Despite being a budget spin-off XCOM title, Chimera Squad has a good portion of the ingredients that make XCOM games fun plus some new welcome additions. Most of the development staff that worked on XCOM 2 worked in this game.
Adding permanent characters to the roster is a welcome addition giving each character its own personality and skills, making it fun to explore different team combinations and upgrades. The story is not great but not bad either, it provides continuity to the previous XCOM games' story.
The game is overall on the challenging side even after playing in just the Normal difficulty. You still have rage-inducing elements from previous games such as 'misses' when your probability % is very high but I guess this wouldn't be an XCOM game without some of those annoyances.
Overall this is a very solid turn-based tactical game in the XCOM universe, and for its price point it's definitely a must own if you enjoy games in this genre.
Adding permanent characters to the roster is a welcome addition giving each character its own personality and skills, making it fun to explore different team combinations and upgrades. The story is not great but not bad either, it provides continuity to the previous XCOM games' story.
The game is overall on the challenging side even after playing in just the Normal difficulty. You still have rage-inducing elements from previous games such as 'misses' when your probability % is very high but I guess this wouldn't be an XCOM game without some of those annoyances.
Overall this is a very solid turn-based tactical game in the XCOM universe, and for its price point it's definitely a must own if you enjoy games in this genre.