That soldier you’ve kitted out with the best resources and upgrades available? They’re one critical hit away from losing it all. Death is permanent, so every mistake you inevitably make is magnified tenfold. To survive, it’s absolutely necessary to plan squad composition, make smart use of cover, and hope like hell the weapon accuracy random number generator smiles upon you.

In between you and the goal are countless alien variants who are all equally well-versed in murder. Battles involve four XCOM soldiers (which can be increased via upgrades), taking to self-contained maps in order to complete objectives such as eliminating all hostiles, hacking alien technology within a time limit, or rescuing civilians. Unfortunately, while XCOM 2 doesn’t have Donkey Kong, it does have a devilishly deep combat system.

And we haven’t even covered the combat yet.įor Nintendo Switch aficionados who haven’t played XCOM before, think Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle each battle takes place on a grid where teams take turns towards achieving their objectives.

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