I watched a streamer playing this with Long War enabled. I was blown away at the depth and gameplay. I bought the game and jumped straight into the mod - I've never actually played the vanilla game, despite over 2000 hours in the modded experience. I can honestly say it is the best strategy gaming experience I ever had. -Multiple victory paths -Challenging AI -Challenging strategy layer choices as well as tactical missions -Progression systems that keep you engaged in the repeated missions, and often changes the strategic objectives of those missions (capturing enemy resources, captives, weapons, or simply gaining experience all require different approaches in both load out, soldier choices, and in mission). -Extremely difficult but also extremely rewarding specialty 1 off mission types. Even now, almost 10 years since the game was produced, the graphics and art style are still pleasant and appropriate. Stylistically it just looks good.
