XCOM® 2

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, this extends beyond the Borderlands franchise. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC • Best for last, they reserve the right to modify this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time i will be uninstalling this game till take-two changes this BS!

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Pretty entertaining, but don't buy it. Take-Two has engaged in anti-consumer and anti-community behavior with regard to the [i]Grand Theft Auto[/i] franchise that speaks ill of their company culture across the board. Boycott Take-Two and 2K until they learn better than to continue this abuse, prove it, and stay that way.

XCom 2 is an absolutely amazing game that I unfortunately CANNOT recommend. 2K has decided to get out of the game publishing business and into the spyware business, and will not allow you to play this game without first consenting to give them access to ALL of your personal data and information. Stay away from XCom 2 and any other game from 2K. Not because the games themselves are bad, but because these sorts of business practices must not be tolerated.

This is a review of software present in a game and therefore a valid review of a game: Root-level Access to my PC is a criminal level violation of data collection and privacy rights (laws) here in my country. This is spyware, plain and simple. fullstop. Predatory EULA changes to gather all sorts of information and store, sell and do whatever they want with them. No choice but to accept or lose the game that you bought. I didn't accept that when I spent my money, I will not accept now. Important Info in ToS: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration so long as it is permitted in your region • You can be banned for the using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC • Best last they reserve the right to modify this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

I'm not usually a fan of turn-based RPG's due to their inherently slow pacing. However, XCOM and XCOM 2 somehow manages to combine both the action and strategic depth. You'll be able to play, enjoy and understand the story and the setting of XCOM 2 without having played the first game, although the first game would help you understand a little bit more of the background for some of the characters in XCOM 2. If you liked the first XCOM, you're going to love XCOM 2, especially with its War of the Chosen expansion. Although, maybe do a playtrough with the vanilla version of the game first, if you're new to the franchise, because the expansion adds a lot of new elements. I have to admit that I prefered the atmosphere of the first XCOM game when I first started XCOM 2, because XCOM 2 at first glance looked too cartoonish and clean. But I soon realized that only the enemies looked that way, that there was a reason, and it was only at the very beggining. XCOM 2 is at least every bit as gritty and realistic as the first game was. Finally, just know that you will be frustrated and annoyed with the games hit-chance mechanics, sometimes unbelievable misses and you might be punished for rushing. But once you get the hang of it, and put a little thought behind your approach, it'll bring you both a lot of joy and succes. And remember, you can always pull back a little, retreat to gain a tactical advantage, and lure the enemy into a bad position. There's no need to always mindlessly push forward. Good luck on the battlefield, soldier.

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware.

Considering the change of terms of service, I can only NOT recommand this game, and any other game from the involved compagnies. Game is... WAS great. They removed mod support, apparently even condamn it now. Game as a steam workshop, that is now NOT functional. This kind of BSs should not be endorsed by any self respecting player.

Fantastic game, my only gripe is the RNG based combat, but from my knowledge with immense info about the backend of the game you can manipulate the RNG and turn it more skill based,

This game is AMAZING! Having played the first XCOM, I was totally psyched when XCOM 2 came out. So much of it I like, especially the mods that are available. The strategic/tactical combat and interfaces are wonderful and just what I wanted. The only issues seem to be with occasional mod conflict. Try the game out. You don't HAVE TO get War of the Chosen, but you should at least try the base game. A+

Extremely fun and diverse campaign. I feel like I am playing a more in-depth version of StarCraft 2 Wings of Liberty. The actual gameplay is challenging and strategic. Easy to dump a ton of hours into this game.

Spyware drama aside, for the game in particular banning mods when the game has official mod support and a Workshop page is low-key wild. That aside game is peak tho. Would recommend it if the revert the EULA changes or if that stuff doesn't bother you.

I was skeptical at first due to the sub-par tutorial and story premise but the combat is far more evolved from first game.

Predatory EULA changes to gather all sorts of information and store, sell and do whatever they want with them. No choice but to accept or lose the game that you bought. Concern will be raised to appropriate authorities about potential GDPR violations Important Info in ToS: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration so long as it is permitted in your region • You can be banned for the using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC • Best last they reserve the right to modify this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time Collected Data Types, with part of them most likely illegal to gatehr under GDPR: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.  

