Strategy Game of the Year Nominations

[Saint_Dee]

Which game had you wracking your brain as you tried to outwit, outsmart, and straight up outplay your opponent?

Nominate your favorite Strategy Game of 2013 (Real-time, Turn-based, and yes, MOBA's are allowed ).

List of Nominees

-Dota 2
-XCOM: Enemy Within
-Total War: Rome 2

 

[Xiphan]

Well if MOBAs are allowed then Dota 2 easily wins my vote. Otherwise the only RTS I played last year was Heart of the Swarm and as much as I enjoyed it I doubt it qualifies as GOTY material.

 

[XbatousaiX]

Hands down Rome Total war 2 I just love the history lol.

 

[MetalSoup]

Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm

 

[Crzwaco]

XCOM: Enemy Within
The banner saga.

 

[PR1Y35H]

Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm

I second that, even though didnt enjoy it as such as Wings of Liberty.

 

[Razor88]

What game is in the picture? It looks kinda familiar.

 

[Vixremento]

What game is in the picture? It looks kinda familiar.

I just cheated and looked at the image info - says it's Anno Online.

 

[AlphaJohn]

Seeing that I prefer more of a realistic combat over medieval and fantasy I would go with

Runner up:
Company of Heroes 2

Winner:
Wargame: Airland Battle

I would be surprised if anything other than DOTA 2 wins this category purely looking at the number of people playing it, even if personally I feel that its not pure strategy game.

 

[nster101]

Dota wins. Full stop. On an average day, dota has about 500 000 more players than any other game.