XCOM2 Review - Worth a Play in 2024?
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
- New to turn-based strategy games? In this video, I bring to you XCOM2 (and the DLC War of the Chosen), one of the godfathers of the genre.
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Jump to these sections in the video:
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Overview
01:07 - Graphics, Sound & Difficulty
03:15 - Game Objective
04:49 - Squad Assembly
05:25 - Mission Gameplay
07:36 - Enemy & Map Types
08:36 - Turn-based Gameplay:
12:23 - Conclusion
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"Dank" first video! Really well done and love your enthusiasm. Gonna check it out. Thanks🙂
What I loved most about War of the Chosen is how it emotionally feels like these "Chosen" villains that I'm fighting against have the deck stacked against me, and yet I still manage to squeek by, and then listening to their bewilderment and frustration when things start to fall apart for them. It really amps me up.
Right! For a DLC I was very impressed. Was really hoping to see XCOM 3 with more of this, but don't think it'll ever happen.
@@easilydistractedgames Last I've heard, Firaxis was still planning on XCOM 3. They just took a break to work on Marvel's Midnight Suns because "it was too good to pass up". I don't know if we know yet if their next game is either a Civ game or XCOM 3 though.
Xcom 2 with all dlc + longwar + SCP mods and you are set for life
I'm just gonna save time for everyone and say that the answer is yes. why you ask? because I said so. go play Xcom 2 and buy all the DLC. when you're done with that, get all the mods.
It's been around long enough now that the game plus all DLC is not very expensive. And it goes for an even lower sale price regularly.
There are so many mods, it’s overwhelming, I rather play a more simple and straightforward game like gears tactics.
@@NoThing-wc3cs you are obviously wrong. Play Xcom 2.
OMG, Xcom2 throwback Tuesday!! Favourite Xcom2 moment was making a Dr Disrespect inspired character... he pretty much died immediately, which was sad
Good for me. But back then I guess it would've been sad.
omg Xcom2 first video good choice :) But I mostly watched my roommates play it while I waited for the playstation to be free so I could play rocket league 🤔 I will check it out :)
I'm so sorry about my terrible audio here! It was my first video!
That's ok brother, see you in the "XCOM2 Review - Worth a Play in *2025?* " video remake!
@@PowerUpCoupleGaming haha I just cringe every time I listen to this video. And yeah, there's a good chance I'll re-review it in the future!
Congratulations for youre first video. Well made quality and kinda inspiring. I think I will give it another shot.
I also stopped because it got too intense and my ego stood in my way . I played on normal and had a pretty good run. Felt too easy because I got things going pretty well. Even deleted 2 of said minibosses of the dlc. Started another run on veteran and got no chance and too much pressure trough higher live enemys and shorter timer. I thought there was no sweet spot for me, but I guess it was normal difficulty and I did pretty well in that run. In the next run I will play on normal again and not restart any mission. I think thats fair. Then I just need to accept any outcome and finish the game for once :D
Thank you! Let me know how it goes! It's hard not to restart missions, but definitely makes the missions more memorable.
What was your favourite XCOM 2 moment? Let me know!
when I missed two 98% shots in a row and got crit in full cover in return.
Getting panicked by a sect. and shooting my best sniper with shotgun pointblank. fun times...
Sunk so much hours when it first came out and then again when I got a steam deck 💀
I picked Xcom 2 up a week ago and it grabbed me as hard as Xcom 1 OG. Pod reveals feel bad, but that's about it and at least they serve a purpose in embaddening a mission. You feel stretched thin at every turn, you rarely start in control of a situation, and you can feel the built-in death spirals start up early enough to make sacrifices and keep going forward. What a legendary sequel.
Also, I still savescum X4 missions. Screw those.
Yeah, totally worth it. Sadly, the founder left the company... I don't think there will be a sequel.😢
Answer is yes, I just started playing 2 weeks ago and I’m amazed a how good the game is. I already know I’m going to play it again before I play WoTC.
