This game is definitely playable, I get 60 fps on max settings (with FXAA and no v-sync) and performance is pretty good. I have a 4790k and 390, so I'd say I'm suited for good performance. Some of these people must be playing at too demanding settings for their rigs or their particulary rig is not well suited for the game. Decent optimization, nothing terrible, but it's not super smooth all the time. There are occasional dips but usually while loading a mission (SECRET: press cap lock to speed up the process of the long load time in the mission loading screen) and when you first arrive at a mission, but gameplay wise it seems to be just fine. There are bugs, none that are game breaking in my playthroughs, but they are a bit strange and take out you out of the experience (ex. screen randomly goes black during enemy turn while UI is still on, clipping through walls/objects, shooting targets directly and bullets go STRAIGHT THROUGH THEM WITH NO DAMAGE.) With all of these things in mind, the game is still excellent. It is more difficult than Enemy Unknown (I had to restart the first mission so many times, so I would definitely recommend starting out on rookie.) It's better than it's predecessor as it's more XCOM in new exciting ways. Customization is more personal now, though I wish there could have been more English with accents and a lot more faces (or sliders so we could do it ourselves.) At it's core, it's improved the XCOM formula and made pleased to be playing XCOM again after the first one got a bit stale (after 90 hours w/ Enemy Within.) I highly recommend it.

This game is definitely playable, I get 60 fps on max settings (with FXAA and no v-sync) and performance is pretty good. I have a 4790k and 390, so I'd say I'm suited for good performance. Some of these people must be playing at too demanding settings for their rigs or their particulary rig is not well suited for the game. Decent optimization, nothing terrible, but it's not super smooth all the time. There are occasional dips but usually while loading a mission (SECRET: press cap lock to speed up the process of the long load time in the mission loading screen) and when you first arrive at a mission, but gameplay wise it seems to be just fine. There are bugs, none that are game breaking in my playthroughs, but they are a bit strange and take out you out of the experience (ex. screen randomly goes black during enemy turn while UI is still on, clipping through walls/objects, shooting targets directly and bullets go STRAIGHT THROUGH THEM WITH NO DAMAGE.) With all of these things in mind, the game is still excellent. It is more difficult than Enemy Unknown (I had to restart the first mission so many times, so I would definitely recommend starting out on rookie.) It's better than it's predecessor as it's more XCOM in new exciting ways. Customization is more personal now, though I wish there could have been more English with accents and a lot more faces (or sliders so we could do it ourselves.) At it's core, it's improved the XCOM formula and made pleased to be playing XCOM again after the first one got a bit stale (after 90 hours w/ Enemy Within.) I highly recommend it.