There are two camps when it comes to XCOM: those who prefer the modern games from Firaxis, and those who long for the ’90s charm of the original X-COM releases by MicroProse. If you’re of the latter – we do not acknowledge fence-sitters – Xenonauts 2 is something that should be on your radar, especially with the chunky new update.
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