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The greatest tactics game ever. Still the best they've ever done. Nothing will ever be as addicting.

Utterly fantastic series. XCOM is the real game that real gamers play. Awesome and cool!

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.

One of the best RTS I play yet and the fact that they succeed to make a good story with it make it way better. Great game if you like RTS

One of my GOTY ! Very good turn-based strategy, with progressive onboarding, varied combat grids, very unique and appealing lore etc...

It is one of the top two turn-based tactics games I’ve ever played. It’s basically an upgrade over the first game in almost every way. The only thing that **** is how it just straight-up trashes the first game’s story like it never mattered.

Nice idea to combine a real story with an round based strategy fight. Played it 2025, so the graphics are okay, but not really nice to look at. A good game for in between.

I am not a huge fan of strategy tactics but and don't have much experience but this one is really good. Incredibly challenging as well which makes it more interesting.

This score isn't reflective of XCOM 2's objective quality as a video game, because all the mechanics are very thought out and intricate that I can't help but admire how well everything works together. The low score is just because I just got really overwhelmed with the game. It's just me being bad at a game that is in a genre that I'm really new and unfamiliar to me. I played Mario + Rabbids and a little bit of Persona 5 Tactia and foolishly thought the pipeline would carry over into XCOM. Choosing this game to start off with is completely my own fault. That being said, I had a rough time. The game is really difficult, and it has a decently high barrier to entry. I constantly find myself unable to tactically complete a task without constantly getting my team wiped out over and over again. I want to come back and enjoy this game, but I admittedly don't have the patience to learn this game. I'm sure this game is an absolute blast and a half for those that are into these types of strategy games, but unfortunately this game just wasn't a good match for me.

I'd recommend. It isn't the game that got me into TBS, but I'm a loyal fan at this point. I just can't get enough - and I probably won’t with how many mods come out for this thing!

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Its a very well made game with great combat mechanics and visuals the problem is the difficulty curve is very high. Even highly skilled players will have a hard time completing this one due to how unforgiving the combat is. Overall it had the potential to be a 9 or even a 10 if it wasn't so difficult to complete.

TL;DR: Overall a frustrating experience. I didn't find it too difficult in terms of skill or strategy. It is moreso difficult in the sense that the RNG and the algorithms behind the system make combat inorganically difficult. Therefore, many a time you will not feel rewarded for pulling off a slick and/or tactical team manoeuvre because you will miss your shots (even when your probability of landing a hit is over 80%) because the RNG ultimately dictates the flow of combat. When XCOM2 flows well it is a silky smooth experience and feeling. But, when XCOM2 doesn't flow well then it feels like you are forcing yourself into your tightest skinny jeans, and the only thing you will find there is hardcore chafing. Narrative: Generic naff. Boring characters everywhere, cliched tropes and uninspiring story-telling. I really disliked many of the cut-scenes in this game. Luckily, they are short and mostly skippable, but they are just annoying (the voice acting adds to that) over the top US military blah blah. I have to mention the final cutscene (which is hilariously terrible and immersion breaking for me) where regular human resistance fighters are regaining control over Alien Advent checkpoints wielding nothing but wooden baseball bats and metal pipes! Only 30 seconds ago, we, had to utilise advanced Alien Advent weaponry to just about defeat them by the skin of our teeth!Music/Sounds: Shame Firaxis couldn't invest in a badass soundtrack that fits the theme (or doesn't). Again, it feels very uninspiring and generic. You know it, the military orchestral sound that we see in the films time and time again. They could have got funky here with some rock and some sci-fi space sounding stuff. Music aside the sounds are pretty neat early on but it gets annoying pretty fast especially when it comes to enemies because they have no variation. The same shrieks, commands and grunts over and over again. Furthermore, the former Commander, your right-hand man, will not shut his trap. Seriously, please listen to a podcast or some music when playing this game, you will miss nothing. Gameplay Loop: There are some structural flaws because if you go into the game blind like I did; it is possible to hinder your progress quite deep into the game. I had maxed out my Comms network link without knowing about the Avatar project. So within the first 15-20hrs of gameplay I was dealing with the Advent Avatar project on a constant timer (as mentioned before your Commander buddy will not shut up about this). Luckily, I persisted and managed to reverse this but I can see many folks being deterred by this as it adds another layer of frustration to the game. Furthermore, the way missions are fed and the way you navigate the globe there is a very stop-start and fractured rhythm to the gameplay loop. To make all of this worse lets talk about the actual gameplay and how it fits in with the overall loop. I am relatively new to turn-based team tactical shooters; some similar games I have played are BG3, Persona 5, The Banner Saga series, The Civ series, Divinity Original Sin series, Invisible Inc., and the Crusader Kings 2. One thing I can say for certain is that XCOM2 is the slowest of them all in terms of combat flow and this has a major impact on how one will recieve this game. Animations take forever, getting into battle can take too long sometimes, if there are too many pods activated it will literally take 5-10 mins just for the enemies to end their turns, and, in the end all of this adds up to long battles that don't feel very mentally stimulating because of RNG having a chokehold over the fundamental mechanics. Combat Engine: Feels unpolished. Overwatch system is implemented poorly (even when done as an 'ambush'), the aim penalty makes the execution hilariously goofy especially since it triggers a cinematic slow-mo. Characters will miss point blank shots, your sniper will miss a massive golf ball shaped enemy that is 20 yards in front, grenadiers will waste 50 rounds of ammo on an enemy running from cover to cover 10 yards away!UX/UI: Overall it is fine on PC. I do have two things that irked me. Firstly, when at the Command Centre (where you navigate the ship on the globe) all the animations are just too slow. Which is a common issue as I have also mentioned this in the previous section. Moving from point to point on the map is gratingly tedious and this is further exacerbated by the fact that you will be interrupted relentlessly by other mission notifications. Secondly, the bunker view of the ship is a little dodgy to navigate as the camera loses control. Bugs: Some crashing over my play time, a couple of VIP missions are busted because you cannot actually reach the specified destination (from what I understand via reddit - this is exclusive to the game being played on Epic Games), some missions where there is lots of smoke effects did create some FPS drops and stutters but it didn't happen often.

