#Xcom 2 ipad review how to

After retrieving their beloved Commander the XCOM troops and their mobile headquarters properly rally against ADVENT, but time is against them since the countdown to the aliens’ ultimate weapon the Avatar Project has already begun. Earth lost the battle against the alien invasion early, the aliens took over Earth and formed the new oppressive ADVENT government, and XCOM was forced to become an underground resistance movement. While trying not to spoil anything crucial of XCOM 2’s story, in a novel twist the majority of the events of Enemy Unknown either didn’t happen or were a “training exercise”. Now that you’ve been to Amazon or Steam to pre-order it and back, let me tell you why I liked it so much.

#Xcom 2 ipad review how to

Bethesda, Ubisoft, you’ll remember how I said that Far Cry 4 and Fallout 4 felt like remakes rather than sequels? XCOM 2 is a perfect example of how to get a sequel right. The gameplay is essentially the same but has been polished, buffed, twisted, bent and poked until it feels like a brand new game.

Well sit on wooden panelling no more: the sequel is superb, at the very least as good as if not better than Enemy Unknown. For everyone else, you may have been on the fence about pre-ordering XCOM 2 despite enjoying Enemy Unknown, perhaps with memories of other “can’t fail” sequels in your memory such as Batman: Arkham Knight or, er, Duke Nukem Forever. If not, buy it immediately and get back to us, you’ll need it. Now with this review I’m assuming you’ve played XCOM: Enemy Unknown.