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What We Said: " Quantum Break makes for what can easily be considered one of the best console exclusives that the Xbox One has seen thus far, and this is the result of a number of different gameplay mechanics and story-telling decisions. It’s true that the narrative can be a lot to take in as a result of cutscenes and the live-action television show , and even more of what is happening in the world surrounding Jack Joyce is found through collectibles and in-game emails – which some may simply ju...

Firaxis has continued their exemplary work on the XCOM franchise with the release of XCOM 2 last week, and many hardcore fans have already beaten the unforgiving title. While the game introduces plenty of brand new gameplay elements into the fold , veteran players will find many nods to the original series hidden within XCOM 2 . The most notable reference to the original series came at the very end of the game, and we'd like to take a moment to speculate on what this means for the future of the ...

The final nail in the coffin for story upgrades that this game needs is a better balancing act. One would think Square Enix would be more interested in showing off its gameplay rather than its text for a demo. It seems someone was thinking the opposite because the few battles in here are about an hour apart each. Hopefully the final game won’t burden players so much with too much story all at o To combat the new threat, XCOM can recruit 3 new player-friendly factions into the fray: The Skirmishe...

Reinforcements are a procedural system as well. So reinforcements will come in while you’re playing the game. That’s another layer to the player experience that changes and alters what you see and how you play it. So even if you would happen to see another portion of the map that you’ve seen before, the mission objective would be different, the time of day, enemy placement. Everything makes it a very different experience. Of course, the battle on the field is just one aspect of management that p...

The truth is, XCOM still exists, though it's become a shadow of its former self after world leaders and bases either surrendered or were destroyed. Reduced to a covert guerilla military operating in cells around the globe, this new "Resistance" has more than the standard aliens of the original game to contend with. Those monsters are back and scarier than ever, along with entirely new creatures - but it's the humans who serve the aliens - known as the ADVENT - that pose the most insidious threat...

XCOM 2 is based twenty years after the reboot, long after the world has seceded control to the alien menace. Despite what players may have done in the original game, the in-canon story is that XCOM lost the fight after losing council support in 2015, and has been relegated to a resistance force operating with guerrilla tactics ever since. This means players will face many timed operations and will find themselves orchestrating ambushes, rather than coming in to combat zones guns blazing. Unlike ...

Lots of turn-based games feature loads of weapons. A new one, RAM Pressure, features over 100 different weapons to fight aliens with. After a few add-ons or other mods, managing new weapons in the XCOM loadout screens got to be maddening at a certain point, particularly if using Musashi’s RPG Overhaul. So, the man himself took to the keyboard once again to bring players the Tactical Armory UI m Story-wise, we found the strings that weaved the plot together were a little far-fetched, but then aga...

Much of the fun of tactical RPGs comes from the player's ability to figure out their own strategies to use in combat. In addition to figuring out one's own strategies, allowing the player to customize their characters to some extent allows a player to further play into the strategies they prefer using while making these characters feel much more personalized. Whether through the use of a class system, abilities, or varied equipment, we hope Triangle Strategy allows players to customize the chara...

Critical hits are easy to achieve on snipers late-game, meaning this skill reduces your killing power the longer it's active. With that said, few skills can match the sheer damage this can dish out. With a good sniper rifle and a good vantage point, it is possible to kill upwards of a dozen enemies in a single action, provided you have free reloads on your weapon to keep the chain go Since the aliens and Advent soldiers in XCOM 2 can pack quite a punch, it's only fair that your soldiers can retu...

If you’re playing XCom 2 , and you encounter a human-looking enemy that has white hair and a purple visor that covers the entire face, have all your soldiers target that enemy. That is probably the only chance of successfully completing that mission. That type of enemy is called an Avatar, and thankfully they are rare. They have extremely high mobility, armor, and damage potential. To make matters worse, Avatars have powerful psionic abilities as well. Many aliens can mind control the player’s s...

While that penalty sounds extreme, it can be countered in a variety of ways. The best way is to flank the target, which will allow you to ignore their cover bonus and gain additional critical hit chance. Since Rangers have some of the strongest guns in the game, critically hitting with a high-powered shotgun not once but twice will kill almost any foe in the g The worst thing for any RPG is for its combat to grow mundane, bland, or repetitive. As a tactical RPG, Triangle Strategy has the opportu...