Originally posted December 2012
Strategy games (turn-based or otherwise) usually have their own niche market. Sure, there are the Blizzard strategy games that have a wide appeal and the franchises like
Civilization that have been around for decades. With no new
Starcraft experience till next year, and the popularity of the first-person shooter ever increasing, it was unlikely there were going to be any big strategy games in time for the holidays. Yet the people at Fireaxis were able to deliver the goods. It may not have been a new
Civilization game, but
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is still a true gem of this year along with a franchise name about as old as the
Civilization games. But is this gem a perfect diamond, or do the cracks make the edges too sharp to hold?
