2 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 161.7 hrs on record (72.9 hrs at review time)
Posted: 30 Dec, 2020 @ 9:06pm

Pros: Good plot, Class combinations for tactical combat, every choice matters which leads to difficult but rewarding decision making, visuals are great, fairly balanced tactical combat mechanics.

Cons: Time limited gameplay with no way to gain any time back is stressful especially with how long the campaign can be, lacks modding support, the variety of enemies/map types get a little old even with mutative enemies, AI hangs at some points causing game reloading, Alien capturing is fun but can be tedious as ♥♥♥♥ for the larger targets and there should be some sort of prisoner system for paralyzing human targets. Ramping up enemies makes creating new groups a tad difficult in the late game.

Overall I'd say its a great game to sink a lot of hours in but there needs to be a way to increase the time you have before losing the game, at least make it possible to have a near never ending campaign just for fun. Also be nice to have the per-turn in combat auto-saves that Xcom has. I will almost always restart a mission if a squad member dies to the point I get frustrated and say nah screw that mission. 8/10 More please.
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