6 XCOM: ENEMY UNKNOWN

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Tyler I get that X-COM loyalists take issue with it, but this is XCOM, no dash. It’s great for different reasons.

Evan I love what fragile dioramas the levels are. You can relish the outcome of your choices—like cracking open a gas station with a rocket to give your sniper an angle.

Tom RIP Sergeant Yolo Swaggins. Impaled by a Chryssalid, zombified, and shot dead again by his own men. XCOM generates the best heroes.

Phil XCOM: EU encourages you to be cautious, to protect the soldiers you’ve worked to advance. I love that

XCOM: EW makes you risk lives to get its cool mechs. Cory I had a distinct emotional attachment to every one of my team’s squaddies. When ace sniper Tyler “MadEye” Wilde was cut down by a plasma rifle blast, I cried. Just a little.