Narcos: Rise of the Cartels
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Developer: Kuju
Publisher: Curve Digital
Genres: Action, Strategy
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Narcos: Rise of the Cartels Reviews
View All (25 total)A mediocre XCOM-like in the form of a deeply worrying depiction of militarised police.
The hit Netflix show becomes a fun, if functional, turn-based strategy.
Turning the Netflix series into an XCOM clone is a bold choice, but the dumbed down tactical options and lack of polish are destined to disappoint fans of both franchises.
Narcos: Rise of the Cartels succeeds completely at just one thing: It makes me interested in watching the Netflix series. The game had a lot of potential, and at least superficially it looked like something that may be better than the standard advertorial we’ve come to expect from this kind of tie-in game.
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