XCOM 2 and Red Dead Redemption might not initially seem like the perfect match. The Firaxis strategy game is small-scale, turn-based, and highly tactical and cerebral. Contrast that with RDR 2, a ...
Since XCOM and XCOM 2 cemented themselves as the definitive PC strategy games of the 2010s, the Long War mods likewise became ...
GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. This review has been updated to reflect XCOM 2's re-release on PS4 and Xbox One, which released on September 27, 2016: Time is always fading in XCOM 2 ...
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2K and Firaxis have announced the XCOM 2 Collection. Developers Firaxis tweeted last night to confirm the collection is available for download now. Here's what XCOM ...
The only game to be awarded a 10/10 score this year is now available on consoles, and it’s just as amazing as ever. XCOM 2 is the game that finally destroys the myth that strategy games are any ...
XCOM 2 will not only have you commandeering a squad of soldiers on the battlefield, but also deciding what a base becomes. You get to choose what technologies are researched, what items are built, and ...
The words procedurally generated spark the idea of endlessly interchangeable combinations of parts linked together in hundreds of different ways, creating something unique that may never be seen again ...
It was around the 20-hour mark that I realized I had been playing XCOM 2: War of the Chosen completely wrong. You see, when you’re playing a game for review there’s an urge to see everything. Not in a ...
I'm sorry to do this to you, but XCOM 2 came out nine years ago. The world was young, my passport said "European Union" on it, and I had a full head of hair (I still do, but I also did then). Not only ...
XCOM is one of gaming’s greatest tactical franchises, known for stirring a sense of doubt in gamers even when they allegedly have a 99% chance of successfully landing a shot. Well, there’s no reason ...