Classified: France '44 (2024)

Classified: France ’44 is one of the best in the genre and sits beside games like XCOM2 in terms of its quality and deep progressive gameplay loop. It handles brilliantly with a controller and plays buttery smooth on the Xbox Series X. The overall experience captures the era and timescale and sets the tone and mood with the atmosphere. There are areas of the game where it may not come across as pretty as perhaps it would do on Windows PC but I would highly recommend giving this one a shot especially if you’re a lover of turn-based strategy and have an avid interest in the historical element of War.

Absolutely Games debuts with a fun and enjoyable title that probably won't be memorable but is enjoyable throughout. Classified: France ’44 offers traditional turn-based strategy gameplay with some unique features that work and others that need more attention.

In the case of Classified, we are not talking about a brilliant, innovative concept of the genre of turn-based strategies, but rather about a solid use of already used and well-known mechanics and tools. Overall, the word "solid" describes the game perfectly.

Classified: France '44 is an excellent combination of XCOM's mechanics and the World War 2 setting, and offers plenty of replayability to boot.

Classified: France ‘44 transplants familiar turn-based tactics to World War II, to merely adequate effect.