From the creators of BattleTech and the Shadowrun series, The Lamplighters League is more than just XCOM with a fedora.
, so it's no surprise that it makes a good first impression. But as I sat down to be one of the first in the world to see it last week, I wasn't expecting how much Lamplighters' pulp-inspired, Indiana Jones/The Mummy/League of Extraordinary Gentlemen mid-war setting feels welcome in a somewhat crowded genre.
Thieves, criminals, assassins, smugglers—they're not the best of the best, but"the best of the worst," as studio head and co-founder Mitch Gitelman describes them. From my hour spent seeing them, I think that the 10 characters will avoid the trap of trying to recreate Indiana Jones or another iconic figure; they're more like a 1932 Suicide Squad, minus the superpowers. More characters are seemingly on the way post-release.
Individual or small groups of enemies patrol the map or stand guard, each emanating an awareness ring that represents Lamplighters' light stealth system."Each of our characters has a limited number of real-time takedowns that they can use to sort of soften up the enemy," says Rogers. Choosing which troublesome enemies to pick off is part of the opening phase, as is the work of scouting and positioning your trio.
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