If it’s a meaty, numbers-heavy tactical shooter you are after – and have exhausted the likes of XCOM and Gears Tactics – then Strike Team Gladius on Xbox should be on your radar. You are the titular strike team aboard the spaceship Gladius, and have been sent to the moon of Typhon to investigate the disappearance of a research team. From there, all hell ensues!
Assemble Your Team
In Strike Team Gladius on Xbox consoles – with a PlayStation and Switch release slated for the 13th July – you’ll be battling against hordes of aliens in strategic turn-based combat. Over in PC land, the game has garnered a smattering of Positive Steam reviews.
The campaign boasts forty levels, each employing their own enemies, obstacles, and additional objectives to complete. Throughout, you’ll become familiar with your own strike team, which you can assemble yourself.
There are twenty-two classes of soldier you can choose from, to fit your unique playstyle. Do you rush into things with tank characters? Or do you stay back from the fray, chipping away at health bars with ranged attacks? The choice very much is yours, and there’s all the micro managing of stats for us tactical nerds to get truly stuck into.
Key Features
- Employ cover, terrain and destroyable objects such as fuel containers and explosive barrels to gain an advantage over your enemies.
- Battles involve dozens of aliens at once in fast-paced combat missions.
- Fight over deserts, alien jungles and even an alien home world. Each environment features unique challenges too.
It’s Time, Soldier!
Strike Team Gladius on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC is available now, with a PS5, PS4 and Switch release to follow. To pick up a copy on Xbox, you can do so via the Xbox Store for £7.99.
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Game Description
Enlist your strike team and drop planet-side into an intense, sci-fi warzone. Make tactical decisions and employ ruthless strategies to achieve each mission objective.
Choose your team from 22 unique classes ranging from lethal snipers to brutal melee specialists.
The main campaign features 40 combat missions, each with their own special objectives and win conditions.
The game’s focus is on turn-based, tactical combat alone and does not slow the gameplay down with base building or resource management.
