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Albion Online is a free-to-play MMORPG that first released in 2017 and since then, has gained over 5 million registered users and has been translated into 11 languages with no signs of losing popularity. Instead of using a set class system on character creation, Albion Online assigns class to equipment so players can change class as much as they want but, they do need to level up each class regardless. It's a simple system and one of the many reasons why players keep coming back. Albion Online is set in a medieval fantasy world where there is a strong lore background with ancient wars that split the world into factions and ending with Albion being hidden by mist. When the mist finally lifted, brave explorers began returning to the lost world. While there is lore, Albion has no set story, with the “story” being defined by the players themselves. It doesn't have a traditional linear questline with the quests focusing on individual player progress, economy, and conquest.

Anno 117: Pax Romana is the first new addition to the Anno series since Anno 1800 was released in 2019, and it's absolutely been worth the wait. Overall, it's less flexible than Cities: Skylines and the combat is much simpler than Total War, but the combination is incredibly well-done. It's a fantastic new city-builder from Ubisoft, and fans of the genre will be very happy with this one. There isn't much story here, but that's not expected for the series or the genre. Anno 117 is set in Ancient Rome, making this the earliest historical setting in the franchise...

Commandos: Origins is the long-awaited new game for the beloved isometric real-time strategy series Commandos. Playing from an old CD magazine demo in 1998 it quickly became one of my childhood favourite strategy games and was highly decorated by fans of the genre too. While an FPS for the series was released in 2006, the last RTS for the series was released in 2003. Since then, there have been a few remasters, but we finally have a new game based on that original 1998 release. Origins is everything we expect and remember from the Commandos series with slow-paced but challenging gameplay that's deeply satisfying.

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