This is why XCOM 2 is so good. More than any other strategy game, and perhaps more than any other game at all that I've played this year, it establishes a communication, a mutual 'writing' process ...

When it comes to games like XCOM, only the most strategic of turn-based tactical experiences will do. Both XCOM and XCOM 2 champion large-scale strategy above all else, and similar games can pose ...

A tense, punishing strategy game that generates great war stories. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. XCOM 2 is our strategy ...

XCOM 2 is no different, as players once again take the role of the commander of the secret military organization, XCOM. The game takes place 20 years after the events of XCOM: Enemy Unknown ...

Only one more research project lays between me and the end game. Underlying it all, I am undeniably, inexcusably bored. XCOM 2 treats leveling as a mixture of power increase and specialization.

Update: XCOM 2 has been nominated for IGN's 2016 Game of the Year. There’s an air of white-knuckle desperation about XCOM 2’s post-apocalyptic setting, and it only enhances the tension.

That's thanks entirely to XCOM 2: War of the Chosen, the new and pricey expansion. It makes everything better. It actually lives up to that promise of feeling like a new game, everything retooled ...

XCOM 2, widely considered one of the best strategy games on PC, is free for keeps if you download it from the Epic Games Store before the deal ends next week. In case for whatever reason you're ...

XCOM 2 is a PC-exclusive game. More on that on Friday in Why XCOM 2 Had to be a PC-Only Game. The year is 2035, and XCOM now operates as a resistance movement against the alien occupation.

It made XCOM a surprisingly kinetic and cinematic game and the effect is even more filmic in XCOM 2. While the base gameplay is fixated on turn-based action, this allows many of the games' other ...

XCOM 2 was a bit more ambitious with the Geoscape ... Aside from returning to XCOM's global view and bringing back its air interception game in a more complex capacity, players hope it will ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. XCOM 2 is very good. Some have even called it one of the best PC games ever made. Even if you don’t agree with that, it’s still an incredible ...