Wargroove 2 is mixing up Advance Wars tactics with pirates and giant squids
The next Wargroove is also getting a roguelike mode
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The next Wargroove is also getting a roguelike mode
Over the years, it’s become apparent many of Destiny 2‘s monetisation tactics are based on mobile game strategies that reward grind and time-gate content. Unfortunately, finding ways to maximise a player’s time in the game hinders its status as one of the best free PC games available if the primary focus isn’t first on making the experience overall enjoyable.
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I did not expect the next game from The Lion’s Song devs Mi’pu’mi Games to be a turn-based tactical folktale, but cor, Howl sure does tick a heck of a lot of boxes for me. Due out later this year, you play a deaf hero in search of a cure to a sinister ‘howling plague’ that’s devastated the land around you and turned all its inhabitants into blood-thirsty beasts – and having played its first chapter last week, its combination of tight planning, grid-based shoving and limited ammo a la Into The Breach is very, very moreish indeed. Definitely one to watch for strategy game fans.
Xenonauts 2 Early Access is just about ready to make first contact, scheduled for launch in the second quarter of the year. It’s been a long time coming: first announced in 2016, it had a massively successful crowdfunding campaign in 2018, and like the first Xenonauts, it’s a sci-fi strategy game with old-school XCOM sensibilities.
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Shadow Tactics is such a good real-time tactics stealth strategy game that it rejuvenated the genre. There’s a chance you already own the sneaky samurai sim, however, and much less of a chance that you own its standalone expansion, Aiko’s Choice. It’s the latter that is currently being given away for free over on the Epic Games Store.
If that’s not enough, wonderful slapstick spaceship builder Kerbal Space Program is free, too.