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Not unlike Civilization, XCOM 2 is a bit like a board game that would be just a little too tedious to run with dice and cardboard.

What remains of XCOM now leads a guerrilla insurgency, operating out of a stolen alien carrier ship to rally a global resistance and dismantle AdventвЂ™s sinister schemes. Now, 20 years later, a semblance of peace has been imposed by the joint alien-human Advent government. Counter to the usual logic of sequels, XCOM 2 starts with the premise that you lost the first game.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) was Civilization developer FiraxisвЂ™ extraordinary reboot of the classic вЂ90s strategy series about leading a force of elite operatives to hold off alien invasion. ItвЂ™s harsh to make a sacrificial lamb of a fresh-faced recruit on his first mission, but tough choices must be made if weвЂ™re going to take back the Earth. The cruel calculus of XCOM leaves little choice: Akira leaps over the wall and makes a heroic dash, collapsing under a storm of laser fire, while Tina escapes to safety in the distraction. Already limping from an earlier grenade blast, Tina canвЂ™t withstand much more.ДЄcross the way, recruit Akira Watanabe nervously fingers his assault rifle. Tina, top-ranked sniper of the human resistance, had stayed behind to provide covering fire from above, giving her squad mates time to escape, but also allowing Advent reinforcements to close in on her. Most of the squad has already escaped to the evacuation zone across the plaza, whisked away into the hovering Skyranger. Fitbit Versa 3Д¬aptain Tina вЂњButtsвЂќ Belcher crouches behind the concrete embankment, weighing her options. Exception being Psi attacks and Blaster/Disruptor LaunchersвЂ¦hence always doing Psi attacks on the weakest Psi troop and/or launching Bombs into the largest cluster of troops but neither of these attacks required proper LoS to use. Remember that in UD and TFTD if the aliens saw even one soldier the game got to cheat and see ALL your soldiers, but even with that the game still required proper range for the aliens to shoot at you. The more I think on it the more I think it will be more of a вЂњknowingвЂќ bit as opposed to actual sight. Something like the EW gene-mod that would show the electrical outline of enemies even if you couldnвЂ™t see them (other side of the wall, stealthed flying octopi that try to kiss you, etc). Or it could be that they have the mist merely let the enemy вЂњknowвЂќ where you are but not actually вЂњseeвЂќ you (important distinction in this case). For example they could make a tile limit to it in addition to the standard sight range limit. True, but depending on how they do things the Return Fire bit wonвЂ™t be an issue in the final game (or later BB with more of the systems fleshed out and added in). It is And there was a mention that there will be maps covered in mist, not just produced by queen or mist sentinel. Is standing in Mist still planned to grant vision to the virus-boyz? At least donвЂ™t let them abandon their cover when firing anymore, or let them return to their cover before enemies retaliate. I would like to see my soldiersвЂ™ firing animation revised.

Not to mention 80% of enemies I encounter are machinegun Crabman with returning fire skill. Furthermore, every enemy (usually out of playerвЂ™s sight) would open fire on my attacking solider as well. Cover becomes somewhat useless and punishes offensive actions. When I take aim and attack, my target is covered but when my target retaliates my soldier is literally standing in the open. However in Phoenix Point where returning fire is such an universal skill, the risk you take when firing on targets skyrockets. It is fine in XCOM2 because you know enemies wonвЂ™t punish you when you are taking shots unless they have certain skills like Covering Fire activated, which is a rare occasion. For example, you can blind fire when taking cover in Gear of War, so you donвЂ™t have to expose your body during combat.Д¬urrently the firing animation of Phoenix point is just like XCOM2: my soldier would first sidestep outside of his high cover before taking aim.

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The thing is, when my soldier takes shot from cover, I would expect them to take full advantage of what they have. First of all, I actually appreciate the idea of returning fire which makes combat more intense and dynamic.

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