Repetitive and difficult. With a couple of hours you'll have more than enough. I played for over 6 hours. It's the second time I get my whole team killed, so this was a sign for me to just quit. I don't think I'll ever play this game again. Lucky me it just cost me 2'5€ on Steam but even with this price I don't recommend spending your money on this one.

Welcome back, commander.XCOM 2 improves the XCOM:EU in many ways. Its graphics, sound and UI have stepped up. More emphasis is put on the story. Now XCOM is on the run, your base of operations is a giant repurposed alien ship. Through the hologlobe, you will need to move around the world tackling different missions and building a global resistance.Aircraft is missing in this sequel, but the rest is more or less the same. Lots of mini-games that, when combined, build a complex strategic game. Chossing missions, soldier customization, technology research... This time though, you must stop the aliens from completing a project, a counter is added to the campaign. Which means you need to fight against time in order to stop the aliens. This adds yet another mini-game, keeping track of this project's **** support is amazing, there is a lot to customize through it. XCOM 2 vanilla is not a bad game, but it lacks diversity. XCOM:EW felt better, **** expansion was launched, XCOM 2 War of the chosen is a must buy if you want to play this game, it adds so many new features and adjustments. It feels like a new game, way better than vanilla. New enemies are added, including three antagonists that will make your life more painful, and also new allies that will help you against them. A really complete experience and definitely a step up from the amazing prequel. If you want the ultimate XCOM experience go for war of the chosen.Good luck, commander.

Game is trash that doesn´t honor your time. Even on easiest difficulty you get smacked in your face. I tried It again and again and again and I´m too old to invest another 200 hours into a game just to "get going" I liked the first installment much more than this piece of trash.

Really good strategy and classes that makes a good combination. Interesting story and world. Camera controls are a bit iffy. Really happy with all the customization options.

This is a great management and tactical combat game. War of the Chosen also adds so much interesting stuff that I feel it's a must. I usually get bored of tactical turn-based combat games very fast. This game, however, has the interesting aspect between missions that makes me want to keep playing and see how my campaign goes. This game is more of a campaign, but it still has random elements that will likely make you want to replay it. It's not quite a roguelike because the runs are too long (over 10 hours, more if you try to complete more stuff), but it has that feeling, due to the randomness of the map and events that show up. There's always something to do, and unfortunately, you won't have time to do everything. If you're a completionist, this might annoy you, but I found that it was interesting choices you had to make constantly.

This game is about battles for the sake of battles, and those battles are fun every time, until you get tired of them and then the game is over.

XCOM turned up to 12, but on amps that should really be at 10 max. It gets way crazier, but still follows the formula of being a strugglebus in the beginning to being a cakewalk without any challenge at late game.

