Anyone into XCOM style games?

[TonyCarter]

Well just noticed that Jagged Alliance 3 has been out for a week...pity I need to finish Diablo IV first, and get ready for Starfield!!!

Jagged Alliance 3 – Official Game Website

Jagged Alliance 3 is a tactical game with role-playing elements, where you fight with the A.I.M. mercs your way to a war-torn country in Central Africa.

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Jagged Alliance 3

Grand Chien, a nation of rich natural resources and deep political divides, is thrown int

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Jagged Alliance 3 on Steam

The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

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[AccidentalDenz]

On a similar note, Xenonauts 2 released this week and if it's anything like the first game, is perhaps closer to the original XCOM games from the 1990s.

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Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.

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That being said, my priority over the next 5 or 6 weeks is to finally complete Psychonauts 2 and Wolfenstein 2. That'll give me the 90-odd GB I'll need to install Starfield.

 

[TonyCarter]

On a similar note, Xenonauts 2 released this week and if it's anything like the first game, is perhaps closer to the original XCOM games from the 1990s.

Save 35% on Xenonauts 2 on Steam

Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.

store.steampowered.com

That being said, my priority over the next 5 or 6 weeks is to finally complete Psychonauts 2 and Wolfenstein 2. That'll give me the 90-odd GB I'll need to install Starfield.

Or just get bigger, or more-bigger SSDs - an SSD-based NAS full of 4TB drives maybe?

 

[smallkube]

Oh yes, love a turns based strategy. Nothing has ever beat the thrill of having my whole team repeatedly wiped out in the first mission in the original xcom back in the nineties. Happy days.
JA 3 is on my radar when it gets a bit cheaper. Also looking forward to this (which is also on gamepass from release):

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Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.

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[TonyCarter]

Oh yes, love a turns based strategy. Nothing has ever beat the thrill of having my whole team repeatedly wiped out in the first mission in the original xcom back in the nineties. Happy days.
JA 3 is on my radar when it gets a bit cheaper. Also looking forward to this (which is also on gamepass from release):

Save 50% on The Lamplighters League on Steam

Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.

store.steampowered.com

I thought JE3 was relatively expensive for what it was, but that's even more expensive...although the focus on non-military skills may make a change...more like Jagged Hogwarts 3.

 

[smallkube]

Yeah, if i didn't have gamepass i might be waiting on Lamplighters too. That said, my hundreds of hours in Battletech means my overall value for money ratio from paradox is pretty good.

 

[Steveyg]

Shadowrun is excellent too if you like this kind of style but want an RPG attached. Cannot recommend it enough

 

[AccidentalDenz]

Shadowrun is excellent too if you like this kind of style but want an RPG attached. Cannot recommend it enough

I have Shadowrun: Hong Kong available in the giveaway thread for anybody who may be interested!

Yeah, if i didn't have gamepass i might be waiting on Lamplighters too. That said, my hundreds of hours in Battletech means my overall value for money ratio from paradox is pretty good.

I've bought pretty much all of the main Paradox developed games plus DLC. I suspect I probably have to name my firstborn some Swedish name by now, but even with the (literally) thousands I've given Paradox over the last 20 years or so, I feel I've still had definite value for money!