From the Paradox Interactive and Harebrained Schemes teams, The Lamplighters League starts looking for players on Xbox, Game Pass and PC.
A tactical turn-based strategy affair, The Lamplighters League and the Tower at the End of the World (to give the full name) is a new pulp adventure set in an alternate 1930’s world.
A mix of genres
It comes to Xbox Series X|S, Game Pass and PC as players look to make the most of the mechanics at play. Working real-time infiltration, turn-based combat and a ton of team management, you’ll be looking to put an end to the plans of the Banished Court. If you don’t succeed, the tyrannical cult will look for nothing more than utter world domination.
It is priced at £41.74 for the Standard Edition. Or £45.99 for that of the Deluxe Edition (expect a new Nocturne playable character for that extra money). Whichever, The Lamplighters League is a rather good attempt at the genre.
In fact, our review of The Lamplighters League on Xbox is live, with a 4/5 score attached. We concluded that review with the following…
I am not normally a fan of this genre, but there is something about the story and tone of The Lamplighters League that has pulled me in – and it will do you too. Get used to the gameplay, the possibilities and the strategies at play and this is a game that becomes highly addictive.
If that doesn’t sell a download, we don’t know what will. Especially a Game Pass download.
No matter how you take to The Lamplighters League, you can expect the following key features to be in place…
Strategy Meets Story, in Style
- – Control a team of unique, dynamic characters and get to know their signature tactical abilities and roles in the team. Learn their stories and the world they inhabit by taking them on missions – every misfit brings their own style to the fight through unique moves that can turn the tide of combat.
- – Explore a variety of thrilling locales and survey the battlefield before things heat up: sneak past enemies in real-time infiltration gameplay, pick off the stragglers quickly and quietly, and position your squad to get an edge for the fight.
- – Use every advantage and dirty trick your agents have up their sleeves in exciting, turn-based combat. Add advanced abilities, gear, and augmentations to your agents to keep pace with the growing threat of the Banished Court!
Race Against the Countdown to Doomsday
- – Chase the Banished Court through an alternate-history world of the 1930s, from dockyards and deserts to jungles both urban and wild. Manage your choices at a global level and try to prevent your enemy from advancing their twisted schemes!
- – Recruit new allies from the best of the worst: scour the globe for outlaws and outcasts and bring them onto your side before the Banished Court catches them first!
- – Every mission earns your team new resources and grows their abilities – but be careful, stress and injury can take their toll!
Save the world with The Lamplighters League
Up for trying to save the world? You’ll find the Xbox Store providing the download you need for The Lamplighters League. Surely the inclusion of this one in Game Pass makes it a bit of a no-brainer? Or maybe the Deluxe Edition takes your fancy?
Just note, The Lamplighters League is an Xbox Series X|S only affair. You cannot play this one on Xbox One.
Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Game Description
Sneak, steal, and shoot your way through a world of pulp adventure in The Lamplighters League! Globetrot across a variety of exciting locales around the world and outwit your enemies in strategic turn-based combat – and, if you play your cards right, you might just save the world.
Harebrained Schemes, the creators of The Shadowrun Trilogy and BATTLETECH, bring you an all-new world set in an alternate 1930s, where a tyrannical cult called the Banished Court stands on the cusp of world domination. For millennia, all that stood between this sinister cabal and their plans was a band of heroic scholars known as the Lamplighters League.
Unfortunately, the best of the best are all gone, so now it’s up to the best of the worst.
Recruit a team of misfits and scoundrels with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.
