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16 Games Considered

16 Options ConsideredPriceSteam RatingGenre
Company of Heroes 2
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Civilization V
Very Positive4X
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Very PositiveRTS
Insurgency
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Arma 3
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Company of Heroes 2

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Tons of replayability thanks to DLC

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While DLC has the potential to introduce imbalance, with purchased items that give advantage, so far CoH 2 has not had this issue. What it does offer through DLC is new campaigns and features such as Twitch support. This allows for more to be added to the game to do and see, which keeps players th...
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Great multiplayer

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The multiplayer of the game tends to be where the majority of fun can be seen. While single player is a worthwhile en-devour in the game, it just can not stand up against playing with real people. The included multiplayer has plenty of competitive maps as well as a section of co-op maps that are s...
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More of a focus on smart planning over APM

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Company of Heroes 2 is an RTS game that focuses more on smart decision making of micro unit control over macro control and actions per minute. This allows for a more deep strategy to the game as user will need to think aggressively and quickly. Strategy plays a big part as units can utilize cover...
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Top of its class in graphics for an RTS

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While not a huge improvement over the first game in the series (Company of Heroes), the graphics to be found in CoH2 are still quite astounding for an RTS. Being that the genre tends to have many moving parts in any given level, the graphics tend to take a backseat to gameplay, but CoH 2 decided to...
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Control large amount of units

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Upped from the original game the player is able to control up to 135 units, which is quite a lot of micromanagement for those that are interested.
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Flame weapons feel over powered

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When facing off against units or vehicles that use flame weapons, the users troops can be killed a little too quickly. being that the weapons can often come out of nowhere, it can be frustrating as the level will most likely need to be replayed with the knowledge that flame weapons will be coming u...
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Gameplay can be quite hectic

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Some of the missions in the game can require the player to keep track of up to 135 units at once, on three different fronts at that , which can be difficult to manage. While not completely unmanageable, this is something to consider for those that want something a bit more simplistic out of their R...
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Poor cutscenes

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The cutscenes, even though they are not animated with the in game engine look pretty abysmal. Why they are animated so poorly is unknown, but it definitely stands out.
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Steam Rating:Mixed
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Civilization V

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Fantastic tactical combat

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Civilization V has a great combat system that feels very tactical over previous versions as there is no stacking of troops, but with the new hexagonal grid players can surround enemies as well as allow for better tactics when planning attacks.
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Beautiful graphics

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From the players cities and armies to the lush landscape, Civilization is quite a beautiful game for those with systems powerful enough to push the graphics to the limit. Even when on lower graphical settings the game looks lush and well animated.
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Endless scenarios and replayability

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Civilization V has a large assortment of nation leaders to choose from that have an even bigger assortment of scenarios that are able to play out for said leaders. Each game can be quite unique in this way as each leader allows for a different nation to be controlled.
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Customization through policies

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Policies are used as a tool to gain a variety of customizations that benefit ones society. There is a branching tree of policies that will allow the user to pick certain aspects that will suit them best such as adding law or religion to ones society which will give gains in certain aspects.
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One unit per tile

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Civ 5 restricts you to having one unit per tile, but has an AI unable to handle that restriction well, and doesn't even have decent pathing for units. Late game becomes a slog of ordering each unit individually due to poor pathing.
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No steam workshop support on Linux 

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The Linux port currently does not support steam workshop, and as the mac port made by the same developers has not received workshop support despite having been out for several years, it is unlikely that it ever will. Though there are unofficial workarounds to get the mods working.
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Most victories won by timed or military victory

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It can be pretty difficult to win by diplomacy or culture which does add some challenge to the game but it can get tiresome if one keeps winning by only military or timed victories.
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No stats on other Civ attitudes

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Unlike past Civilization games there are no longer stats on the attitudes of the players surrounding Civilizations. This allowed one to see how each other nation felt about the player, but now that it is gone one has to guess, which is definitely not as helpful.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
Genre:4X
Co-Op:2 to 21 Player Online / LAN
Controller Support:Steam Controller Officallly supported
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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

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Diplomacy used in a smart way

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Different factions will send you quests that may effect your relationship with other factions meaning you will have to choose who best to make a friend or make an enemy when taking these missions. This bit of strategy can greatly change the outcome of a game depending on how well you have chosen w...
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Leisurely real time combat

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The large scale of the game controlling fleets in may solar systems allows for a leisurely pace to play, which makes for worthwhile way of controlling ones ships across multiple places. This makes for less stress in the game due to how intuitive and evenly paced the game is.
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Very long games

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A game can last upwards of 4 hours for the medium/larger games. This can be a detriment for those that do not have the time to sit down and play a four hour game.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
Genre:RTS
Co-Op:Yes
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Insurgency

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Cross-platform

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Works on Windows and OSX with Linux support planned.
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Everyone has a different class

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When teams are set up the game does not allow multiple people to have the same class chosen for their character which makes for a great way to ensure teams are not imbalanced.
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Engaging gunplay

