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PC Gamer
Jody Macgregor

Great moments in PC gaming: When the party in a tactics RPG start to really feel like your guys

A squad of XCOM operatives in multicolored gear descends a ramp.

Great moments in PC gaming are bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories.

When I say I like turn-based combat in any RPG that gives you a whole party to manage—and can I just mention how glad I am the collective noun for a group of adventurers is "party" and not something boring like "fellowship" or whatever—sometimes people think I mean the kind of combat you get in games like Final Fantasy 7. The kind where two parties of adventurers line up to face each other across an open space like they're having a dance-off, taking turns to do a dramatic thing and then return to their spot, at which point they'll presumably cross their arms and nod their head at a jaunty angle so everyone knows they've got attitude.

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