The Arkham Origins of XCOM. The faster battles and preparation were a breath of fresh air, and I enjoyed making use of the different heroes a lot. It felt like I was jumping in and out of battles at incredible pace which was a nice change from the (sometimes overly) slow pace of XCOM 2, with a decent variety in team compositions I could bring.
Breach is an interesting mechanic, though I could take it or leave it honestly. I enjoyed the different factions a lot. I also genuinely believe that most of this game's negative reception came from people's expectation that this was XCOM 3, though I never felt like it was marketed that way personally.
My main complaint is that the story, art and characters are all on the weaker side (Axiom excluded!), ESPECIALLY if you compare it to enemy unknown or XCOM 2. Especially as a continuation of xcom 2's narrative it feels a bit unimportant? I suppose thats good in the grand scheme of things because of this game's (unwarranted) poor reception, but still. Clearly there was also a much smaller budget alotted to this project, evident in the re-used assets from XCOM 2 and the drawn cutscenes rather than the 3D cinematics in and Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2, which makes the end result being this solid and fun even more impressive to me.
That all being said, if you are into turn-based combat and/or XCOM I definitely think this is worth a play. But do read the steam page a bit more in-depth before you buy it expecting XCOM 2.5 or something: it's differences from the formula might be a huge turn off for you.
Breach is an interesting mechanic, though I could take it or leave it honestly. I enjoyed the different factions a lot. I also genuinely believe that most of this game's negative reception came from people's expectation that this was XCOM 3, though I never felt like it was marketed that way personally.
My main complaint is that the story, art and characters are all on the weaker side (Axiom excluded!), ESPECIALLY if you compare it to enemy unknown or XCOM 2. Especially as a continuation of xcom 2's narrative it feels a bit unimportant? I suppose thats good in the grand scheme of things because of this game's (unwarranted) poor reception, but still. Clearly there was also a much smaller budget alotted to this project, evident in the re-used assets from XCOM 2 and the drawn cutscenes rather than the 3D cinematics in and Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2, which makes the end result being this solid and fun even more impressive to me.
That all being said, if you are into turn-based combat and/or XCOM I definitely think this is worth a play. But do read the steam page a bit more in-depth before you buy it expecting XCOM 2.5 or something: it's differences from the formula might be a huge turn off for you.