Xcom 2 war of the chosen story12/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Space dollars are very important in XCOM, they let you build new buildings, weapons and continent radio towers (which give you more space bucks at the end of the next month) as well as being able to be spent at the black market. At one point I had one of the chosen learn the ability that made them completely immune to melee damage, now whether that was due to me killing the previous chosen with melee abilities, or just luck of the draw, either way, I had to change up my soldier deployment to focus more on guns and grenades.įor anyone that has played any of the recent XCOM games, that special time each month where the faceless man that does the movie trailer voice-overs gives you those much-coveted space bucks. Like any good soldier, the longer they are alive, the more they learn and the same goes for the Chosen. In order to do that, they have some pretty special abilities that make it tricky to take them down, the first one being that they seem to be immortal. To go hand in hand with these new allied factions, the aliens get the Chosen, three super-aliens who have been tasked by the Eldar (the alien leaders) to recapture the commander. Also, pro tip, make sure you complete the covert mission that gives you access to the Templar faction, cause their unique soldier type is AWESOME, more on that late. The resistance ring is where all things covert are taken care of and like most buildings in the XCOM base, you can upgrade to run more than 1 mission at a time and station an engineer to reduce the mission run time by 33%. In order to do these covert ops, you, of course, need a building to run them in, this is XCOM after all. There’s some lore that goes along with these two that I don’t want to spoil, but let’s just say it’s understandable why the Reapers don’t have the Skirmishers over for coffee.Īs well as giving you access to the unique soldier, each faction allows you to conduct covert missions which boost your influence with whichever faction you complete the covert ops for. Early on in the campaign budding XCOM commanders are introduced to the Reapers and the Skirmishers, two factions in the XCOM universe that really do NOT get along. ![]() There is a lot to cover in this new DLC so let’s start with the new interactable factions. As well as this there is also new enemy soldier types, new research mechanics and a covert mission system that will tax even the most robust soldier roster. There is a whole heap of new story elements added, three new factions to interact with – each who have their own type of unique solder type and three new ‘mini-bosses’ called the Chosen who you need to deal with. The same can be said about Xcom 2: War of the Chosen. The main DLC for XCOM 1 – Enemy Within, brought a whole new campaign story and a new faction to deal and it was so seamlessly integrated into the main story that it’s nigh impossible to tell where the original game ends and the DLC begins. The thing is, when Firaxis makes a DLC pack, it’s not usually just some new pants and a hat (for the sake of this statement being true, please disregard the 5 previous DLC soldier/cosmetic packs). However, I was apprehensive as it is priced at $40 USD and that’s quite a steep ticket to ride. XCOM 2 was arguably one of the best strategy games to come out of 2016, one which I spent many hours playing (and shouting about missed shots!) So when I saw that Xcom 2 was getting a DLC, to say I was interested would have been an understatement. Xcom 2: War of the Chosen – Review PC, Xbox One, PS4 MA15+
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