Greater variety of missions and maps, Superb tactical combat, Highly involved strategic layer
Supremely challenging
Taking the strong foundation of the first game and adding a more involved story, greater variety of missions and maps, XCOM 2 is a refinement and a distillation of everything that people love about the series. If you're up for a supreme challenge that re...
Abstract: Among XCOM's distinctions is that it is a difficult game, so the sequel's concept is quite brilliant: the first time around, you lost. Firaxis' 2012 strategy title was a remake of a 1994 original, UFO: Enemy Unknown, which cast you as the commander charge...
Wide variety of weapon variants add tactical depth, Combat is a fun, engrossing challenge, New alien types present exciting challenges to overcome
Alien menace not as prominent on world map, Numerous, but ultimately harmless, technical bugs
With an arsenal of new gadgets and upgrades at your disposal, XCOM 2 feels like XCOM: Enemy Unknown with a million mods enabled, creating a deep and engrossing strategy game...
Massive amount of new, quality features, Nice plot and back story, New classes and more tactical abilities, Procedural maps and random elements, Tough decisions keep you fighting
Frame rate and technical issues, Only available on PC.
Published: 2016-02-01, Author: Chris , review by: eurogamer.net
Abstract: In XCOM: Enemy Unknown, I discovered a tell.Very occasionally, when you go to take a shot with one of your soldiers, you're treated to a little cinematic camerawork. This being an XCOM game, half the time that means watching your rookie shoot through a wa...
Published: 2016-11-12, Author: Daniel , review by: gamezone.com
Performance issues aside, XCOM 2 is a great Strategy game, and if a PS4 or an Xbox One is your only means of playing games, you won't regret picking up the game by how well it is designed. All of the port's issues are fixable via patch, and given the fact...
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Published: 2016-10-06, Author: Alice , review by: videogamer.com
Surprising, tense, capricious gameplay, Role as desperate resistance is super fun, Great squad balancing and class skills to choose
Published: 2016-05-13, Author: Nicholas , review by: gamecrate.com
Abstract: XCOM 2 released earlier this year to widepsread acclaim, but since it's very much the kind of game you grind away at, playing again and again as you try to conquer more challenging difficulty settings, the fight against the alien occupying force can lose...
