Before I start this review, keep in mind that this is my personal opinions of this game, and you can differ as you wish.

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within, which back then I loved- in fact, I still love. XCOM 2 might be good, but it's not perfect, that much I can say.

For starters, I found the story to be a bit bland and plain. It's like every other game: "Find the bad guy! Shoot the bad guy! You win!" Now, I've nothing against that, but it's a bit of creative space wasted.

Graphics? I liked 'em to some degree. There was no real artstyle that catched my eye, which again is a shame. I was expecting the enviorments to be more... What's the word? Alien. ADVENT and their troops are alien. Yes, this planet is inhabited by humans, but it still doesn't justify the artstyle.

Gameplay? It's good. Your typical XCOM game. You maintain everything as the 'commander' of the XCOM project- or what is now 'The resistance', meaning you're in charge of R&D, taking on operations, etc. However, I do find the amount of supplys they give you to be a bit annoying after ops. I want to finish my scans one by one, not delay the story! It's a minor thing, but it can be quite annoying to me.

Characters: Oh my god, did I love this feature. The introduction of character pools and customization was the best decision Firaxis ever made. I'm a frequent roleplayer, and I keep track of my characters, no less. Being able to make them as well as the system would let me felt like it was more rewarding than it should've.

Performance Issues: Now, I'm not saying I didn't get a lag spike here and there, but I didn't really see the fuss of all the lag and performance issues. Mind you, these are thoughts before the performance patch. I run a lower-end PC, no less, so I should be the one lagging more frequently, but it seems to be a opposite world.

Overall, the game is quite solid on some aspects, whilst having no ground on others. If you don't mind having a plain narrative and artstyle, you better pull out that $59.99, as this game is for you.

My rating: 8/10










And don't get me started on the ayy lmao mod.

10/10 it's okay -ign