✽o not name a character after someone you know!« I heard this regarding XCOM in the past but I do it anyway. (Disclaimer: I am only reviewing one little aspect of the game, if you want a full review, this is not the review for you)

Overall, if you like strategic games, that challenge you on Macro and Micro management, and reward thinking thru plans, then Xcom2 is for you. Xcom 1 ended a bit mediocre, and while I don't think the final mission is as epic as it could have been, it still was a satisfying final fight. This extra layer kept the combat riveting and kept me scanning the maps for opportunities to exploit. Nearly everything can be destroyed, meaning hiding behind weak terrain doesn't help nearly as much, but targetted use of explosives can completely change around a situation. I loved this, it made leveling soldiers about more than just their stats.įinally, Xcom 2 gives a massive overhaul to the maps, giving much more variety, but more importantly making use of cover and explosives even more important. It was a great deal of fun taking the cast of Archer and watching them struggle in these tense situations (ironically only Ciril Figgis survived the whole game!). I loved naming a Ranger Jennifer Walters, later assigning her the nickname 'She-Hulk' as she leveled up. Making losing them even tougher, but a more rewarding experience. Xcom soldiers themselves are more customizable, letting you really grow attached to them. Xcom 2 adds a great deal more flexibility and variation into the enemy types, and a LOT of early game for me was spent apprehensively trying to figure out enemy weaknesses and strategies as my poor soldiers got massacred. Instead, you are just hitting factories, supply depots, ect. With aliens already all over Earth, you no longer need to balance fighting off UFOs, in hard to predict, poorly generated, space fights. Plus, once won, these missions dished out amazing rewards.

The addition of thematic missions, like hunting down 'King' versions of enemies created some variation and additional layers of challenge to the game. Unlike Xcom, Xcom 2 actually has some really solid story moments and some great voice acting. Now, game 2 is what we do now that we have lost. This creates the perfect narrative backdrop for the game, as the mystery of the aliens was already explored in game 1. Xcom 2 starts the story with humanity fully occupied, and Xcom fighting a harrowing journey of resistance against the aliens as they have enveloped Earth. I loved Xcom 1, and scoffed when friends said Xcom 2 was even better.

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