Wow, first time? Are you going to get some mods? You're in for a treat with this game, good luck!
@@easilydistractedgames playing on ps5 so womp womp there but yea very first time. Not sure how I missed it
Ah pity, but to be honest once your armour and weapons get more upgraded, it's still just as good. And yeah, playing WoTC really changed it up for me too.
Highly recommend trying long war and the voice pack mods.
I've tried almost every voice pack mod, but how does long war differ? Looked like the missions were longer, but they already take me quite a while to finish.
@@easilydistractedgames longer, more management. You can run two squads and bigger squads.
Really well made video! I have like 300 hours on xcom 2, truly one of the most fun games. I would advise to structure the videos a bit more though, as to avoid repetition.
Thanks for the feedback! Yup I'm trying to maintain a constant flow of my upcoming reviews now.
I just bought the game, this game is so hard, my solders keep dying. I can't make any further progress.
I was the same! The first mission I lost half my squad. I'd suggest putting it on easy in the beginning, that's what I did the second time.
Try use Overwatch as much as possible, flank the enemy and utilize the abilities of your squad.
You need to be careful to only engage 1 pod at a time. Ideally, never let the aliens shoot at you. Engage a single pod and destroy them before they get a turn. Do not charge at the enemy as soon as you see one. Either backup or hunker down your closest guy and put the rest on over watch. When they spend their turn running at you, that’s when you counter attack on the following turn.
The game is hardest early on. As your soldiers get more skills, it gets easier. Strategically, the geoscape portion gets easier once you raid the alien underground base. Don’t play Ironman mode until you know what to do and want more of a challenge. Later on, you can use the skull jack even if you’ve done it before because you can use the intelligence to buy things on the black market. Remember that you don’t have to take every mission. If you’re too wounded, it is fine to just dig in your base and heal up, especially if you have the accelerated digging bonus. Avoid getting any wounds though.
There are lots of ways to make the game easier. Experiment till you find something that works for you.
One of my favorite games of all time. After all the updates and dlc.
Same! I'm still trying to find a similar game, but nothing really comes close yet. Any suggestions?
With a few mods I am enjoying it more than in other years.
Agreed! I'd still play this game without mods, but they just add so much more customisation to the game.
@@easilydistractedgames And the difficulty. There are missions that I cannot complete in less than an hour.
im playing a new campaign right now still one of my favorite games ever made just got it on steam still haven't explored any mods
The mods really change a lot about the game, well for me. Some of them break sometimes, but they're easy to disable if a few don't work. But yeah, customizing the character skins, voices, mission types and more really add to the game replayability. Highly recommended!
Yo i got this game on last steam sale for $2.99 is really fun game first time playing xcom and first time playing a turn based game im having fun . It will be fun to play with friends but is not possible.
Xcom2 2024 is good
Yup, they used to have multilayer but it shut down. But for that price and all the mods it became one of my best single player experiences.
Well there's Parsec software to let you play coop somewhat.
Just bought it for $2.99 for my PS5...
For me it's things like the customisation that make this game great, I can put myself in the game, my buddies. Whoever. I can set the challenge to be as hard or easy as I like, with mods do pretty much whatever I want. We need another instalment.
Chimera Squad isn't it for me. I got it as a "Complete your Xcom Bundle " deal when I already had everything else, and on a 65% off sale. So Chimera cost me about 60 cents. But I still wish I hadn't spent it. The characters are all preset, talk like teens after too much caffeine and have more cringe than Cringy McCringeface at the annual "Who is the biggest Cringe?" contest
It was actually the mods that kept me coming back, and it really sucks that there isn't a game like this with such a level of customisation. Hopefully, XCOM 3 is still going to happen.
@@easilydistractedgames My thoughts exactly. :)
play this game moded with LWOTC and mod jam, its 1000% better trust me
Never heard of mod jam - what does it do?
Never was
Is not that good, there simply nothing better, Gears Tactics only game that is as fun as this.
I've been wanting to play that game for ages. I might get it and give it a review!