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XCOM 2 - Is Ridiculously Exciting

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by RPGWatch, Feb 6, 2016.

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    [​IMG]Rock, Paper, Shotgun tells us 14 reasons why XCOM 2 is really exiting to play:

    XCOM 2 Is Ridiculously Exciting
    I don't mean "I'm excited that this videogame sequel is coming out," but rather that the game itself works so hard and does so much to create a constant sense of near-euphoric drama. In an age where sequels=darker, because far too many people believe that The Empire Strikes Back is the highest watermark of popular culture, XCOM 2 [official site]s lurch towards brightly-coloured celebratory heroism is a welcome one - and it does this even though, thematically, we're talking a post-alien-invasion Earth and all the horror that implies. It wouldn't be unfair to invoke Independence Day comparisons, but it wouldn't be quite correct either: XCOM 2 does have that hoorah-heroism, but fortunately it's bereft of flag-waving. This is the bright dystopia, the heroic rebellion rather than the forlorn resistance.

    When I play XCOM 2, I feel incredibly excited most of the time, and it's not just because of soaring military march soundtrack - there are dozens of tiny things it does to make me feel like an action hero (or a least a commander of action heroes).

    Screw it, I'm doing a list. It's either that or weirdly disassociated paragraphs.

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