XCOM® 2

One of my favorites, and I keep coming back to play it. Well worth the investment. So many ways to play, and I'm still finding new things out!

Please do not blame GOG.com for your faults! If you would have read the system requirements (=> "Multiplayer mode is not supported") and GOG's statement under DRM free ("No activation or online connection required to play.") you wouldn't have bought the game. Therefore giving only one star to the game is wrong! So, not reading the informations given on the website now costs you 100 $!

So I'm a major fan of the entire X-COM series. This game is a credit to this legacy, but I do need to state that there are some modern design issues that creep into how it plays that are affecting my enjoyment of it overall. I am currently about a dozen houras into the game and I am constantly interrupted by events approximately every 10 seconds on the Geoscape. It's a constant barrage of things to deal with in the early game and it is very difficult to figure out how to sort through the noise. The original game and the 2015 remake all had their own level of interruption happening in those same areas but this feels far more invasive than previous versions. It has made the opening of this game an absolute slog to get through and I'm having trouble keeping my attention focused on it because I cannot get a chance to look at the overall map for more than a few seconds before the next 5 events show up at the same time. This series is supposed to be hard and overwhelming at the start, but this has been ridiculous so far. Other than that major complaint though, everything else about this game is absolutely perfect. It continues to expand the experience of the 2015 remake in logical ways, and as much as I miss the gameplay of the original this play style is still a ton of fun and a worthy successor to one of the single greatest games ever made. The new classes, abilities, and skill trees are fun to go through and the voice cast makes it feel like the Next Generation of this series. It is worth the frustration I've felt so far and I will continue to play through this whole thing.

One of the best tactical games. Although it is a turn-based game, there are many moments when it makes you feel like you are inside an action movie.

I probably won't buy it here though, as I already own it on xbox and Steam, however there's one glaring fault with this release: as GOG lacks a mod repository, your only option will be Nexus, which is severly limited in comparison to Steam Workshop. That said, XCOM 2 with WOTC is easily one of my top games ever, might even be contending for the first spot. The gameplay is great, the graphics are great, even the story is rather interesting in WOTC, with the chosen having vastly different personalities.