

Much of this is also true on even modern PCs. XCOM: Chimera Squad Really Leans into the Series’ Horny Undertones.FFXIV Director Naoki Yoshida Speaks About Fan Fest, Y’shtola’s Skin Color Changes, and NPC Dating.Capcom Didn’t Expect Lady Dimitrescu’s Massive Popularity.can take up to a full minute to make decisions. It runs like a small dog constantly stopping to sniff something vile. XCOM 2, and particularly War of the Chosen, has a poor reputation for console ports. So I started up a console save on the side - specifically on my PS5.

But I couldn’t get enough playing just once or twice a week. I’ve mostly been playing again on PC (while streaming to the lovely Fanbyte community). Until the game throws new enemies with new tricks your way.

Just one fight against the occupying invaders can be the domino that turns you into a tactical genius with all the right tools. The overwhelming sense of power progression, as you develop from some nearsighted goobers with knives to psychic hunter-killers with robots and rayguns, against ever-escalating weird creatures is one-of-a-kind. But its War of the Chosen expansion - which practically transforms the alien resistance sim into an entirely new, more story-driven game - had me hooked for longer than I care to remember. The top-down, turn-based tactics game from 2016 has been through its share of ups and downs.
