tactics games
Warhammer 40K Now Has Its Own Master-Crafted Tactics Game
Lots of games make Space Marines cool, 'Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters' does something harder: it actually makes them powerful.
'Gears Tactics' Shows Why Gears Has Always Been Smarter Than It Looks
It's like a shooter campaign in all the right ways, but a few of the wrong ones.
'XCOM: Chimera Squad' Takes on Sci-Fi Police Work and Claustrophobic Combat
Beating swords into nightsticks.
'Unity of Command 2' Messes with Tactics Perfection—And It Works
The sequel to a landmark World War 2 wargame goes for a change of scenery, and of just about everything else.
'Totally Accurate Battle Simulator' Captures the Goofy Mayhem of Mass Violence
Nobody knows anything and nobody is in control.
'Mutant Year Zero' Is the Rare Tactics Game Where Scouting Is Actually Fun
Why the stealth-to-combat transition remains one of the toughest in games.
'BattleTech Flashpoint' Turns Up the Difficulty and the Drama
The first significant expansion for Harebrained Schemes' mech tactics game makes few big changes, but lots of important small ones.
The Final Missions of 'BattleTech' Made Me Realize What I Want in a Sequel
There's a difference between surviving and winning.
The Spy Games of 'Phantom Doctrine' Offer More Style Than Substance
It looks and sounds like exactly what you'd want from an spy tactics game, but good ideas don't make for a great game.
There’s Nothing Wrong About Breaking Games With Cheap Strategies. It’s Fun.
The Grasshopper was always a good weapon in BattleTech, but it took some good drops and utter shamelessness to make it a great one.