Info (XCOM2)

This page is to start collect all the information related to Firaxis' upcoming XCOM 2 game, released through official channels and confirmed sources.

Storyline

According to the Overview available at the official XCOM 2 website:

• The new game takes place 20 years after Earth's surrender to the aliens during the invasion.
• The alien overlords have built megacities where war, poverty, crime and disease are supposedly eradicated, but which only serve as a cover for more sinister plans for humankind.
• XCOM was beaten and defeated but they have waging a guerrilla style war against the aliens.
• XCOM HQ is now a captured Alien Supply Ship that has been converted as a mobile command center.
• New alien races, including Snakemen and Sectoid hybrids.

Engine

• Procedural generated maps.
• Wide mod support: you can create maps, new races, storylines and campaigns and share them via Steam Workshop.

Soldiers

• 5 classes - Ranger, Sharpshooter, Grenadier, Specialist (those are evolved versions of the original 4 classes), 5th still unrevealed
• Ranger - carries sword, can engage on melee combat
• Sharpshooter - can specialize also in Pistol skills
• Specialist - carries a 'Gremlin' drone
• Soldiers appear to have 'Character Skills' (check Tactical picture)

Combat System

• XCOM now always has the first shot (aliens don't scatter for cover when activated) due to more emphasis on stealth
• Loot system - timers to recover items carried by dead aliens or even your own soldiers (similar to Meld on EW)
• Procedure generated maps
• Secondary mission objectives

New Aliens

• Viper - similar to the original game's Snakemen (on this case being a snakewoman). Can shoot poison, wrap around a soldier and squeeze it to death, and a 'frog tongue' capable of pulling soldiers out of cover.
• Sectoid - bigger and meaner than in EU, have incorporated human DNA, now have mouths and teeth, can mind control
• Advent - human soldiers

Media

• XCOM 2 Official Site
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  Tactical
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  Sectoid hybrid
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  New mobile XCOM base
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Sources

• IGN's 'XCOM 2: Welcoming our new alien overlords' video [1] and corresponding article [2].