Did not do it for me at all. Have tried multiple times to get into, but something about it does not grab me. I think the way timed missions force you to make risky decisions feels bad because soldiers getting wounded or dying can often have disproportionate consequences, but if I mod out the timer its obvious the game was designed with it in mind and it becomes too easy. Overall, just not for me. Too punishing in ways that feel unfair.

By 2023 this game has nothing but a famous name. By this point many xcom-like games are just straight up better. Mutant Year Zero as an example.

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!

generally, xcom 2 is a good sequel, with lots of new stuff, and new mechanistics, but there are at least two things which i consider negative. first, the constant time pressure. i know, it is supposed to be fun to solve problems under stress and with limited resources, but sometimes it is too much. the stupid thing of "scanning" the region to get smth eats time and makes the stress even pushier. the missions are jumping one after the other, it is difficult to decide which one is more important than the other. second, the very slow healing and shortage of staff, decimating the men without time and resources to improve armament, not funny at all. yes, i successfully finished it, but it was far less fun than xcom 1 aka enemy unknown. if i want a stress i go to wurck ;) third, last and least, it is still a bit buggy, especially the ruler aliens. well, i like to often replay xcom 1, but xcom 2 i tried to play only thrice.

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.

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A great game, both visually and in terms of gameplay. Even after 6 years, it is still one of the best in its genere.

The game causes very mixed feelings. On the one hand, this is a good and modern representative of the turn-based tactics genre. In general, it is the restart of the XCOM series that the entire genre owes its recent revival. On the other hand, the game has a lot of game design decisions, and some things were done, and as if they didn’t understand why, and just scored. All in all, if you've played Enemy Unknown (the first part of the reboot), you won't see many changes. Whether it's good or bad, everyone decides for himself. The plot continues the events of the reboot and you will meet some familiar characters. But you need to understand that the plot here is basically banal and for show. There are few story missions themselves, basically you will play the same random events with generated cards. The graphics have become much better, despite the fact that the game is already 8 years old (at the time of writing this review), and its system requirements are weak. This is basically a rarity for tactics. The dynamic camera during shooting and just moving units is also pleasing to the eye. The visual customization of the fighters is also well done. But all this was already in the first part. The destructibility of objects at the levels is present, but not ideal, you can often see a situation where the wall and roof of the building are destroyed, and the boxes and partitions remain hanging in the air. But bad innovations, in my opinion, much more. These include absolutely system for calculating hits on the enemy. Units regularly and not on business smear, reboots do not save from this, despite the fact that sometimes the game looks like a simulator of eternal saves and loads. An annoying global timer on the world map - you can't calmly rebuild your base, do research and improve equipment, the game constantly pushes you to complete story missions, otherwise you simply won't have time and will have to start from the beginning. An even more annoying timer on almost all side missions, you are given a measly 6-8 turns to complete the task, otherwise the mission will fail. Because of this, you constantly have to substitute fighters in unfavorable combat situations, and as a result, lose them or get injured, and because of this, they will not be able to participate in other missions for a long time. And yes, the permanent death of units cannot be turned off, although even the famous and hardcore Fire Emblem has already allowed it to be done for ten years. The very number of additional missions and frequency of their appearance is annoying to the point of madness, and if you refuse them, you will simply start to lose funding for your organization from other countries and lose for economic reasons. The difficulty of the game is basically unpleasant, at least if you're not a **** of course, all sorts of unnecessary little things like mods for weapons and characters, they fall out extremely rarely, and they have few varieties, this is just the example when for some reason they made mechanics, but seemed to have scored on it. Of the minuses of both restarts, it is also worth noting that there is no action point system, and all actions are divided into two stages - movement and shooting. You can run far, but then you won't be able to shoot on that turn. Reloads, heals also cost precious actions. Classes like Snipers can't fire their primary weapons at all after moving or reloading, making the class's usefulness often questionable.There are people who like this system more than the famous AP, but here it is not implemented very well. To summarize, it may seem that the game has more disadvantages, this is not entirely true. I am sure that someone will like these innovations, especially lovers of additional complexity. If you are a fan of the genre, or you really liked the first part, then you need to try XCOM 2. If you are a beginner, then, probably, this is not the best representative of tactics from which you need to start acquaintance, your ass will burn and discourage all desire to touch other similar games. I can rate it 7/10, but I'm afraid it's not more.

Mükemmel bir taktiksel savaş oyunu. %100'de ıskalamasa daha iyi ama........

