Strategos looks like Total War at a glance, but it's got a lot more nerdy intricacy at the level of unit orders and morale.

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Open-world games often lean into fantasy, sci-fi, or heavily fictionalized environments. But some titles take the opposite approach by recreating real-world locations with remarkable fidelity. These ...