![]() Since you are often the aggressor in these police actions, you’ll need to breach the locations where bad guys have holed up. Sure, it’s still the tactical game you’ve played for years, complete with all of the “How did I miss with a 95%?” moments you’ve come to know and “love”, but now there is a fresh element that precedes all of that action. Matching the weapon with the soldier wielding it becomes more important than just putting the right gun on the correct class.Ĭombat has taken a drastic left turn in XCOM: Chimera Squad. Better still, while you can upgrade your guns to better versions, the real treasures are unique weapons and armor that can grant special traits. The uniqueness of each of the troops grants purpose to each piece of gear, instead of just running straight at the top tier stuff. The team needs to harvest intel and money to be sure, and Elerium continues to be a heavily-sought material for more exotic weapons, equipment, and armor, but now it feels like there is a lot more reason to do so. Research is no longer just acquired by vivisecting the enemy and analysing their corpses. Your squad represents a true and lasting peace between humans and off-worlders, and you see it as the game plays out. It’s a fresh outing, so there’s still a lot to research and build, but there is a sense of more grounded purpose. No longer on the run, you’ve instead settled down and established a base of operations for your quasi-law enforcement agency. In previous XCOM titles you’ve done your upgrades on the Avenger or the Skyranger. You’ll make decisions on how to pursue your investigation. If you turn on hardcore, you’ll certainly feel it when one of them goes down permanently. Because every character is unique, and as there is so much voice acting both on missions and in between, you’ll get to know each one of them. ![]() Sure, you’ll have shotgun-wielding Gremlin-toting Specialists, but now that Gremlin might shock somebody, hack a robot for remote control, heal, or amp up enough to shock everyone in a massive area. The maps are far more intimate, meaning you no longer have a need for snipers you’ll settle in with a whole new crew. Here, every unit has their own special abilities, making them unique instead of more meat for the grinder. ![]() Chimera Squad looks to shake that up with a group of named veterans who have come together to form this special unit. It’s easy to look at your squad in XCOM 2 and see a collection of stats and weapons. With their first mission failing in spectacular fashion, their funding and their very existence are immediately put in jeopardy, but hey - it wouldn’t be XCOM if you didn’t start out on your heels and in trouble, right? With the city rapidly descending into chaos, it’s time to assemble. XCOM: Chimera Squad opens with a tragedy striking City 31, and both Chimera Squad and the city’s police department dumbstruck as to how it could have happened, or who might be behind it. The citizens have another name for this ragtag group of humans, sectoids, vipers, mutons, hybrids, and more - Chimera Squad. You are the commander of the Reclamation Agency, tasked with investigating and taking down the undesirable elements of City 31. ![]() Not everyone is happy with this turn of events, however, and unruly elements from several factions have begun to cause trouble. A sectoid is even the mayor of the town where you live - City 31. The Overlords have fled, ushering in an uneasy peace thanks to an interspecies alliance. The Avatar project was stopped, preventing the genocide of the human race. Five years have passed since the events of XCOM 2. ![]()
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