[SteemGC]XCOM 2 review: the more Tactical!#3
- About this games
True to its name, XCOM 2 is the second game of the series games XCOM. After previous XCOM: Enemy Unknown: XCOM Enemy Within and exposes the brutality of the war against the alien colonization often referred to such Alien, XCOM 2 will carry on the timeline of the game. Just as his first series, XCOM 2 stay true to the style of utterance acts of military spectacles. If you like with a theme like that, then XCOM 2 is perfectly suited to your taste.
In this game, pretty much typical of XCOM first is maintained in the gameplay. However, the addition of the new feature is also pretty much can be found. When the two were reunited, in fitting they can cooperate well and frankly perfect the play experience. While the visual graphics, significant improvements can be seen clearly. Though the fotorealistis as always chased game caliber AAA lately, but the visual style that maintains the shades of kekartunan-enhanced with a variety of shade and shadow are suitable.
If You've never been touched before, then XCOM XCOM 2 will be quite serious challenges. Because this game has a fairly strong aspect of the strategy, unlike the high-speed action RTS gameplay, for example that can be found in StarCraft. This game thus prioritizes placement of tactical combat with members using a Turn-Based gameplay. So, you'll alternately run troops with opponents.
At first glance it's not fun and it feels slow. However, it is not the case when you try to play it myself. In this game, you will feel how the tension while trying to maintain the life of the troops in the presence of enemies that are far more superior, both in the defense as well as guns. Indeed this kind of game is not for all gamers, but if you like it, then this game could make hooked.
- When The Earth Gave Up
The story can be found at XCOM 2 is the story of the Canal in the XCOM first. On the first series, Earth is invaded by Aliens whose purpose is the same mystery with the shape of their own. That's why on the first series named XCOM: Enemy Unknown. After a secret agency called XCOM is activated when the first Alien attack comes, the fight against terror from outer space also was started.
Unfortunately, the story of the struggle against the Alien invasion of the Earth not as nicely as the movie Holywood. The last line of Defense as XCOM Earth so many flaws, ranging from funding to technology. Finally, after being battered by continuous attacks by aliens, XCOM successfully destroyed and you as its commander was arrested.
Any human bow in the presence of an Alien race who called himself the Elders. After that, the Elders saw the good faith to not oppress men with forming a coalition Government called Advent. Since then, the human life quality is increased thanks to the technology provided by Advent. A variety of deadly diseases in the world successfully eliminated and humans as if entering a period of golden age.
However, XCOM was not dead. After successfully freeing your body from suspended animation, XCOM re-start combat against Advent. Because, behind the golden age human given the Advent turned out there's a dark secret. Interesting story that's who you'll find in the XCOM 2. Through a guerrilla war against the severity of the Advent of a much more powerful, You bit by bit will drill down a dark truth that will bring mankind toward destruction.
- With No Tactics, No Victory
XCOM 2 is a very heavy strategy game to be played. For this game you will always try to catch up, especially from the side of the combat power of Advent. That's why the thought of an ingenious when play should be the primary capital to win. When you only play head-on, such as when playing RTS action, then the victory is only a mere dream.
Turn-Based gameplay on XCOM 2 meaning you will alternately turn of the road with the enemy. On your turn, all members of the combat must be placed properly so that they die not later digempur by the enemy. How do you do? Of course members of the combat You must be placed in positions that have protection! Different from the RTS action game, you can find a wide array of cover or protection from a variety of objects, such as walls, fences, cars, to the tree.
The kind of cover that can be used by the wide variety of its forms. Some are only able to protect half a body only and full protection. To find out the types of covernya, you can simply direct the pointer to the cover. When a POPs full shield shape, then full protection; When only half the shield then the protection is only half of the course.
Then, what differentiates them? When you launch an attack, the likelihood of success of Your attacks will be presented in the form of a percentage. Getting closer to 100%, then the likelihood of the success of his attack will be higher. The only way to reduce the percentage of these is to take refuge behind the cover. Getting full protection, then the percentage will be reduced when compared with the larger half the protection of course!.
However, it is not forever You will be protected when you are behind cover. Just as in a real war, such protection will not mean when you are attacked from the Flank or side. It's what makes XCOM 2 become very exciting and interesting. If you only think of the attack, then it could be a combat line you'll be too advanced and enemies which can move away can be attacked from the Flank!.
