On top of this, time passes more slowly and there are many more missions players can expect to complete three-to-four times as many missions as a typical game of normal Enemy Within. However, you'll NEED those bonuses, as the aliens get their own share of new toys and tricks, and the previously-unthreatening EXALT get some new upgrades as well. The game greatly expands on the options presented to the player in the original game you can field larger squads, there are twice as many classes, nearly every class has multiple weapon and equipment options, there are far more perks (and the perks have more variety to them), and you gain more and more benefits as the game progresses, due to expanded research, a deeper Psychic Powers system, and increased rewards from completed missions, satellites, Council missions, and so on. Did we mention this mod is tough? As in " Terror Mission with Chryssalids in the second month" tough? Which in this game is the original game's Normal. Whereas the average game of Enemy Within could be completed in around 20-30 hours based on difficulty, Long War can easily take upwards of 40.and that's on the easiest difficulty. Given the slew of announcements this month, pure speculation would peg its release as “sooner” rather than “later.Additionally, as the title suggests, it's long. Rebels can now be assigned tasks, multiple squads of soldiers can be active at once, and ADVENT, the game’s enemy, will change their tactics accordingly.Īdditionally, there will be entirely new mission types where players must, for example, break Resistance members out of jail or take on “a well-defended regional military headquarters.” Eight new mission types total are mentioned by name, and it’s possible there’s even more outside of that.Ī release date for the Long War 2 mod has not been announced. The global strategy layer for the game will get a major shift in focus with each area becoming much more complex. And 2K and Firaxis Games are slowly teasing out features for the upcoming overhaul.
As was recently announced, Long War Studios has become Pavonis Interactive, and its first order of business is releasing Long War 2 for XCOM 2. The group behind the original Long War mod actually became Long War Studios, a “development outfit” specifically supporting mods for XCOM 2. And now Long War 2 looks to do the same to XCOM 2. The mod significantly expanded on the base game with additional types of missions, weapons, character classes, and more. The best part of the relatively recent revival of the XCOM video game might actually be a mod, specifically the Long War mod.
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