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Between now and November 4, those on both generations of Xbox consoles can claim a 2016 turn-based strategy game from developer Firaxis Games and publisher 2K Games, or, in other words, XCOM 2, for the aforementioned price. In addition to this, its expansion, War of the Chosen, is currently $3.99 on the Microsoft Store after a 90% discount. This deal is also only available until November 4.
XCOM 2 Explained – What You Need To Know
XCOM 2 is one of the best turn-based strategy games of the previous console generation, as evidenced by its 88 on Metacritic. And this was despite it not quite living up to its 2012 predecessor, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, one of the all-time great strategy games. It remains unclear to this day how many copies were sold, but we know, thanks to Take-Two Interactive earnings calls, that it was a financial success. Despite this and its critical success, it has not received its own follow-up.
In the sequel, 20 years have passed since the events of the first game. In the first game, players can save Earth from the invading alien force. In XCOM 2, though, the canon ending is that Earth was unable to thwart the invasion, and as a result, made unconditional surrender to alien forces. As a result, in XCOM 2, aliens rule over Earth. You lead the resistance to this, built on the ruins of the previous “XCOM” forces.
