CHIMERA SQUAD PC

For every one of Chimera Squad’s new ideas (and some of them are solid, by the way), they saw fit to balance the quality by removing something that didn’t need removing. “Surely it’s guaranteed to be spectacular?” “But Chimera Squad is an XCOM game, for Goodness’ sake,” you rationalise with yourself. You start to worry, to look for the faults before you’re really close enough to see them. You wonder why the publisher – especially one as big as 2K Games – would keep the development of something – especially a new XCOM game – so hush-hush. Usually when a game is announced the way Chimera Squad was (with no prior warning and only mere weeks from the release date), the alarm bells start to ring. Which rather broad statement sort of begs the question of why XCOM: Chimera Squad suffers from the same flaw. Phantom Doctrine, Phoenix Point, Corruption 2029, Fort Triumph, and Spaceland have all made a play for XCOM’s crown recently, and to be frank they failed to take it due to one commonly denominating factor: they were not XCOM. Stay tuned to GameSkinny for more on Chimera Squad, including our upcoming review.The last few months have been positively lousy with tactical shooters. Chimera Squad doesn't seem as far of a departure from series' roots as, say, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.

Though it’s an aesthetic departure from what’s typically seen in the XCOM series, and it shuffles up some of the franchise's key mechanics, it looks like most of XCOM's tactical and strategic elements remain. You can pre-order the game over on Steam now. Normally $19.99, the game will be discounted to $9.99 until May 1.

CHIMERA SQUAD PC

XCOM Chimera Squad is just around the corner, set to release on Steam for PC on April 24. Instead, agents are incapacitated, taking on scars and battle wounds that impact key stats. Based on what we know about Othercide’s version of thistype of system, it’s one that has the potentiality to stand out in the XCOM universe.Įach agent has a unique ability that synergizes with other agents, and though you’ll want to keep all of your agents healthy, they won’t die if they go down in combat.

Somewhat like Othercide’s timeline feature, Chimera Squad allows for certain agents to shuffle the turn order, jumping ahead of enemies and allies alike. Turns, integral to any XCOM experience, also see a small tweak. These play out a little differently than typical XCOM encounters and feature a brand-new “breach mode,” the first step in any encounter.Īccording to the gameplay overview video below, “this phase begins each encounter and allows you to choose Chimera Squad’s entry points and agent turn order.” Here, you decide how your team works - or doesn't work - together, taking steps that will affect the rest of the encounter. To fight threats and keep the peace, Chimera Squad acts as a quasi-police force, taking on tactical operations throughout the city. Of course, considering what happened in XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2, not everyone is happy about the allegiance between extra-terrestrials and humans. Instead of saving the world from an alien threat, you’ll take control of the eponymous Chimera Squad, a rag-tag group of aliens and humans set to protect City 31 following the events of XCOM 2.

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