"If they're into the traditional turn-based hardcore stuff, it might not be for them," says Julian Gollop, the man who gave us X-Com and ushered in decades of tense turn-based tactical challenges. He's talking about his new game, the colourful, easy going Chip 'N Clawz vs The Brainoids.
With its Fortnite-adjacent aesthetic and focus on co-op, Chip 'N Clawz is worlds away from the devastatingly challenging X-Com, or even the more streamlined modern incarnation. And when you're so firmly associated with a specific game or series, as Gollop is, any deviation from that formula can be jarring.
