Persona games tend have a heavy focus on up-beat teenage stories of a team taking on the world, while the SMT games are typically darker and solitary. While the Persona series has seen more popularity in the west, the mainline Shin Megami Tensei JRPG series is very similar, yet very different at the same time. Better yet, it’s a strong foundation for updates yet to come, and you can play it for “free” as part of a monthly Xbox Games Pass subscription, the best deal in PC gaming. It’s not quite as deep as AoE 2 is yet-that game has been out and being tweaked for over 20 years-but Age of Empires IV is nevertheless fun and deep. Each civilization brings its own quirks and advantages to the table, and as always, you can win the game in several different ways, from scoring a religious victory to building and holding a late-game Wonder. Age of Empires IVstays true (almost too true, at times) to the classic formula, offering four campaigns (each with branching civ-specific landmark choices that change your empire’s direction in different ways) and eight different empires to play in skirmish battles or multiplayer clashes. With its active community and several expansions at your fingertips, feel free to sink embarrassing amounts of time grinding out dungeons while asking yourself if it's the year 2000 again.All these years later, Age of Empires II remains a gold standard in the real-time strategy genre, and it’s only getting stronger with the extra attention devoted to the recent Definite Edition release-but that’s not the only way to scratch that AoE itch.
Prepare yourself for an isometric trip through gothic scenery, barren natural landscapes and, of course, a few brimstone and fire pits as you turn your demonic foes into stains using magic, steel and good old fashioned brawn. New players who are willing to check out some of the promotional materials will be pleasantly surprised at the quality of the cinematics, which are a step beyond what most expect from a small indie studio. Published by Grinding Gear Games, a unique aspect of Path of Exile is that it doesn’t have an in-game currency and instead uses an item bartering system should a player need anything. Path of Exile has all the spell casting and demon slaying you can shake a stick at minus the price tag of its Blizzard competitor. This Diablo-esque fantasy brings a lot more to the table than just a repetitive soundboard and a few hours of mashing hotkeys.
Available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
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