Top 5 Strategy Games To Binge Play This Quarantine

Gunjan thakurJuly 7, 2020

Are you fed up of binge-watching Netflix? Having loads of free time around the corner, doing things on repeat mode can make you feel exhausted. People have turned to board games, baking, and spending time with family relishing their childhood memories. And what is a better way than revisiting teenagers with some video games and learning how to get overwatch for free. Here are the top five strategy games of all time to lighten you up after all your decisions are the reason for your rise or fall.

Civilization V

A real-time strategy genre game that is at its best. Ever dreamed of leading the people, then this one’s for you. Starting with a catchy introductory song to taking a realistic approach in animation, this game has lots to offer. It’s in you to make a civilization into a majestic empire. The whole civilization series is one to play in your teens.

Cities are the central pillars of the game. But even more than that, it’s your gaming, leadership, diplomacy, and social skills that take you through. You have to convince other cities to accept you as a leader, and thus, starting from scratch, you grow to ace the world eventually. Civilization V, the mind-blowing super game from the best in business, Fir axis games have won many awards and been accolade numerous times for its incorporation of artificial intelligence into the game play along with heart-lifting ideologies into its plot.

Age of empires II

Wanna try the phrase “time flew” in this quarantine? Yes, that’s what the age of empires II is. An addictive and exciting game that aims at managing resources and creating armies. And learning a bit of history like Barbarossa’s crusade and Genghis khan’s invasion of Eurasia wouldn’t hurt. Would it?

Age of Empires II has proven as the best game of times with a choice of 35 civilizations to choose from, its strengths and weaknesses. What makes this game stand out is that the way to victory is not only through conquest like most strategy games but also through architectural development and economic growth. As the game’s tagline goes, “Rome has fallen, and the world is up for grabs.” It’s high time you grab the opportunity to play this game when you have the chance.

Xcom 2

Set in 2035, 20 years after the events of XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM: Enemy Within, this game takes the player to alien-attacked earth. XCOM is a military organization trying to fight off the alien invasion. But it has lost the war and left scattered and decimated.

The aliens have built shining cities and have promised humans a bright future. But they hold a sinister agenda within. It’s time the remnant XCOM forces gather at the edges of the world and raise an army from ashes to stand for humanity, expose and eliminate the aliens once and for all.

This 2016 game developed by Firaxis Games, the creators of the award-winning civilization series, has drawn inspiration from sci-fi movies like Elysium and Oblivion. It received critical acclaim and several accolades from top gaming publications for its immersive tactics-led gaming strategy, procedural generation of maps, and mod support, all keeping the player on loads of excitement throughout its length and beyond.

As a player, you would have to command a squad of XCOM soldiers and eliminate the aliens and complete the secondary objectives. You might not realize it in the beginning, but with the time, you will find it harder even to keep yourself alive!

Warcraft III: The Frozen Zone

The game’s story line is an expansion of Warcraft III: Reign of chaos, where the burning legion attempts to conquer the fictional land of Azeroth with an army of undead led by the fallen paladin Arthas Menthol. It records the combined efforts of human beings, orcish horde, and night elves to stop them from corrupting the world tree.

From being the inspiration for the famous game of league of legends, another real-time strategy game, Warcraft III has shown the best animation, background score, cheap building purchases, and upgraded armory. This game has beaten the previous series.

The player’s main task is to manage multiple armies at the same time and use limited resources effectively. The player has to follow the quest of night elf shadow song to recapture the renegade elf Illidan Stormrage, the struggle with the alliance, and Arthas’ attempt to save the lich king.

Warcraft II: Wings of Liberty

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the adrenaline pumped, a super engaging game published by Blizzard Entertainment, is a science fiction game based on real-time strategy. It received great critical acclaim with an aggregated score of 93% from Metacritic.

It features the return of the three species: Protoss, Terran, and Zerg. Wings of Liberty focus on the species Terran. Its single-player missions are highly customizable and packed with 26 levels and three additional and a secret mission. As a player, gear up to travel to 4 years after the brood war to lead Raynor’s forces and carry Sarah Kerrigan out of the main hive in your arms in the end (yeah spoiled it!). There’s excitement loading!

Back in 1938, the invention of the first strategy game was done when Winston Churchill looked over France from an airplane and said, “Hey, this would make a cool video game whatever that is.” Cool, isn’t it? But to know the truth, we have to travel back in time probably. Well, other than these five, there are a lot more exciting games this genre has to offer.