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Leaning towards being more realistic the gunplay is slow and measured, just as one would treat a real gun. This makes for an immersive experience due to how real it feels as well as how different it is from most FPS games.
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Mature community

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Insurgency's players seem to be a lot more mature and respectful compared to what's commonly expected in online shooters making the communicating both on forums and in-game more enjoyable.
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Steam VoIP support

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Insurgency has Steam integration that allows for easy VoIP communication.
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Hard to get in

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Hard to get in

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Even with experience in other fps games poor maps knowledge (they are quite complex) and tactical approach require quite a few hours of learning the game mechanics before you start having actual fun
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Requires a good team

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To truly play this game you need to use communication in order to plan out how to win accordingly. This is a task undertaken by groups of people that are familiar with one another over random people playing together.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
Co-Op:8 Player Online / 8 PLayer LAN
Controller Support:Full
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Arma 3

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Best in class authenticity

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ARMA 3 is built as a simulation-type game and features rather tactical gameplay with a slow pace. The developers use real-life military weapons, equipment and vehicles. Even some of the environments in the game are virtually indistinguishable from their real-life counterpart. ARMA 3's gameplay...
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Underwater gameplay

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ARMA 3 features underwater gameplay with diving gear and underwater weapons. Underwater gameplay is noticeably different, because it uses a third movement axis.
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Huge open maps

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As ARMA 3 is an open-world experience, singleplayer missions are not as linear and take place in the same map area as the game's multiplayer mode. There are a couple of different islands to explore in ARMA 3, including Altis which has a size of over 100 square miles (270 km²). Stratis is the sm...
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Huge amount of mods and add-ons available

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The modding community of ARMA 3 is quite large, with multiple online communities and free tools provided by Bohemia - the developers of ARMA 3. At the time of writing, there are 115 mods available on ModDB and over 23500 mods in the Steam Workshop.
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No player limit in multiplayer games

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ARMA 3 doesn't impose restrictions on its servers, allowing for a true sandbox experience with a large population. Battles can be fought with hundreds or even thousands of players; multiplayer warfare is definitely large-scale.
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Long single-player campaign

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The average playtime for the single-player campaign (referred to as 'Main Story) of ARMA 3 clocks in at just under 20 hours, while a 100% complete playthough of the campaign averages 39 hours of playtime.
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Steep learning curve

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The tactical aspect of ARMA 3 is also portrayed in the somewhat difficult controls and steep learning curve of the game. For example, a lot of different buttons and keystrokes have to be remembered for all the different commands, equipment options and vehicle controls. There is no in-game tutorial,...
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Framerate isn't consistent

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ARMA suffers from some framerate issues, with very variable results in both single- and multiplayer situations. Often the game will perform well in multiplayer, while dropping down to a severely worse framerate in a single player mission. Similar problems occur vice versa as well, which results in...
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
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Wolfenstein: The New Order

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Well written and acted

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The story in the game is well fleshed out. It is a fictional story about if the Nazis took over the world after WWII, which is not a new premise, but has so many little touches that really create an immersive story that the player cares about. This is where the animation and voice acting of the ga...
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Plays at 1080p and 60fps

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The majority of the game holds at a steady 60fps while being played in 1080p or slightly less. This makes for a visually appealing game thanks to the solid framerate in what is often full HD.
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Drops resolution in certain places

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Certain points of the game may drop the resolution down to 1760x1080 (from 1920x1080) in order to keep the gameplay running at 60 frames per second, while this does not happen often, it does happen.
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Dual wield feels out of place

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Using two guns at the same time, while a cool concept does not feel fully fleshed out in this title. It is often cumbersome and does not wield great results in firefights, which asks the question of why it was included.
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This War of Mine

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Realisticly tough decision making

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Users must make many choices in game that can result in many realistic consequences. Should the player take a gun out with them to scavenge, what if they run into enemies and didn't bring one? What if they brought the gun but now don't have room in their inventory to collect all the items n...
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Creates a sense of fear

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Through using the use of sound/graphics as well as how pertinent it is to find supplies, going out into the world where almost all interactions are fraught with danger give a real sense of fear as to not get killed by the worlds survivors. Every sound or shadow moving makes for a world that should...
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Crafting is difficult to grasp

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While playing a huge role in the game the mechanics of crafting are not explained that well leaving the player to guess as to what they need to do, which can be frustrating.
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PlanetSide 2

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Open world MMO-FPS with huge persistent battles between 3 factions

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Three factions are in constant battle for points on a map, with the goal of getting the most pieces on the map or the whole thing.
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Vehicles

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The vehicle options in game add a lot more depth to the strategy of planning attacks on the enemy.
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User selectable respawn points

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Users can select where they want to respawn after death. There are even vehicles that provide new spawn points on the map that players can drive and leave. This creates a great element of strategy on where to place spawn points when attacking certain targets.
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Poor tutorial, hard to figure all mechanics out

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PlanetSide 2 does a poor job at explaining how to play the game or what anything in the mues do. Equipment loadouts are confusing as well as a minefield of pay items.
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Pay to win