2K Games is effectively trying to execute themselves mportant Info in ToS: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration so long as it is permitted in your region • You can be banned for the using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC • Best last they reserve the right to modify this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Decided to come back to the game... Saw a lot of negative recent reviews... ---- "Small" rant ---- People complaining about recent EULA changes, so I decided to check. They haven't changed XCOM 2's EULA for nearly than 6 years, since July 13, 2019 to be exact...at least on Steam. As soon as you open the game, you have to accept the new one from February 2025, you can opt out, but then you can't log in for multiplayer......does anyone still play multiplayer? Anyway, you list one EULA on the store, then a different one on the "product"...I don't think that's legal, even in US. And the information they collect...I don't even provide half of it and they can force me to, at least where I live. Finally, if you're worried about arbitration, the 2019 version already restricts you to it.....why worry now? Send them the opt-out letter sooner next time... ---- END ---- As for the game, it's a pretty solid XCOM title. I find they have a little too much "timed" stuff, but that's my opinion. Also, Steam Workshop mods and Nexus mods work just fine...

Terrible terms of service added to a game that plays terribly. Don't buy.

This game is very fun, and the story for both standalone and WOTC are intriguing with a hook at the end I was hoping to one day see, but 2K's latest EULA change has made me uninstall this game. Even if 2K releases a proper sequel to this game, as long as this evil EULA remains, I'm not going to buy it.

I already hated the new launch from after chimera squad came out and now they change the terms to allow spyware? No, unacceptable. I will never buy another game that 2k is involved with regardless of whether or not they roll back their bullshit.

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Then we have the lack of transparency in data processing, data transfers to third countries, dubious consent by minors, no purpose limitation, profiling and to top it all of - insufficient justification for data use. Collected Data Types as per the EULA, it's a generalisation for anything and everything 2K related, this list includes more than just what the game collects. It includes everything they want to collect through their services, from you. • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Great Game! I loved it, although I always play with the double advent time. Really liked the different strategies and units you can use

Long time player of the X-Com Series, although have to Uninstall due to their Invasive EULA Terms. Otherwise amazing game and happy to update Review should they change.

游戏是好游戏，但开发商脑子有病，找学习版吧。 It is a good game, but madness 2K Important Info in ToS: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration so long as it is permitted in your region • You can be banned for the using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC • Best last they reserve the right to modify this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

If you have any interest in tactical gameplay, but get frustrated when RNG is actively screwing you over left and right, DO NOT buy this game

Great game but insanely frustrating VAT system. You need true patience which I don't have so that's it for me lol

This a game that is a masterclass in poor design. I have yet to see such an anti-payer game as this one. I've seen the "It's X-Com baby" in forums discussing the absurd difficulty of this game, it's nothing but a troll meant to agitate the person further. It truly feels like the devs got together and brainstormed on how to make the game unfair to the players.... 1) Timers too short (if you need to add a mod or option to change this, you made your game poorly) 2) missing too many shots. You can have all 6 soldiers miss 75% or higher shots, however I've never see all soldiers hit 25% or lower shots. Hitting those absurdly low probability only happens if it hurts the player, never in favor of. The game is rigged against you, plain and simple 3) At the mercy of RNG research for breakthroughs that have any impact, you're mostly going to get trash. In conclusion, it is artificial difficulty, designed to be unfair. I mean if what you start the game with is truly the worlds best, this world should have given up long ago because its best is horrible. I just started playing this game again after putting it down for several years and within an hour remember why I stopped playing it.

You know, i really do like the game, but theirs so many dogshint mechanics in it i dont even know how to feel. For example, the nonsense about the very short limited amount of turns per level or you just ... fail the mission. I just thought now while downloading some stuff on my steam deck, hey ill pop on some Xcom for the next hour while it downloads since its single player right? first mission back i got briefed about this crap with the enemy infiltrating some other crap, and im like alright i got this and set travel to the infiltration site. I get there to the place, and some alien spawns for the first time ever, and she automatically revives every single enemy on the map, and makes a clone of herself and gets 3x the turns my characters do, while never missing AND being able to teleport across the map right to my characters AND still gets a turn, whereas if you move your characters thats it, you cant fire your weapon after getting to cover. So yeah, all my characters just died from the alien clone and i literally couldnt do anything about it, which brings me to my next point about this game, when ur characters die thats it they are gone forever. All your levels, stats with that specifc charcter, promotion ( character class gained by leveling which gives you bonus stats skills and or perks ) , all just simply vanish forever into the stat record book never to be seen again. This forces you to just...starts all over on a new character at level 1 on the battlefield, while still continuing the story as normal. All such stupid concepts that dont even make sense to me why a game developer would consider that a good idea, especially when you add in BS mechanics like alien clones that just re animate the living dead back onto the map that i already eliminated just to gun my characters down without being able to fire back at them.

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality. Bad enough they ruined mods years ago with a terrible launcher update. This is spitting on a corpse at this point.

