XCOM®: Chimera Squad

Although it does not have the same complexity as XCOM 2, I enjoyed it quite a bit. It is much easier, and the missions are not as long or as difficult; maybe they can feel challenging at first, but you get used to them. The biggest difference is that now you have characters with their own personalities instead of unknown soldiers, and the game also adds a “breach” mode before each battle. I bought this game on sale, and I recommend it.

В целом как человеку не шарящему в тактиках мне понравилось. Но большое количество багов сильно смазывают впечатление.

I'm revising this review right after finishing the campaign which took around 17 hours but can be shorter (around 15 or so hours) if you rush the story missions and don't bother leveling up every character. My initial review for the first few hours of the game was positive but after finishing the game I've changed my mind. This game takes place a bit after the events of the first two games with the aliens taking up residence in the human cities. and its a much much smaller scale story since it only takes place in just one city. and the Gameplay in general is more tailored to a more casual audience. The story itself is incredibly forgettable. It revolved around a group of XCOM soldiers assigned to a city fighting against a terrorist faction which is a pretty basic story but the writing in general was just bad. The writing is that sterile Marvel Movie style of writing that felt like it was written with the HR department breathing down the writers necks. With your characters just constantly blurting out unfunny quips at each other at every moment including up to the final dramatic showdown at the last mission. It was alright at the first few hours but after a while it felt like a slog. And at the start of the campaign there was some genuine intrigue at the story hinting at a big reveal as you go through various enemy factions seeking answers. But by the end the big reveal just turned out to be a massive disappointment the story somehow took the lamest turns by the end. To top it all off they gave the final boss the most boring mechanics of all the bosses. They just took a normal enemy and just surrounded him with the spongiest grunts in the game. The gameplay is somewhat good actually. it still got that XCOM style strategy gameplay but toned down to be a more bite sized mission layout. it features smaller maps and removes the whole stealth mechanic and just replaces with a "breach" mechanic where your squad breaks through a door and they get a chance to shoot down specific targets that can be a big threat. its a much simpler system but it could have been way better if they expanded upon it more but all they did was just give a few characters some breach skills that kinda suck more often that not it was better to just outright shoot the target than to use the skill. And of course another point of dislike was the upgrade system was also heavily skimped. your characters just unlock a skill tree that does have some very powerful skills but aside from that it was pretty underwhelming there were no cool flying gadgets, no mech suits, no cool psychic powers and even the special weapons were pretty disappointing. its just the normal weapon with a tacked on skill that may or may not be useful. not to mention how quickly the game upgrades plateaued I was just mid way through the campaign when My main characters maxed out and after that They didn't really get any meaningful changes and again the later half of the game ended up feeling like a slog. The thing that ultimately made me dislike the game was there was just a constant visual bug where when an enemy moves they just teleport to some random spot outside the map then rubber bands back to the spot where they should be. this happens every fight and sometime it happens to your characters too. its just a visual bug but after a few hours it just became more and more annoying. not to mention the camera bugs sometimes gets glued to your characters armpit instead of showing the enemy that I want to target. The game had potential but they didn't really live up to it, It felt like the game was intentionally cut down so that it can be released for mobile but as far as I know this was never released for mobile. This is a pretty short game that gets very cheap on sale and and you could get some fun out of this if you're just looking a light hearted casual strategy game but as a whole I cant recommend it. It feels like a version of XCOM that was bought from TEMU.

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Always enjoy booting this up. Loved the original, but this is much better, and quicker - straight into the action.

Une fois qu'on oublie les dialogues complètements cringes, qu'on avance un peu dans l'histoire et que les agents commencent à tenir la route avec leurs nouvelles compétences, le jeu s'avère plutôt bon. Il ne faut pas s'attendre à du X-Com, mais le gameplay pure reste solide et proche des anciens jeux. A la différence des tours qui sont mélangés entre agents et ennemies, ce qui oblige à être plus vigilant sur quelle cible sera prioritaire. Clairement pas le jeu du siècle, surtout à cause de ses dialogues catastrophiques (en français pour le moins...) et pour la DA qui nous avait habitué à mieux. Il mérite quand même qu'on s'y arrête et reste très honnête niveau gameplay. A choper en solde de préférence.

Boring af, repetitive and without the main XCOM feature: building your own squad. Instead you are forced to play with the 'questionable' choices the game made for you. I almost dozed off while playing, just avoid this crap.