best strategy game ps5

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Alright, let’s gab about these play-pretend games on that there PS5 thingy. Folks call ’em “strategy games,” sounds fancy, but it’s just thinkin’ games to me. You gotta use your brain, not just mash buttons like a crazy person.

Now, I ain’t no spring chicken, but even I can see some of these games are right good. Heard tell of one called Tactics Ogre: Reborn. Sounds like somethin’ outta a fairy tale book, but it’s all about plannin’ and movin’ your little toy soldiers around. Smart folks say it’s a real brain-twister, gotta think ahead if you wanna win.

• One fella told me about Baldur’s Gate 3. Came out last summer, he said. August somethin’ or other. Big ol’ adventure game, lots of choices to make. Reminds me of those choose-your-own-adventure books my grandson used to read, only fancier, you know? You pick what your fella does, and it changes the whole story. That’s some clever stuff, I tell ya.
• Then there’s this Marvel’s Midnight Suns. Now, I ain’t never read one of them funny books with the fellas in tights, but this game sounds like a hoot. You got superheroes and monsters, and you gotta fight ’em using cards. Like poker, but with more explosions. Heard it’s real pretty to look at too. Shiny and colorful, like a Fourth of July firework show.

But there’s more than just them three, mind you. There’s a whole heap of these strategy games out there. Someone was blabberin’ about Crusader Kings III, where you play as a king or queen and gotta manage your kingdom. Sounds like a headache to me, all them taxes and marriages and whatnot. But some folks like that kind of thing, I guess. Makes them feel important, like they’re runnin’ somethin’ bigger than their own backyard.

Then you got yer XCOM 2, where you’re fightin’ aliens. Been fightin’ them aliens for years, them game-makers have. Guess they ain’t learned their lesson yet! You gotta build up your army and fight off the invaders. Real nail-bitin’ stuff, from what I hear. One wrong move and your whole team gets zapped by a ray gun.

And don’t forget about Civilization VI. That one’s been around for ages. You build a whole darn civilization from the ground up. Start with a few folks and turn ’em into a big empire. Gotta think about science and culture and all that highfalutin stuff. Makes your brain hurt just thinkin’ about it.

Oh, and that fella, he was goin’ on and on about Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, sounds like somethin’ from them space shows on TV. Spaceships and shootin’ and all that. And Total War: Warhammer II, not really sure what that is but it has war in the name so probably lots of fightin’ and yelling. And Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. Too many to keep track of, if you ask me. But they all got one thing in common: you gotta use your noggin if you wanna win.

So, if you’re lookin’ for a game that ain’t just button mashin’, give one of these strategy games a try. Just be prepared to do some thinkin’. And don’t come cryin’ to me if you get your butt kicked. I told ya, these games ain’t for the faint of heart. They’re for folks who like to plan and scheme and outsmart their opponents. Like a good game of checkers, only with more pixels and explosions.

Now, I gotta go make some supper. All this talk about games is makin’ me hungry. But you young folks, you go on and have fun with your play-pretend worlds. Just remember to come up for air every once in a while.

And don’t forget to turn off that there TV before bedtime, or you’ll have nightmares about aliens and kings and superheroes. You hear me?

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