Posted on: June 30, 2022
Nicholas_Thien
Spiele: 44 Rezensionen: 19
Ironic and reflective XCOM spin-off
I'll admit that I had my doubts about this game. I am a fan of XCOM and enjoyed the recent installments in particular. When I then had a first look at Chimera Squad I was irritated: From what I could tell from looking at screenshots, the graphics looked almost amateurish and the gameplay made a half-baked impression. At first, I thought I was looking at some sort of spin-off or remake by an independent studio or maybe a fan-made sequel. Then I played it anyways. Twice, I have beaten the game so far and it is a lot of fun! Finally, XCOM is garnered with some heroes you can play and grow attached to while the original formula remains intact. The graphics are humble in places, but do justice to the series of games that were released under the XCOM-moniker as a whole. Clearly, keeping them simple in parts of the game was a design desicion. Even the high replayability that is an important factor in XCOM's success story is still there and its even more fleshed out than it was before. The turn-based combat-system is still intense and fun, but emphasises role-playing a bit while sacrificing freedom of choice. All in all, I feel that this game is a more mature and thought-through, sometimes ironic look at what XCOM was, was not, has become and just might be in the future. XCOM was always a bit pulpish, especially the spin-offs and add-ons. This one is no exception, except that, unlike older spin-offs, it is a great game since it is reflecting on this.
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