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PlanetSide 2 has pay to win mechanics meant to coerce players into paying for equipment to avoid the extremely long grind it takes to earn anything in game. A brand new player with a deep wallet can customize their gear to their prefered playstyle giving them an advantage over those that opt not to...
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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
Genre:FPS
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Endless Legend

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As good as Civ, if not better in some areas

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Tends to have more nuance to the way you play it, especially with different factions. Strategy and diplomacy also have larger roles in Endless Legend, helping to round out how one can play.
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Fantasy 4X game

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If you're into a more fantasy settings, this is the game to go to as there are few fantasy set 4X games.
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Can get difficult sometimes

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The gameplay can be difficult and may be a turn off to some gamers, but apparently there are mods to remove or tone down all of the annoying features (such as winters). For those that are willing to install mods to make the game easier or more palatable.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
Genre:4X
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Distant Worlds: Universe

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In-depth problem solving

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Unlike games like Civ where solving a problem is a few clicks away, Distant Worlds has many layers of abstraction that will make problem solving a lot more difficult and more like a real living world. There may be many elements needed in order to solve a problem that the player will have to figure...
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The universe is huge

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With the possibility to simulate thousands of stars and tens of thousands of planets in realtime, the universe in Distant Worlds is truely vast.
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Requires a time commitment

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This is not a game that one can jump into with no prior knowledge, there is a high learning curve that will take many trial sessions in order to get the hang of the full aspects of the game.
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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
Genre:4X
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Rising Storm

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Great level design

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All maps are quite different from each other and feature good design of the defend and attack elements. This makes for good p=balance that is often not found in many multiplayer games.
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Each team requires vastly different playstyles

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Due to each side having different skills it will make for different tactics that need used depending on the team on is on. This makes for a great way to switch up the gameplay without having to leave the game.
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Can take a commitment to get used to the mechanics and get good

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With the precision needed for shooting in the game as well as needing to learn the ins and outs of the skillful mechanics it may take a good while before one can get fully comfortable with the game, which may frustrate some as there will be a time commitment.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
Co-Op:4 Player Online
Controller Support:No
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Sniper Elite 3

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Slo-mo x-ray kill shots

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Sniper Elite 3 has a slo-mo x-ray kill shot camera that shows in graphic detail the kill shots of the game.
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Eight large stages to play through

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There are eight very large stages the player can play through, each with multiple objectives to illustrate progression on each map.
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Online multiplayer

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There are a few multiplayer modes in the game that allow for player vs. player.
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Non intelligent A.I.

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Like a lot of stealth games, all it takes is getting enough distance from a guard to make them forget they ever saw the player. This pulls the player out of the immersion of the game seeing such a non intelligent A.I.
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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
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Age of Wonders III

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Worthwhile leveling system

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throughout the game players troops are leveling as long as they are being used. This adds to each's pool of abilities. There are also points one can earn in battle that can be used to unlock new abilities. Both of these systems add up to a competent way to always be leveling and give a feeling...
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Intuitive tactical battles

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The tactical battles in the game play out in a way that feels different depending on what enemies are being fought , which makes for a good way to differentiate play. The battles also play out in a fast fashion that is easy to understand making for an experience that feels well made due to how the...
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Some areas are too easy

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At certain points of the game decision need to be made, which would normally mean something is lost when choosing, but sadly things like buildings are too easy to build meaning there is no loss when choosing what to do, which makes the choices meaningless.
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Steam Rating:Mixed
Genre:4X
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Men of War: Assault Squad 2

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Fully destructible environments

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This can make for a visceral feel as well as an immersive one as everything in the game can be blown to bits.
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No tutorial

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This makes for a steep learning curve that one will need to spend a good bit of time with the game in order to learn all the mechanics on their own.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
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Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

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Extremely complex

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If you're familiar with any other games by Illwinter Game Design, you'll recognize the difficult game design. These games are extremely complex, takes ages to learn, and have enormous replayability. Provided you have the guts to go through the tough stuff first.
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Extremely complex

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No hand holding here, and the learning curve is a killer. However, people who invest the time to learn the game tend to be satisfied at the end.
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Graphics outdated

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If you care about graphics much, this game won't make you a fan.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
Genre:Grand Strategy
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Call Of Duty 4 Modern Warfare

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Dedicated server support

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You can scale up to 200 players if dedicated server is enabled.
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Multiple and varied game types

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There are a number of game types to play including Team Deathmatch, Free for all, Domination, Sabotage and Search and Destroy making for lots of variation.
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Bots mod for co-op

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You can get a mod that can be used if you host a server, adding bots to your team and that of the enemy, thus allowing for large offline battles.
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Minimal graphics' requirements

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This game was released in 2007 and is still played by thousands online. As it is an older game, you don't need as many configurations to play it.
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Short single player campaign

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The single player is quite short (though it is not the main focus of the title as multiplayer is the main reason that one would purchase the game).
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
Genre:FPS / Action
Co-Op:No
Controller Support:No
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