With new addons that give weapon holders special perks and abilities as well as hundreds of new stat boosting addons, this is perfect for keeping the sense of risk and reward going in the late game when intel and supplies start to feel redundant.
LONG WAR MOD MOD
This mod also has a War of the Chosen variant available.
I can’t recommend this enough as a quality of life mod. Not only does it look cooler, it also saves at least a minute. Evac All adds a handy little button that makes every unit in the evac zone rope out at the same time. Getting all of your soldiers to the evac point and having to go through the long roping out animation with each and every one of them is tedious to the point of torture.
LONG WAR MOD MODS
Some mods on our list have versions available for both, and we’ve marked them where relevant. The difference between vanilla XCOM 2 and War of the Chosen is a little bit like night and day, so the modding objectives for both versions of the game can be quite different. A mod for one won’t necessarily work for the other without some tinkering. Showing their commitment to the fans, Firaxis actually teamed up with Pavonis Interactive (the creators of the original Long War mod for Enemy Unknown) to make sure that the modding tools were as streamlined as they could be before releasing them into the wild.īelow is a selection of some of our favourite mods from the venerable turn-based strategy game, although it’s worth pointing out this is a slightly fragmented list due to the slightly weird nature of the XCOM 2 DLC library. Update: The mod, officially called The Long War 2, is available now on PC.Firaxis is a big supporter of XCOM 2 mods, and while the studio has now left the community to their own devices, it has also made it so easy for modders to change the whole game. No release date has been given yet for the mod. “Each of those missions will be played individually.” “Additional changes include the ability to deploy multiple squads simultaneously to infiltrate several enemy targets at once,” Pavonis wrote in their post. Pavonis Interactive and Firaxis Games/2Kįinally, Pavonis has teased a new tactical option for players that harkens back to the original 1994 classic. Players will need to carefully monitor their allies in the field, and will have the opportunity to embed XCOM scientists and engineers to help boost their performance.Įnemy mechs that you capture can also be repurposed to help garrison individual regions. They’re taking XCOM 2’s light worker management-style gameplay and expanding it down onto every region on the map. The team has detailed how they’re expanding the game’s world map, called the Geoscape. XCOM must extract those Resistance members. Rendezvous – A Faceless disguised as a member of the Resistance is detected as it goes to meet with its Advent handlers and XCOM must hunt it down.Īdvent Supply Raid – XCOM must defend a supply convoy and its Resistance personnel from Advent attacks.Īdvent Intel Raid – Advent attacks a Resistance listening post and XCOM must repel the attack.Īdvent Recruiting Raid – Advent forces attack Resistance recruiters within a region. XCOM must destroy a psionic relay that summons continuous reinforcements, then eliminate any remaining forces. Invasion – Advent attempts to retake a liberated region by assaulting a city center. Haven Defense – A variation on Retaliation missions where XCOM must defend Resistance members against an onslaught of Advent forces until the Skyranger can get into position for extraction.ĪDVENT Base Assault – XCOM must deploy to and overtake a well-defended regional military headquarters. Success increases the strength of the Resistance in that region. Jailbreak – XCOM must infiltrate an Advent jail and rescue key Resistance members. Pavonis says they’re adding at least eight new mission types that will be for the mod.