If you’re inquisitive about XCOM: Chimera Squad, the brand new spin-off a couple of swat group of human and alien cops, take observe: its half-price launch supply ends as we speak. It’s clearly an experiment the publishers weren’t fairly certain individuals would simply take to, so launched with a 50% low cost final Friday. £Eight is an efficient “Ah yeah gwan, I’m curious” value, however it’ll double at 6pm as we speak. Our Matt’s XCOM: Chimera Squad review wasn’t certain about it both however did advocate taking a punt. So right here’s your reminder.
XCOPS rebuilds the acquainted turn-based tactical motion of XCOM, turning it right into a swat-sorta game the place missions revolve round breaching and clearing small areas. Several occasions every mission you get to decide on totally different entry factors (which provide totally different bonuses), stack your squad up (or unfold them round a number of breach factors), then hit that GO GO GO button and pile in. Action largely unfolds within the acquainted XCOM method, although right here turns are interleaved between pleasant an enemy models, somewhat than one aspect going then the opposite. And you have got an HQ which is a bit like a slimline XCOM base and… it’s kinda neat!
New RPS VidBud Colm is nicely into it:
Not that Matt disliked XCOPS, thoughts. “Overall, Chimera Squad is solid,” he mentioned in his written evaluation. “It’s still a shadow of its progenitor, with its new ideas not quite making up for the loss of old ones. But if you try to treat it as its own thing, play at a higher difficulty, and do your best to ignore the snake’s voice, I’d say it’s worth a punt.”
Until 6pm as we speak (10am Pacific), that punt will price you £8.49/€9.99/$9.99 on Steam. After that it’ll double, which continues to be pretty low cost.
It’s been a wild week for XCOM-y motion. Chimera Squad launched the very day after Gears Tactics, which is mainly Gears Of War however XCOM. Our Nate chuffing adored that, declaring in his Gears Tactics review that “I’d argue it sets the new gold standard for turn-based tactics.”
I snapped up Chimera Squad myself however have solely performed the primary few missions up to now. I’m actually tempted by Gears Tactics too, possibly it’ll be the game that will get me to lastly join Xbox Game Pass – god is aware of Microsoft have priced Gears Tactics excessive sufficient to strongly disincentivise really shopping for the game. What are you enjoying on this bountiful week of ways, friends? Maybe our XCOM: Chimera Squad guide may also help you out of a jam.
