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A monstrous mech unit with tons of health and armour and my soldiers went down one by one. It becomes difficult since you're losing a soldier or two each turn to escape one part of the level, while you have these rusted robots chasing you and often blowing themselves up next to you.Įventually, I got to the finale of this scenario and I just wept at the sight of what I have to deal with. It's a well designed multi-stage level, with an escape mechanic that sees you making your way over to lifts that can only take one soldier at a time. Turrets popping up all over the place trying to cut you off and an angry AI taunting you. It will get increasingly difficult as you battle through one rusted kamikaze robot after another. The level of mystery during the early part of the mission was incredibly exciting, it’s probably some of the biggest excitement I've had in XCOM 2.
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Taking them down was easy, but then they kept on coming and there seemed to be no end to the amount it would throw at me. An interesting glimpse into what some of the original team had been up to all this time, since it's been 20 years.ĭon’t do this DLC mission too early! My first attempt lulled me into a real false sense of security, with these pathetic rusted robots blocking my path. Raymond Shen from the previous XCOM game left behind for you to find. This facility harbours a secret, something Dr. You pick up some sort of signal you need to investigate, which leads you to an old overgrown facility abandoned some time ago. I was expecting something really basic, but it’s a surprisingly decent DLC.
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It’s a much more scripted scenario than a lot of XCOM 2 and it constantly surprised me with just how fun it was. I took some time recently to play the one DLC I missed, Shen’s Last Gift. Mouse and Keyboard flips are common while playing XCOM 2 for sure. The whole campaign feels constantly tense to the point of grinding my teeth together on every shot-hoping, no, praying it hits. The amount of devilish surprises waiting for you around every corner is quite insane. It’s the kind of game I can sink 6 hours into at once, to rage quit at any moment's notice.
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On the other, it’s incredibly frustrating when you miss a 99% accuracy shot from point blank range. On the one hand, it’s incredibly exciting as a sci-fi nerd and an old X-COM lover. I have a real love/hate relationship with XCOM 2.
Xcom 2 war of the chosen spark mod#
You might notice the little soldier icons along the top, that's a handy mod called " Quick soldier info" that I find nice to have. I seem to have an XCOM 2 addiction at the moment, an unhealthy addiction you might say as it’s been sucking away most of my personal time recently. This has me really excited for more XCOM 2 with the huge War of the Chosen expansion due later this year. The SPARK BIT has the ability to remotely hack targets just like the Specialist's GREMLIN.I finally found the time to play through the XCOM 2 DLC Shen’s Last Gift and what an experience it was. They also can't become Haven advisors, Officers, or train XCOM row abilities. SPARKs are more expensive for infiltration. After researching appropriate projects, this can be swapped out for the improved Shredstorm Cannon or a Plasma Blaster. Instead they have a single Heavy Weapon slot which by default contains the Shredder Gun. SPARKs have their own armor and weapons, and they do not have utility slots like regular soldiers. To build SPARKs, you need to have completed the Shen's Last Gift DLC missions or the Mechanized Warfare project. Fully robotic, yet able to level up like normal soldiers, and expensive to produce. The SPARK is the spiritual successor to the S.H.I.V. These high-powered robotic units can unleash devastating frontline attacks or absorb incoming fire and protect the squad.