Battleforge: The amazing game that nobody has ever heard of

So a few years ago, EA decided to work on shedding their image as a money-grubbing corporation or fund some titles that were unique and interesting. The most often mentioned of these are Mirror's Edge and Dead Space, but the best one by far is a game that nobody ever seems to even know about.

In a nutshell, Battleforge is what you get when you cross Warcraft (the RTS, not the MMO) with Magic: The Gathering...except better. Instead of being tied to a few strict faction choices, you have interesting and dynamic decks that you build yourself. Almost all of the conventions of RTS's have been dropped, and the mechanics that were built up provide an amazing amount of tactical depth, even if you're just using the free-to-play starter cards.

It is, in fact, the only RTS where I've ever been able to get into PvP. All of the others simply have a narrow range of "best" strategies that everybody uses, to the point where you get more variety playing skirmishes against the computer than fighting other people. Battleforge, on the other hand, has a deck building system and low-tier tactics that keep PvP games varied. Every time you think you have a feel for what you'll be up against, somebody else will come out with some bizarre tactic that completely throws you off and makes you reconsider what is possible in the game.

Really, everybody reading this should try it. The free to play game is well worth the time, and after spending a bit of cash on the game ($40-$60), you'll really have something amazing.