The materials cover itself is also noteworthy. When you hide behind cover such as wood-fired padded, then don't be surprised when enemy fire can pass through! Moreover, the Advent of laser weapons have been using since the beginning of the game, whereas you can only wear the weapon-based bullet!.
Cover in this game also can be destroyed using explosives, such as grenades and rockets. Even the frequently used tactic is to destroy the enemy's cover using grenades in advance, so that they can be easily attacked. The buildings are made of wood can also be burned and destroyed the surrounding cover! The large number of tactical considerations such as these make the XCOM 2 be a very fun game to play Advent communications tower can be hacked using the skill of Specialist classes.
- A balanced fighting force
Members of combat that you bring to the battlefield is also becoming an important element to consider. Because, they have four classes with a different role. First, you can only carry four members only, so all types of character classes can be used in battle. Each of these classes will support each other and fill in the shortcomings of other classes.
The classes that you can find in this game is the first Ranger; class character with melee. Building on their arms Shotgun and sword, the Ranger class is used to attack the enemy from the Flank. That's why this class is able to give such great damage, during his attack hit the target! Skill has also supported the up-tempo attack and can help Ranger role became Scout.
The second class is the Grenadier. This heavyweight army able to shower the enemy with machine gun bullets and grenade launcher. When speaking of the Grenadier, simply put it is a role which is able to destroy or disrupt the enemy's opponent's cover with the onslaught of Supressing. This class is also a superb place to fight enemies with thick armor, such as robots and cannons.
As a supporting role, the Specialist is a multi-purpose classroom. On the one hand it can be used to heal from afar, thanks to the help of robot hover named Gremlin. However, it can also destabilize and take over the enemy robots with Hacking. In addition, the Specialist can also provide cover fire through the Overwatch. When the enemy ran in front of the enemy, the Overwatch automatically pinned down by your character! This is a passive war tactics that can be used to defend from the enemy!.
Sharpshooter position far behind. With a sniper rifle, this class is able to provide protection with a range marksman shot very far. During the enemy could be seen by the other characters, then the Sharpshooter can shoot him! This class can also be used as a striker front line, just by changing the skill. When a skill his gun drawn, he can be automatically attacked the enemy before the enemy even menembakinya it a shot!.
The ability of each class progressively increased during the fight he participated. Later he will level up, or promoted, and you can select the skill. In addition to skill, strength of character is also determined from the device group, namely weapons and armor. The more sophisticated gearnya, then its power will be higher. But make no mistake, the enemy will also increase its ability to compete with the power of you!.
- Skill Determines the role on the team
Skill has a very important role in XCOM 2. When the fight later, the characters you use will depend heavily on the skill you take when the level up. Basically, the skill of each class is divided into two. For example, the Sharpshooter is divided skillnya into a skill for sniper and gun. As for the Ranger was a scout and a sword skill, Grenadier has the skill and support, as well as explosives Specialist was able to use the skill to heal and support the attack.
Each new skill can only be selected when the level up. These options are also not always has to be the same from one set, for example, after you select the skill level on the pistol, next you select a skill from a sniper. The decision for the skill selection depend entirely on your own play style. When you are not in sync with the skill, with options, you can change it by building a special module at the headquarters. More about the module we will discuss later.
Bottom line, Your skill will determine what kind of a game later. However, as much as any amount of skill you have, will be less effective when not accompanied by a robust combat gear. To pursue such gear, all will be centered on the flying headquarters named Avenger you have. However, improved technology and at the same time balance it with the ability to buy for the sake of strengthening the character is not easy.
- Avenger, the core of XCOM
All activities depend on XCOM headquarters you have super large aircraft, called Avenger. Through the Avenger, you can find some room that can be filled with various modules. The module that will be having functions range from electrical resources, weapons testing, laboratory space, space Alien technology research, up to a room to train soldiers.
To build the module turns out to be not as easy as flipping the palms. Originally, the room can be assigned to the module still contains the various components of the aliens. Frankly, the Avenger is the Alien ship taken over by XCOM. To that end, the room should be cleared first. However, it is necessary to clean it Engineer can only be obtained through a gift or purchased mission. Once cleaned, You can build it. Even then it takes more money, or in this game called Resource, and the electricity to run it, as well as monthly operating costs.
