

Frontier has always been strong at simulation games, from porting RollerCoaster Tycoon for the Xbox to the development of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, they also developed titles like Kinectimals and Zoo tycoon for Microsoft. Planet Zoo ( 8.5/10)įrontier Developments is a strange company, one that's struggled a fair amount in the past in line with their failure to develop The Outsider, announced in 2005 and officially cancelled in 2011. This is the Total War experience and a new high for the series. City development is more intuitive and less restrictive, though still requires thought and all of this takes place on a China that looks downright fantastic, where even the UI and menus look great.

The battles are frantic, with increased tactical opportunities through duelling. Total War: Three Kingdoms is as close to flawless as you'll find, with a fantastic balance of 4X strategy and character-focused development and emergent storytelling. Seven months ago, the confoundingly classical Chris composed a classical check on Total War: Three Kingdoms, one that stated this: All of this tied together with an intuitive city-development system that promoted tactical thinking, as well as a focused army system, where the personalities and abilities of characters all matter.

Featuring the most complete Total War launch experience, the game has only increased in quality following launch.ĭid you want the traditional Total War experience, records mode, or possibly a new experience in romance mode, based on the stories from that period? Larger than life characters that you got to know and fought for you in a stunningly beautiful and colourful representation of China. Total War: Three Kingdoms was the game that came along and changed my mind completely. That's a score I vowed not to give, though there was always the rare chance that such a game would come along to change that policy. Out of over seven years of reviewing games, Total War: Three Kingdoms is my first and only 10/10 score. Previously in Wccftech's Best Games of 2019: Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Fighting, Platform Total War: Three Kingdoms ( 10/10) So, without further ado, let's look at the best Strategy and Simulation games of 2019.
