80
Firaxis managed to improve upon the already great Enemy Unknown in almost every way, with the exception of multiplayer. Unfortunately, the shockingly bad performance prevents XCOM 2 from reaching the status of a true masterpiece.
90
It is a tactical experience without peer, better even than its predecessors. It is draining and agonizing, but in a good way. The high difficulty may turn off some gamers, but it’s worth every second.
90
XCOM 2 is a gem. There is more story in the game, and the ending does not feel as abrupt as it did in the first game.
10
The greatest tactics game ever. Still the best they've ever done. Nothing will ever be as addicting.
10
Utterly fantastic series. XCOM is the real game that real gamers play. Awesome and cool!
6
The tactical part of the game is great. I enjoyed a lot the core mechanics of the combat, level design and characters abilities.
The issue is everything oustide the levels.Between levels you need to manage the base, the soldiers, build rooms, research, travel to new locations. And that part is tedious and with really few information to take decisions. No info about the reasearch outputs, no info on how to prioritize missions, no info on which buildings are critical for the storyline, ... All of that with an annoying countdown and taking decisions based on a guess that can greatly affect your progress.
I would have appreciated a liniar story and progress more than this.
XCOM 2
Released On:
Feb 4, 2016
Metascore
Generally Favorable
88
User score
Generally Favorable
7.5
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
93% Positive
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Apr 2, 2016
100
It's a testament to the quality of XCOM 2 that despite performance hiccups on a mid-range PC I have been unable to put it down. It's at once radically different and reassuringly familiar, improving what needed to be improved and refining what needed to be refined without losing the core appeal of the series. XCOM has once again proven itself to be the strategy king.
User score
Generally Favorable
67% Positive
1306 Ratings
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18% Mixed
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298 Ratings
Mar 10, 2026
10
The greatest tactics game ever. Still the best they've ever done. Nothing will ever be as addicting.
Mar 10, 2026
10
Utterly fantastic series. XCOM is the real game that real gamers play. Awesome and cool!
Mar 7, 2016
90
Ostensibly it's a game about overthrowing aliens, but really it's a war against the forces of probability. [March 2016, p.110]
Feb 1, 2016
90
With an unnerving sense of persistent tension and procedurally-generated maps that extend the value of every map, XCOM 2 survives the hype train with just a graze.
Feb 15, 2016
89
XCOM 2 manages to improve a formula that had almost nothing wrong with it to begin with, adding a sense of urgency to the already unpredictable nature of its turn-based combat. It’s a rewarding experience, if not sometimes cruelly unfair.
Feb 16, 2016
80
XCOM has once again proven that it is a powerhouse when it comes to tactical gameplay.
Feb 18, 2016
45
To be perfectly blunt, XCOM 2 is a pretty bad experience right now, and the best advice I can give is simple: wait for upcoming patches to fix things before buying. There's a much better game hidden somewhere beneath the performance issues and gameplay flaws, and it's a shame.
Nov 20, 2025
10
One of my GOTY !
Very good turn-based strategy, with progressive onboarding, varied combat grids, very unique and appealing lore etc...
Apr 7, 2023
7
I really liked the game! Interesting plot, good characters and good graphics for the time the game was made! Thank you, very much dear developers!
Jan 20, 2023
7
This game only came out in 2016 but it just feels so old. It feels way older then it is. If it was made today I'd be all over it because you can't get better then this in this genre. If you like this type of game you have to play it, but for where I'm at right now and how much more there is to get through I just can't give up the time to this particular world. It's a good game but it feels 8 years older then it actually is.
Nov 9, 2020
4
This game is bad. Strongly not recommended. Everything inside is like a one big script (even shooting). 80-95% to shoot a target and miss. Load and one more try... miss again. One more try miss again and over and over again. You can move and shoot but you can't shoot and move at start. Many pointless skills. X-COM extraterrestrial gold edition is much better then this game (2007). Another game based on very good (legendary) title f...d up. Sad...
Aug 5, 2018
4
Take a mediocre game franchise and make it worse. That's my impression of XCom 2. The first series was marred by an overly linear controlling approach to base management which is perpetuated in the second game. The horrible GUI is back too with all its quirks and limitations in place. The horrible counter intuitive R&D system is there too and its as confusing and unclear what you are supposed to do as ever. To really show up the glaring shortcomings in the aforementioned a time restriction is imposed making the whole frustrating, joyless experience even more crapulent. In short for me there is very little to like here aside from the overriding theme that I felt has been better executed in other titles like Xenonaughts. The only upside is the eye candy but its this title is so hamstrung by its awkward and clumsy game mechanics its not enough to really amount to anything significant. Played for a short time and quickly lost interest.
Summary20 years have passed since world leaders unconditionally surrendered to alien forces and XCOM, the world's last line of defense, was left destroyed and scattered. Now the aliens hold dominion over the Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for humanity on the surface, while hiding a sinister intent below and elimi... Read More
Rated Tfor Teen
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- PC
- PlayStation 4
- Xbox One
Initial Release Date:Feb 4, 2016
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