XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

If you can't see it, is it still there? It probably is, and its about to kill you--but you can't see it until the game says! This game is frustrating in a fair way--a somewhat realistic way where you're in a battle with aliens and don't have any idea where they might be--whereas in most other games (almost all that I can recall) give the player some amount of omniscient godliness about their sights. You also cannot just shoot anything from anywhere, either. Get used to missing if you can't help but hack at the boundaries and rules like myself. This game is a worthwhile challenge for anyone who enjoys trial and error--but the exacting rules of effective combat can become too taxing. This game is thick to a point where I'm one match and done! Also, cover doesn't really work--damage through the environment is quite shaky. Going after supplies just leads to upset for me.

Pros: - The new, so called "Chosen" boss-enemies make for a nice change. - The three new soldier classes fit rather nicely both into your squad as well as into the whole setting. - The new, unique weapons do provide an extra edge in combat. - The new mission types are a nice diversion from familiar settings. - Customiziation of soldiers in terms of skills is now a lot more believable and flexible. - The resistance finally fights back and occaissionally helps you on missions. - Some aspects of the game got revamped or tweaked. - Missions load fast: No more endless waiting for the combat to begin like in the unaltered game. Cons: - The new enemy-bosses, the so called "Chosen", have only very shallow dialog and bakground stories, they are also predictable in combat and fighting them can be a bit repetative. The bosses in the "Alien Hunters"-DLC, altough it has its flaws, are much better and more believable. They are also less tacky but somehow much more fitting. - Customization options of the three new soldier classes are a bit limited: Templars just don't seem to come without kitschy pink stripes on the arms. Accept it! - The gameplay is so bogged down by all sorts of cutscenes, alerts, intersticials, messages, reminders, pop-ups, urgent requests and the like that you will forget what you were actually planning to do. - Quite a frew bugs remain unfixed. To name the worst: Firstly, the mouse-pointer will still snap unpredictibly to an invisible grid during combat missions, which will cause you to miss-click when aiming grenades or ordering your sldiers to go somewhere. This will more often than not cause deaths among your soldiers or even result in a failed mission, making iron-man-mode a gamble. Secondly, it will still be very much possible for enemies to spot you although the game clearly tells you that they can not beforehand, again causing terrible mission-fails that can hardly be prevented.

It's like the nemesis system from Shadow of Mordor, except there's only 3 orcs- I mean alien heroes to hunt you across the globe. Eventually you can hunt them, permanently defeating them. I liked the sniper chosen the best, he's the least frustrating to fight and has the best personality of the three. You also recruit a unique hero unit called Pratal Mox, and he kinda looks, and sounds like Robocop. I call him Robert Cop. Much like the Enemy Within expansion for Enemy Unknown, the expansion isn't it's own separate campaign, but is integrated seamlessly into the main campaign. Which is great if it's your first time playing, but might get slightly tedious at times if it's a subsequent playthrough. It also adds new maps, enemies, 3 new XCOM soldier classes, unique XCOM soldiers, and other stuff.

WOTC is in many ways just an XCOM2 re-play. I does have some added features. If you liked XCOM 2 you will like WOTC. But it's probaly a good idea to put some time between them and not play them back to back.

When I started playing this game the hours passed before my eyes. I started playing it on an Friday night and decided to finish my run after 22 hours straight of pure gaming, totally unaware of anything outside this amazing, hooking experience. This DLC adds so much to the game... It really makes it an even more enjoyable piece of entertainment than it already was without it. 11/10.