XCOM: Chimera Squad
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XCOM: Chimera Squad plays with some interesting new ideas, but doesn't bring them together into a particularly graceful whole.
The classic formula gets an energising remix in this standalone charmer.
A fine superhero SWAT team tactics game smothered by a little too much admin.
Firaxis lets its hair down for a fun, ragtag twist on XCOM's proven recipe of tactics and tension.
An attempt to simplify and streamline XCOM sounds like a disaster in the making but the original's tense turn-based combat is still highly entertaining even in this reduced form.
Chimera Squad's action remains incredibly rich, but the slightly repetitive combat mars the overall thrill
XCOM: Chimera Squad refines the series' core tactical strengths to show that sometimes less is more.
XCOM: Chimera Squad retains much of what makes XCOM such a special tactics series, in the process adding in some genuine improvements to its already excellent formula. But these improvements are undermined by some strange art choices, as well as a general reluctance to maximize some of its bolder changes. All in all, an interesting experiment, but one that still has a ways to go before reaching its full potential.
