Quick Take: XCOM is reimagined for a new generation and Jon mostly digs its return.

The turn based strategy RPG is a defiant genre; while classic turn based JRPGs such as the single digit Final Fantasy games and the Dragon Quests have all but been bred out of existence, evolving into more action oriented experiences to appeal more to today's immediate satisfaction kind of gamer the...

Genuinely brilliant turn based strategy; Infinitely personal experiences; Contender for Game of the Year; The memorial of shame; RK Ben Fox's K/D ratio

Buy XCOM, it's a belter. I know it's Big Game season, but this is so good I've chalked up 43 hours in four days and want more in the near future. XCOM absorbs you into a universe of Tonka toy soldiers and B-movie science-fiction, a rich and smartly streamlined strategy experience that's a hell of a...