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Shared: Asymmetric Factions, Real-Time Tactics

Rifles meet katanas in Meiji-era Japan. Fall of the Samurai is a standalone Total War expansion that outgrows its parent in almost every way that matters.

Shared: Real-Time Tactics, Asymmetric Factions

Push through a brutal first hour and this bundle hands you two full campaigns: 18th-century Europe and the Warpath map. The Elite Units packs are roster garnish, nothing more.

Shared: Asymmetric Factions, Real-Time Tactics

A deep WWII tactical RTS with brutal Eastern Front combat, punishing weather mechanics, and more unit micro than most people expect from a 2013 strategy game.

Shared: Asymmetric Factions, Real-Time Tactics

Five radically asymmetric factions, a turn-based campaign map, and real-time battles where steam tanks fight alongside vampire-raised dead, if this doesn't already sound like your thing, no strategy game will convert you faster.

Shared: Real-Time Tactics, Combined Arms

The tactical layer is genuinely excellent; the question is whether two years of post-launch patching have fixed enough of the surrounding game to make it worth your time and money today.