I wish this could have been my introduction to the series. Chimera Squad feels like "XCOM Lite," a stripped down version of XCOM as series veterans know it. You will have a maximum of 8 members from a pool to choose from (with mods, you can add a lot more), there are only about three things you can do in a given day to progress your base (which is already decked out, you just need the man-power to do stuff), and the missions are small and zippy. Yes, it is fun - but it's streamlined in a way where I always end up pretty bored with it after a few hours. There's just not much meat to bite into compared to the other modern entries, and that might turn off someone with a lot of experience. That being said, I cautiously recommend it (I wish there was a "neutral" recommendation option on Steam).

I can't believe this might be the last XCOM game.

Zootopia alien cops edition.

This game makes me feel like the Elders were right and we should have let ADVENT win...

When you have to take extra steps in order to not see debug messages and error screens constantly, you know you are in for a ride. Gameplay doesn't get much better either with forced alternating turns between one of your guys and enemies, meaning the usual choice is kill the enemy who goes next so he doesn't get a turn. To me it felt like all the strategic depth of late-game XCOM games was sucked out of it that way. Very little squad based synergies and enemies are usually positioned so that AoE is always one square out of useful range.

Has a good ol' XCOM feel!

you will never be a real XCOM

cringe

an awesome edition and a must have

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