I loved this game, look at my fucking hours. But I will tell you to uninstall the fucking game and never look back until take two changes their EULA to remove their fucking spyware to the game, and all games take two owns.

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

At first, it was a just a slightly worse version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown - the animations a bit slower and clunkier, the load times longer, the LOS even faker, the plot even dumber. But eventually some pretty significant balance issues became apparent, such that most classes and abilities aren't worth using, in favor of spamming a few boring but overpowered things over and over again. The only thing I thought was better than the prior game was the world map/avatar project system, which did work pretty well. The final mission was bugged so that the enemies just stood around without moving or shooting, but by that point i didn't care enough to try to reload or fix it. Stick to XCOM: EU, avoid this product.

Horrible UI designed for consoles. Extremely buggy. Gameplay can be needlessly and excessively frustrating. This game is only for people who were big fans of the original and willing to overlook major flaws.

After designing 26 custom characters for over 7 hours, I'm ready to play the game! :D

This game has a lot in it, I've put more then the hours shown into this due to playing it on Console for probably over 200~ Hours (The suffering on there is worse due to load times) and I have to say that (Expansion included) This is my favourite Tactical Strategy game that I have played. Highly Recommend, highly moddable, minor memory leak issues, even has a mod to make it harder AND longer (Which I am enjoying now).

This is personally my favourite tbs game I have ever played, very frustrating but damn is it good. I have so far played 567 hours on pc I also have probably another 200hours on xbox. the dlcs are amazing, the mechanics are great the story is great and I'm still not playing modded yet I'm told playing the game with the long war mods brings a whole new level of enjoyment.

This HAS to be the most unrewarding game i've played. missing 99%, Impossible situations and then getting oneshot when you are behind full-cover. BUT, that makes XCOM! When you get your ASS beat, you run it back and learn new ways to deal with scum! 9/10 game!

Addicting and good fun. Hard in the beginning; the longer you play the better / easier it gets. Get yourself accquianted with stuff like AP, Flanking, cover and dont get 2 mad if your soldier does not hit that 90% shot. :D

it is a game that exists and it taught me a very good lesson, just because its a 99% does not mean you will hit.

The Gold Standard of turn based games. Graphics still hold up. Combat is fantastic. Story is decent for a game. Plenty of cool mods to customize your experience. Under 5 quid on sale. Biggest con is there no XCom 3,

Greatest squad focused turn-based combat game of all time with War of the Chosen. I haven't had a game invoke such a strong feeling of bonding with your team of random guys and gals since this released almost a full decade ago. Most of the negative reviews you'll see as of lately are unrelated to anything remotely to do with the game play itself. It's a shame that for the most part this franchise is done for, considering a great majority of the minds behind XCOM 2 and XCOM Enemy Unknown/Within have since left. Chimera Squad just can't hold my attention like the previous two entries could, that's why I keep running back to old reliable.

Obviously, it's good. I wish it was less reliant on RNG hit chance... but it's still the best game I've found in this genre so far

turn based game, relaxing, strategic. Not too diffucult but yet challenging. I spent many hours going through the story

Turn-based punishing combat, not as unforgiving as Banner Land Saga. Hit / miss seems to run on a binary lottery, so beware that accuracy for a shot could be high - over 70%, and still miss. The story is thoroughly satisfying, especially if you play the previous game first.

One of the all time great strategy games. Engaging, challenging and with a great aesthetic theme, 100% should play

wonderful experience with this game especially after modding it. Still waiting for xcom 3

its great my team keeps missing point blank shots and then being brutally executed 10/10

Base game is Good , DLC add-on for those that mod would be dangerous , just becareful to know what You're doing

Awesome story, cool concept, and a solid tactical setup, but it has some problems yet remains addictive. The percentage-based combat is infuriating. You line up a perfect shot with a 95% chance to hit… and then miss. Over and over. Three, four, five times in a row. It feels less like RNG and more like the game is messing with you on purpose. It stops feeling tactical and starts feeling rigged. The UI doesn’t help either—it’s clunky and not exactly beginner-friendly. The operators are interesting, and I want to explore their skills, but permadeath basically punishes you for trying anything new. And unless you’re ready to grind through 20–30 hours of brutal trial and error, good luck figuring out how everything works, how to fight your enemies, and how to complete missions in an often *rushed* timelime. On top of all that, the terms of service read like they were written to mine your personal info more than protect it. IN THE END, I cant get enough of it. I cant stop playing the series to find out alternative strategies, new characters, and methods of combat. Would recommend!

I actually love the game, but this game is getting a negative review due to the EULA changes.