XCOM® 2

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X-Com 2 [WotC, as I've not played vanilla] is a very good game. It starts off very difficult, as the tutorial is... lacking, and the difficulty is the highest when you don't know the enemy, don't have many options to recover from mistakes and most importantly lack the experience to exercise proper judgment. Once you learn it a little, the game becomes easier, though the game does love throwing surprises at you at first encounters with an enemy (like the Muton counterattack, Andromedon suit revival or Sectopod explosion). Once you learn it more, the game gets quite a bit of depth, mostly due to the destructible environment. Block one ladder and destroy another, force a Hunter to break his legs repeatedly, Remote Detonate a train to cause a nuclear explosion after the enemy used it for cover, blow up the walls of a facility to access it easier, the possibilities are varied. Additionally, late in the game, there are just more tools available for tactical flexibility than earlier, like grapples, death from above, inspire, stasis and more, compared to just using a grenade to blow up a tree early on. The Chosen are decently fun to fight. Knowing that they don't start their attacks until they're in actual fighting range is integral and, of course, not mentioned anywhere in the game. Spamming Mind Control is annoying, getting crit-bonked or bled out is also annoying, but not uncounterable... usually. The Rulers are bosses in every sense, when they actually attack, they deal the damage of a medium-high threat enemy, but with one action taken for every nearly one of XCOM's actions (Including ones that are not offensive or straight up miss). Devastate and Quake are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, Icarus Kidnap or whatever it's called is difficult to counter and why the hell do bosses that don't take cover have such high defense? I'd still recommend turning on the random mission Rulers, they make the game significantly more varied. The Lost, I could do without, honestly. Being punished for explosions, including ones I have no control over, is BS and they aren't even that threatening. The Twin Towers is negated by bluescreen rounds and is a long slog, even if it gives a SPARK and a lot of AP. The Nest, I did once. Central, I wish you stayed in that cave instead of yapping about AVATAR. Skirmishers are fun, but weak - their skills are good, their weapons are not. Reapers are fun and strong, in spite of their long-range highly-accurate peashooter weapon. Templar are worthless at range and decent when using Rend repeatedly and nothing else, which is a waste of their whole Psionic theme. I won't waste time on the normal classes, but suffice to say, I mostly use the GTS for rangers and grenadiers, and there's a reason psi-ops are locked behind so much research, power and supplies. That's the tactical layer. On the strategic level, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, the game could be improved. Why does it pause so much? Does the Avenger need to accelerate and decelerate so slowly? Does Firebrand have to fly so slowly? Does Bradford's yapping have to lock up the game? The decisionmaking itself is still fun, and turning the map yours is satisfying. Vigilo Confido. Mods are supposedly quite nice. I only use QOL, but might try some more afterwards. Please use Stop Wasting My Time for sanity. I don't have anything else to say. As an RTS and TBS lover, xcom 2 is nice. Just use mods and turn all dlc options off.