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Phoenix Point is so much like XCOM it scares me

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Brendan Caldwell Rock Paper Shotgun
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Phoenix Point
Genres · rpg
Release · Dec 3, 2019
Developer · Snapshot Games
PC
10 articles 14 writers 6 reviews
XCOM
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Active · 1994–2021
Latest · XCOM Legends
Top genres · strategy, fps, rpg
310 articles 152 writers 19 games
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