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COMPANY OF
HEROES 2
RELEASED 2013 | LAST POSITION NewFraser: Finally! I’ve been trying to get CoH
in here for years. This RTS is perhaps a
controversial choice, and is certainly more
divisive than its predecessor, but the first
game has had its time on this list. There
are plenty of reasons to recommend the
sequel, especially if you’re tired of the
Western Front, such as the fantastic
Ardennes Assault expansion, which
features a dynamic turn-based campaign- something Relic is taking even further in
the upcoming Company of Heroes 3.
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FOOTBALL
MANAGER 2021
RELEASED 2020 | LAST POSITION NewDave: We finally made it, ma! Football
Manager is in the PC Gamer Top 100,
rightfully taking a place in the pantheon
of PC greatness. As the finest long-term
RPG on any platform, I’d argue it’s a bit
too far down the list, but there are still
many who foolishly see it as some sort
of glorified spreadsheet. Football (of the
less well armoured soccer variety) is
obviously central to the game, which
does put people off. But FM is a mix of a
sporting version of The Sims, marshalling
and developing your little computer
people to kick a ball about better than
other little computer people, and a
heart-wrenching RPG about success,
failure, heroism, the fragility of youth,
lost potential, and the inevitable decay
of our own corporeal forms.The Top 100
FE ATURE
UNAVOWED
RELEASED 2018 | LAST POSITION 5767
Fraser: Wadjet Eye’s best adventure
game also borrows a lot from great
RPGs. Unavowed throws you into an
ancient society of magical problem-
solvers after a possession ruined your
life. It’s got big party-based RPG vibes,complete with special origin stories and
a branching plot that goes to some
surprising places.
But this is still firmly a 2D point-
and-click, where most of your time will
be spent solving mysteries. And what
excellent mysteries they are, forcing you
to use both magic and your investigative
chops to solve. What lingers, though,
are the charming characters and
Unavowed’s vision of New York – a place
simultaneously familiar and utterly alien.