I felt like if you wanted to mess around there, the strategy area was like a fun area but you got a lot of things for free, like the Officer Training School was already built and you get way more scientists and engineers. I wanted normal to be a game where people didn’t have to worry about the strategy layer. The times that I do I love using them, but it’s funny because SHIVs are something that you have to actually commit to. Most of my play-throughs I’d say that I don’t play with SHIVs. XCOM is definitely a game that’s at its best when you’re back is against the wall and you’re really challenged.Ībsolutely, even if you just play Ironman or if you go in thinking I’m not going to reload or something like that definitely adds quite a bit to it. When you’re done here, why not check out the full review of the game or watch Reiner and I mock Jason’s tactics in our XCOM Test Chamber episode? Jake Solomon, lead designer of Firaxis’ nearly released alien invasion strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown, discusses the game’s difficulty modes, robot tanks, and why losing is fun.
