(mini-review).

XCOM 2 is a good game. However, as much as it pains me to write this, it is not the game for me.

XCOM 2 is a turn-based, tactically squad-based strategy game with an enormous amount of history and reverence in PC gaming circles. The tactics, UI, gameplay and combat depth are all unparalleled and truly sublime. They are, very much, best in breed. However, the storyline is rote and boring. The universe is an uninspired, under-designed, under-cooked mess with very real attempts at stealing Mass Effect 2/3's visual style, music and aesthetics. Imagine the best squad-based tactics game you've ever played, with remarkable depth, virtually no past-campaign content, limited modding community, coupled with a dry, lifeless plot and Mass Effect 3's design leftovers -- that's XCOM 2. If this game were set in the Warhammer 40K universe, had more content and was possessed of a strong story and maybe campaign co-op -- I'd never play anything else ever again.

XCOM 2 is a good game. However, as I said, it isn't the game for me.

Pick it up on sale if you can. Tacticians will be right at home and love this title. Just don't expect a lot of creativity or soul.

Recommended.

7.5/10.

(mini-review). XCOM 2 is a good game. However, as much as it pains me to write this, it is not the game for me. XCOM 2 is a turn-based, tactically squad-based strategy game with an enormous amount of history and reverence in PC gaming circles. The tactics, UI, gameplay and combat depth are all unparalleled and truly sublime. They are, very much, best in breed. However, the storyline is rote and boring. The universe is an uninspired, under-designed, under-cooked mess with very real attempts at stealing Mass Effect 2/3's visual style, music and aesthetics. Imagine the best squad-based tactics game you've ever played, with remarkable depth, virtually no past-campaign content, limited modding community, coupled with a dry, lifeless plot and Mass Effect 3's design leftovers -- that's XCOM 2. If this game were set in the Warhammer 40K universe, had more content and was possessed of a strong story and maybe campaign co-op -- I'd never play anything else ever again. XCOM 2 is a good game. However, as I said, it isn't the game for me. Pick it up on sale if you can. Tacticians will be right at home and love this title. Just don't expect a lot of creativity or soul. Recommended. 7.5/10.