In addition, the tactical approach is really neat. I realize now that I didn’t take a lot of screenshots of the others, but that’s okay. It’s not just the Archon, either, all of the aliens you fight look awesome in one way or another. Like if I ever lived in a mansion, I would have two marble statues of them flanking my front door. The Archon in the picture above is just…so cool. But I absolutely love the design of ADVENT’s forces. I know nothing about the events of Enemy Unknown, so I don’t have as much investment in the world at large.

So what do I like about XCOM 2? I could take or leave the story, honestly. It was worth it, just for this shot alone. I was streaming at the time and all of my friends felt incredibly stressed out by proxy.įast forward to the fifteenth campaign (the game keeps track), and I finally did it. My very first mission outside of the tutorial left me paralyzed for a few minutes because I knew that I was going to lose one of my squad members, no matter the choice I made. I don’t know if that’s good or bad, but maybe one day I’ll give it a whirl.Īnyway, as my introduction to the series, XCOM 2 stressed me out to no end. At least UFO Defense and Terror from the Deep anyway. A lot of my friends, even those a few years younger than me, have had a lot of high praise for the series. I’ve never played a game in the XCOM series before this one.

And for that reason, I played on Rookie difficulty. I see an enemy nearby and beeline for it, only to discover that I left myself wide open for the AI to take me down a peg.

Any time I play a game like XCOM 2, I end up kicking myself for dumb decisions. Would you believe me if I told you that I’m absolutely terrible at strategy? And people wonder why I don’t trust high odds. Point-blank range and there’s still a chance to miss.

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