Why It Ranks
“The guerrilla war against perfect odds.” — The Guerrilla Tactics. Scored 23/30.
Score Breakdown
The Review
XCOM 2 flipped the script: you lost the first war, and now humanity fights a guerrilla resistance against alien occupiers. The procedural maps, the timed missions, and the War of the Chosen expansion create a tactics game where every squad member's death is a personal tragedy. The modding community has kept it alive for years. Firaxis built the definitive modern tactics game.
Fun Fact
The War of the Chosen expansion was so large that Firaxis considered releasing it as a standalone sequel before deciding on DLC.
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