When developer Firaxis chose to make the ‘bad’ ending of 2012’sXCOM: Enemy Unknown— where the alien invasion of Earth is successful and their PR campaign has painted XCOM as the aggressor — the canonical one was a stroke of bleak genius. It set the stage for a sequel with even gr...
The combat has an incredibly meaty and gritty quality to it that will have you scouring the map to exterminate every last enemy you can find. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition Platforms: Windows, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch While we whittle away the days...
Taking the reins of the long-dormant XCOM franchise and delivering a successful turn-based strategy game on a home console seems like a task that a developer wouldn’t wish on their worst enemy, but withXCOM: Enemy Unknown,Firaxis somehow made a modern classic out of a beloved retro franch...
12. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen XCOM 2 builds on the brilliant, high-stakes tactical combat that Firaxis reinvigorated with XCOM: Enemy Unknown back in 2012, and its War of the Chosen expansion made it even better. It features the same tension of going from a technologically inferior under...
Firaxis Games managed to revive a long-dead strategy series in 2012 with XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and things only got better from there. XCOM 2 is a harder, more diverse, and more engaging game than its predecessor. It requires players to master both turn-based strategy and resource management...
Of course, you can replace this entry with Star Wars: X-Wing if you’d prefer to play as the boring old Rebel Alliance.Read more: The best Star Wars games on PC FTL: Faster Than Light Release date: 2012 | Developer: Subset Games | SteamFTL mixes turn-based and real-time strategy ...
or you'll find the abyss staring back at you when you least expect it. Darkest Dungeon can be legitimately annoying, but if you love mods like "Longest War" for XCOM, this series is a treasure. DD doesn't pull punches, and if you think you've figured the game out, that probably ...
40. OpenXcom (UFO: Enemy Unknown) Previous position:41 (+1) Developer:Microprose / open source Release date:1993 / 2010 Where can I buy it?It's free, or you can buy the original fromSteam Revisiting Julian Gollop's masterpiece now, particularly in light of the excellent Firaxis remake...
30. Raiden X Vertical shoot-’em-up where you have an airplane and need to kill the enemies coming in the opposite direction. As you would expect, you have several weapon upgrades along the way, stationary cannons, big bosses, and lots of fun. ...
Future Perfect is a real-time multiplayer toolkit for designing your own levels, mods, scripts and even entire games, while your mates simultaneously scramble around your creations. Made by Unknown World - the guys behind Natural Selection - it’s very much a work in progress and, although off...