The reason it comes in third is nothing to do with my lack of experience though nor should its ranking be taken as an insult. I'm ranking it third out of three and I haven't even seen half of what it offers yet because I'd need to level up a soldier with the new leadership ability. My judgement of the Leader Pack, which adds a sort of sub-class to the game, is painfully unfair. I'm going to tackle these in order of how excited they make me so let's start with the 'Leader Pack'. They are neat additions but, more than that, they're signposts toward an exciting future.Īll of the mods can be installed through Steam Workshop, using either the launch menu link or the actual Steam page. To kick things off, Firaxis commissioned the clever folks who made the Long War mod for Enemy Unknown to produce three day-one mods for XCOM 2.
It also means we can expect anything from an increase in moustache variety to a revamped campaign or series of total conversions. Theoretically, that means someone will iron out the things that annoy you and build on the things you love. XCOM 2 isn't just a big pile of tactical brilliance, it's also a big mod-friendly pile of tactical brilliance.