I’ve played enough turn-based strategy games to know that the late game is where a good squad either becomes a beautiful machine or completely falls apart. Star Wars Zero Company is no different. When I first started playing, I was happy enough throwing together characters who individually looked strong. A good shooter here, a melee…
If there is one thing Star Wars Zero Company does really well, it is making armored enemies feel like an actual tactical problem rather than just another health bar. You can have a squad full of dangerous mercenaries, line up what looks like a perfect volley, and then watch your blasters barely scratch the target….
If there is one thing that will make or break a mission in Star Wars Zero Company, it is not your blaster, your favorite Operator, or even the quality of your squad build. It is how well you spend your Action Points. After spending a lot of time with tactical games, I’ve learned one unpleasant…
There are plenty of Star Wars games I can play for a few hours and then forget about. Star Wars Zero Company isn’t one of them. After spending serious time with Bit Reactor’s turn-based strategy game, I came away with a pretty simple opinion: this is one of the most interesting Star Wars games in…
Mandate Order is the kind of strategy game that can make you feel like a brilliant military commander one minute and a complete idiot the next. You can spend an hour building a beautiful city, optimizing workshops, organizing warehouses, and preparing a seemingly unstoppable army — only to watch your frontline collapse because you drew…
Warhounds is the kind of tactical game that can make you feel like a genius one minute and punish you for a single bad decision the next. Its alternate-future African setting, brutal firefights, faction politics, and detailed base management create a campaign where preparation matters just as much as shooting skill. After spending time with…
After spending a lot of time with tactical strategy games, I have a pretty simple rule when I start a new campaign: I never assume the strongest-looking soldier is automatically the best recruit. Games like Jagged Alliance, XCOM, Phoenix Point, and other squad-based tactics titles have taught me that a good roster is built around…
Warhounds immediately caught my attention for one very simple reason: it looks like a tactical game that actually wants me to trust my own decisions. After hundreds of hours spent with games like XCOM, Jagged Alliance, Phoenix Point, and other turn-based strategy titles, I have developed a complicated relationship with RNG. Missing a target from…
There is a particular kind of strategy game that can make you stare at the screen for several minutes before moving a single soldier. You check the angles. You count ammunition. You think about what happens if the first shot misses, where the enemy might move next, and whether sending one mercenary through that doorway…
The desert world of Sophie in SAND: Raiders of Sophie does not care how prepared you think you are. One moment you are rolling across dunes in your towering Trampler, turning rusted ruins into salvageable loot routes, and the next you are watching your entire mobile fortress get chewed apart by explosive rounds. The game…
