One Year Later, Midnight Suns’ Unique Premise Deserves a Full Sequel

One of 2022’s most interesting releases, Midnight Suns is a game of contrasts. On the one hand, Firaxis’ turn-based tactics and deck-building hybrid was a critical success, garnering plenty of praise for its unique take on both the Marvel license and Firaxis’ proven success with the XCOM franchise. On the other hand, Midnight Suns failed to land commercially, potentially prompting creative director Jake Solomon to step down from Firaxis in the interest of starting a new studio and stepping away from the turn-based tactics genre as a whole. And, outside the dichotomy between its critical and commercial reception, Midnight Suns‘ gameplay also seemed to present two disparate parts that never quite fit together.