzle game using the skin of a ’90s JRPG to deliver a genre-defying experience that treats the fourth wall like it’s made of plaster.

Gothic 1 Remake

Gothic 1 Remake Review — Shanked in the Chow Line (and Eaten by Lizards)

The Gothic 1 Remake is a great, if not perfect, remake of the original, which could have used a bit more time in Q&A testing and a little more quality-of-life improvement.