Best of 2013
Sometimes, the best strategy is to not play at all. This is not one of those times. Unless you value your spare time, because this year’s wondrous array of strategy games will inevitably gobble it up in oodles like a bull in a Chinese restaurant.
Fire Emblem: Awakeningis still kicking my ass and making me regret playing on Hard/Classic with its Evel Knievel AI,Civilization Vgot a meaty upgrade,Dota 2has consumed entire lives, andEnemy Withinmade me want to playXCOMagain a month after beatingXCOM.
And the winner is …
XCOM: Enemy Within
The considerableEnemy Withinexpansion almost feels like a sequel. There is genetic augmentation and the terrors that invokes. There is mechanical transhumanism. There are augmented aliens even more ready to wreck your day. There’s also an occult, Nazi-like terrorist cell undermining you every step of the way while you’re trying to save the gosh darn world from certain doom.
If you missed the pure bliss that wasEnemy Unknown, this is the definitive way to experience one of the best strategy games ever. If you’ve playedEnemy Unknown, there’s enough here to be more than worth your time. Maybe now you’re ready for an Ironman/Classic run?
For our community poll,DOTA 2dominated the voting and became the number one fan voted game. That was followed byXCOM: Enemy Within, andPikmin 3.
