To encourage players to play more offensively, the developers introduced time-based objectives to boost the game's pacing. The developers set the game after the bad ending of the 2012 reboot because it allowed them to change gameplay, introduce various new features and redesign some enemies. Gameplay is split between turn-based combat in which players command a squad of soldiers to fight enemies, and strategy elements in which players manage and control the operations of the Avenger, an alien ship that is used as a mobile base for XCOM.ĭuring the game's development, Firaxis inspected players' feedback of Enemy Unknown and added procedural generation of maps and mod support to the game. XCOM, a military organization trying to fight off an alien invasion, has lost the war and is now a resistance force against the occupation of Earth and the established totalitarian regime and military dictatorship. It is the sequel to 2012's reboot of the series, XCOM: Enemy Unknown it takes place 20 years after the events of Enemy Unknown. XCOM 2 is a 2016 turn-based tactics video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. Turn-based tactics, tactical role-playing
