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Games like XCOM 2 2016
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About XCOM 2
Games closest to XCOM 2
HellSlave II: Judgment of the Archon 2026Also grave, epic and classical in form
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest 2015Also grave, epic and earnest
Muv-Luv Alternative 2006Also epic, grave and earnest
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 2011Also epic, grave and contemporary
Remnant: From the Ashes 2019Also epic, grave and contemporary
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor 2023Also epic, classical in form and earnest
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes 2004Also grave, epic and contemporary
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3 2025Also grave, epic and classical in form
Code Vein II 2026Also grave, epic and contemporary
Gears of War 2 2008Also grave, contemporary and epic
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 2022Also epic, contemporary and richly built
The Surge 2 2019Also contemporary, grave and classical in form
The same feel, in other forms
Books
The Stand 1978Also epic, grave and classical in form
Rhythm of War 2011Also epic, classical in form and earnest
Dune Messiah 1969Also epic, grave and classical in form
Films
Dune 2021Also epic, grave and earnest
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 2010Also epic, earnest and classical in form
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016Also epic, contemporary and grave
Series
86 EIGHTY-SIX 2021Also grave, contemporary and classical in form
His Dark Materials 2019Also epic, earnest and classical in form
Hunter x Hunter 2011Also classical in form, epic and contemporary
Albums
- Hell on Earth 1996Also grave, classical in form and earnest
- Betrayal, Justice, Revenge 2010Also grave, earnest and classical in form
- Life After Death 1997Also grave, classical in form and contemporary
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