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An instant classic that refines, evolves, and redefines the ideas that came before. Strategy perfection

GİRİŞ Şunu belirterek giriş yapmak istiyorum ilk oyun olan Xcom Enemy Unknown'u oynamadım yani her hangi bir karşılaştırma yapamayacağım Xcom 2 nedendir bilmem ilk gördüğüm anda beni kendisine çekmişti uygun bir fiyatı olmasından dolayıda direk aldım oyunu (full paketi 45tl) ve şunu söyleyebilirim oyunu modsuz oynamak kesinlikle işkence, gelin inceleyelim ARTILARI +Harika grafikleri +Güzel optimizasyon +Sağlam yapay zeka +Binbir çeşit upgrade seçeneği +Askerlerin "bio" kısımları oldukça detaylı ve bu sayede bazı askerlerle bağ kurmanıza sebep oluyor(cidden bazı askerlerim öldüğü için neredeyse yas tutacaktım) +Bölüm tasarımları şahane +Scriptli eventler fena değil +Hikaye tırt olsada nadiren "wow" dedirtiyor +Silah ve Sınıf çeşitliliği yeterli düzeyde +Düşman çeşitliliği ise çok iyi +Oyun süresi gayet iyi(dlcler ile uzatabilirsiniz tabiki) +Steam atölye desteği +Görevler öncesi doğru planlama yapmanızı gerektiren dizayn seçimi EKSİLERİ -Tırt hikayesi -Tırt karakterleri -Çoğunlukla tahmin edilebilir olay örgüsü -Silahlar ve Sınıf çeşitliliği "yeterli" düzeyde olsa da maalesef oyunun oynanış süresi göz önünde bulundurursak yetersiz kalabiliyor -Sonlara doğru tekrara düşüyor -Oyunun düşmanı vurmanızı hesaplayan sistem çok gaddar(bununla ilgili modlar var kullanmanızı tavsiye ederim) PUANLAMA 82/100 100: Mükemmel(Kusursuz) 99-90: Harika(Kusursuz Değil ama yakın) 89-80: Çok iyi 79-75: İyi 74-70: Ortalama Üstü 69-65: Ortalama 64-60: Ortalama Altı 59-55: Kötü 54-50: Çok Kötü 49

Very good TB strategy game, but the campaign is generic and not very interesting. I really don't want to make another playthrough.

XCOM is a game that has a lot to offer but needs far too much time for its formula to become satisfying, after the mid point of the game it runs out of curveballs to throw at you to keep the gameplay engaging and dynamic, so instead chooses to ramp up the difficulty. While I'm aware XCOM is known for said difficulty, it doesn't make the gameplay fun when everything is decided by a literal dice-roll yet is so unforgiving, you just end up feeling cheated. The game is optimized poorly for PC and had many bugs that forced me to abandon missions due to being soft-locked. While the setting, premise and first few hours of gameplay did a lot to salvage my opinion as a whole, the game falls off heavily as it goes on and by the end I was left disappointed. If you're a fan of RTS games then give this one a shot if it's on sale, otherwise I'd say don't buy it.

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A great game if you are into the genre. In my opinion its leaning a bit too heavy into the overworld / basebuilding management wich is janky and tedious. Be warned there are quite a few bugs (gameplay / audio / visual). Also the combat could be sped up just a tiny bit. The optimazation is also quite horrible. I liked the high difficulty of each mission.

