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#42: SteamWorld Heist

SteamWorld Heist is my favorite turn-based strategy game that can actually coast by based off of its gameplay rather than its story.

Yes, it does have a story, which essentially starts out as steampunk Firefly. The story's kind of neat, but ultimately is just a vehicle for the gameplay, which is worms. And worms is great. The story even has a few twists and turns in there for you, and lasts for a little bit longer and has more enemy types than I expected. Aiming lasers and genades with targeting lasers and then watching them bounce aroun is inherently so much more satisfying than clicking on a tactical grid.

The characters actually have personalities, unique abilities and their own backstories, wow! You can coast by and enjoy the story or go back and try to beat the levels more efficiently to unlock more stuff, wow! There are funny little achievements to chase after.

There's something that feels luxurious about having a carefully tuned set of encounters, rather than the hum-drum snooze-fests and ludicrous stompings of a roguelike, deckbuilding or otherwise. There are enough simple encounters to get the 'fun' (or at least breather) of stomping simple enemies, and there are enough boss battles and challenging rooms to keep you on your toes.

I wouldn't say you're missing out on anything unique by not playing this game, but I was pleasantly surprised by a game that looked on the cover like a spinoff of a flash game about infinitely mining the earth.
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