SCREENSHOTS — XCOM: Chimera Squad

Turned-based strategy games are a favorite of mine. I like having time to plan my moves and then execute a strategy. Unlike other XCOM games, Chimera Squad has a breach mode. This mode lets you take the first turn and gives you a chance to remove your least favorite enemies before the more prolonged battle starts. These breaches also have short in-game cutscenes of your soldiers repelling through windows or carefully positioning before kicking in the door and ambushing the enemy. True to the series, the battlegrounds span between day or night, dumpy or luxurious, and human or extraterrestrial—speckled with opponents like classic Roswell smooth-head aliens to snake people and goopy mud monsters.