I have played this game for over 50 hours. At first I loved this game for the setting, level design and soldiers, I considered this game to be good and that it would become one of my favorites even then. But with every 5 hours of playing, I learned how terrible the gameplay of the game is and that this is one of the worst games I have ever played. Spoilers are minimal. 1) Even after releasing a large-scale addition to the game, the developers did not remove the huge randomness in shooting, when the machine gunner at point-blank range in 1-2-3 cells has a low chance of hitting and how miserable it looks in the game when he misses a huge alien that is standing right in front of him. 2) Bugs. They are everywhere. Bugs with shooting animations, bugs when the game is paused when there is a lot of shooting from spectator modes, bugs with grenade explosions, bugs with the abilities of the chosen ones, bugs when using engineers in the power relay. What the developers were doing preparing the addition to the game is unclear. 3) Stealth. It doesn't work normally. When successfully using stealth and bypassing enemy points, patrols at some point begin to go towards the player for no reason, and this happens all the time during missions with penetration to specific points. No logic, no development. Complete failure of the mechanics. 4) The worst is the sequence of moves, which is not reset if you are given an additional move of the last soldier for killing (for example), but the game does not allow you to do this and at that moment a plot event occurs (for example, the resurrection of the chosen one) and the game takes your turn, making a full one progress in the opponent's event, and you get back your half-one move left only for moving. As a result, the enemy makes literally 2 moves, until you absolutely could not do anything and this one does not depend on you in any way. Worst turn based game design I've ever seen in the history of gaming. 5) There is absolutely no tactics. It all comes down to random whether the enemy will hit through the cover / pass the stun / miss. The computer opponent does both completely stupid actions and brilliant ones at the same time, absolutely killing all the seriousness of what is happening, which you look at with laughter. Perhaps this is normal if you play on a low difficulty and score on logic and realism, but this is not interesting for experienced players. 6) Terrible development of the fog of war, when, for example, the Wanderers are close to Advent (which they also attack as a player), but until you open the fog of war, they just stand still and do nothing. And as soon as you opened it, they begin to act and then ignore the fact that they are point-blank to the enemy. They begin to stupidly run around and it looks like a clownery. And such missions also start in stealth, which absolutely destroys your tactics, since they can accidentally run out at the moment the fog of war opens and run out to you (although they break down exactly on the opponent of Advent according to the mechanics of the game when you are still in stealth). Summing up, I will say that this is only part of the problems and not all that terrible that is in the game design of the game. The game has a lot more problems and is more offensive just because the game initially seems good due to the setting and the design of the squad with the levels of locations. To bury such potential with such terrible gameplay I have never seen. I don't recommend anyone to play this

Not fun when all enemies are bullet sponges and your soldiers can't hit Sh**, and can all be killed in one turn if you are unlucky (which is what the core gameplay revolves around). Everything else is actually quite good, I enjoyed the stuff on the ship, such as customising your soldiers and upgrading your ships rooms. I also found the story/lore to be quite intriguing, which you get a lot of. PS, this game is hard AF (or just simply unfair/rng based), even on the easy difficulty.

Utter **** Controls are **** awful. no depth just full rush against turns all the time. cant spin the map or **** you chump. Even at £3 on steam or free on Epic its **** over priced. If you want cancer play this game.

XCOM 2 is a 2016 turn-based tactics video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. It takes place 20 years after the events of Enemy Unknown. XCOM, a military organization trying to fight off an alien invasion, has lost the war and is now a resistance force against the occupation of Earth and the established totalitarian regime and military dictatorship. Gameplay is split between turn-based combat in which players command a squad of soldiers to fight enemies, and strategy elements in which players manage and control the operations of the Avenger, an alien ship that is used as a mobile base for XCOM.

Aiming system is rigged AF. Game has technical difficulties on Switch. So, lizards can pull you even from a rooftop? Who tf made that game? There is absolutely no logic in fighting system.

Xcom is disbanded and what remains is a small faction and underdog! then WHY THE HELL the mission REQUIRES me to both rescue hostage, and then KILL ALL Remaining enemies on map? Why can't i get the hostage and F off? Cause , everybody calls you the "COMMANDER" but Firaxis is the actual commander and Demands you what do as exactly told and dont accept anything else. First game was alright because it was based of some one else's work, now it s the second game and we all saw how moronic the melodies came out of their own guitar.

I fell in love with this game when I first started playing it, but then something went horribly wrong. If you only intend on playing the game once or maybe twice then this game is a fantastic gem; a great experience. If you want to play more than that then it has some surprises in store. First of all the UI and controls are ok but they could be so much better on the PC. Every once in a

Sometimes you can just tell when a game has been created with no love from the devs whatsoever. This was merely them doing their job.

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good game with great combat, dk why the reviews are so bad ... xcom foreverrrrrr

One of the best (if not the best) strategy games of this decade. If you like turn based strategy / tactics games you need to try this.

One of my favorite games! I always have a good time with XCOM. Love the combat especially

This is what a strategy game should be. Multiple layers of decision making, consequences that ripple across all layers of the game, and the feeling that you’re constantly fighting a losing battle against an enemy stronger than you. It’s pretty much an arms race against the aliens, and you are at a disadvantage. I think iron man should be the default mode in the game, otherwise it takes away the huge sense of risk vs reward. This is easily one of my favorite strategy games - I have finished it for the fifth time now across three different platforms. I always come back to it.

The best turn based UFO Defence game that I've played. XCOM was Great. XCOM has further built up on it's strengths and created an even better product with Updated Graphics and Campaign. Every single DLC had a profound impact on gameplay and refined it even further. Grab the complete XCOM2 bungle for best experience.