All development on the Avenger needs a resource, as can be seen when looking to build a module. Not only that, make the gear that has finished researched well again requires the resource so that it could be used on battlefields. The resource can be collected easily when the room was cleared with the help of Engineer Avenger, but the amount will not be sufficient for your needs. That's why you need to look outside of the Avenger.
- Fighting Round The World
New features that distinguish XCOM first with XCOM 2 is in its ability to travel around the world with the aid of Avenger. Because of the guerrilla nature of the game, then you will build a network with countries in the world that get the support. The bigger Your support network, then the resource that can be obtained per month will also be getting bigger. During the game, you'll find a diverse range of areas that can be visited and gives rewards.
Each area will have a different problem. To accomplish this, you will be asked to spend time there. For example, to collect a resource, you must spend time for 3 days. Simply by pressing a button in the area, the time will go quickly to 3 Sunday finish. The concept of time is also the Foundation for research and technology development, both to build the module as well as combat gear. For example, to examine Gauss Weapon it takes 15 days, then you have to spend 15 days on the world map until the study is complete!.
Although this game no longer exists due to UFO XCOM terror threat for too long to tackle problems in the world as in the first series, the end of the world can still be found here. Through the Project the Avatar, a mysterious project developed by Advent, you'll find a decisive indicator of judgement. Indicator called the Doom that the longer the Meter will be fully charged when You took too long to act to prevent the Avatar Project.
To reduce or slow the Doom Meter, you should actively pursue diverse missions related to Project Avatar. However, when the mission there is in a country that you haven't made one of XCOM chain, then the mission you can not live! The longer you guzzle and abandon the mission, will result in the Doom Meter will be more full.
Other disadvantages of the Doom Meter is any part of the Project a finished Avatar will give a penalty for your game! It could be that the enemy will become increasingly stronger thanks to the extra armor, the cost of recruiting new soldiers is increasingly expensive, enemies become more quickly send reinforcements when you're attacking, even to send troops to hunt down the UFO Avenger!.
Thus, XCOM 2 instead of just asking you to efficiently govern the resource, but also not too much of a waste of time. When compared to the XCOM first, this game has a higher degree of difficulty because of the growing number of variables that are able to make a Game Over. Even on the Easy difficulty level some mistakes can still be tolerated, but on a higher difficulty will become more stringent. Fortunately, this game can easily do a Quick Save just by pressing one button (F5). So, you can be watching in anticipation of the worst possible of the decision taken.
- Full Customization
The features that we think most interesting of XCOM 2 is the full customization for characters. Every character you have can be arranged as you wish, starting from the name, country of origin (including from Indonesia!), biography, date of birth, race, face shape, skin color, until his voice. The combat uniform color can also be changed in colour, as well as with weapons and his camouflage!.
When the level or rank of the character customization options will increase, more and more. It's not just the pattern of armor can be converted, options accessories that can be used by the characters is also growing. At a higher rank, you can also decorate the characters with tattoos. The personality of the characters can also be changed at the level, for example, always grim, cheerful, always alert, or to be stoic. Despite all that is just mere condiments, but very entertaining thanks to the presence of shades for each character played.
Customization can also be found on the weapon. It's not just the pattern of camouflage course that can be changed, but you can also add Mod weapon, e.g scope to increase accuracy, enlarge the amount of ammunition, or gives the possibility to instantly kill an enemy with a single shot! The MOD can be collected from the drop of the enemy. Because of the possibility the drop itself is quite rare, it will be easier to buy it via the help of Black Market that can be found on the world map.
- Conclusion
XCOM 2 shows the gameplay of Turn-Based tactical and very difficult. Even to the level of difficulty Easy though, his enemies so sadistic and extremely difficult to win. However, after you were able through it all, XCOM 2 will give you satisfaction. Moreover, each new game will provide a different gaming experience because of its content will be scrambled.
- Excess
- Content is always scrambled
- High levels of difficulty
- High quality graphics
- BGM arrangement is perfect with a military theme
- High.tarecgosa cool when the will to fight
- A shortage of
- Too difficult for beginners
- MOD weapons can only be disposable
Suitable for gamers: love the turn-based tactics game
Not suitable for gamers: Love game RTS action
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