I love it when a sequel improves on the original in every way, and whilst we lose some elements (like the Interceptors) it is 'still' XCOM. The stories are still there as you live through your soldiers and their lives, each mission brings you and them closer, and when you lose on it's a real tug on...

Where previous sequels to XCOM games have failed, XCOM 2 - the sequel to 2012's reboot, XCOM: Enemy Unknown - succeeds. Stand down, Terror from the Deep . Sleep softly, Apocalypse . Requiescat in pace, Freedom Ridge . Your watch has ended. Firaxis, XCOM's newest steward, is here to relieve you.

Update: XCOM 2 has been nominated for IGN's 2016 Game of the Year . There's an air of white-knuckle desperation about XCOM 2's post-apocalyptic setting, and it only enhances the tension.

When it comes to strategy games of the last five years, near the top of many lists will be the reboot of XCOM , XCOM: Enemy Unknown. It was an intriguingly deep game where you had to defend Earth against an alien invasion.

Same great XCOM gameplay; Loads to do; Always keeps you on your toes; Succeeding at the last second feels great

A few too many dice rolls feel unfair; Bad frame rate issues; Ridiculously long load times; Tiny text in places

this is an amazing game.

There's an odd joy to playing games like The Sims. Perhaps it's a joy not everyone appreciates, and perhaps it's a joy that's not the same for everyone. I mean what's fun about watching little made up people go about their day, live and then die, when you could do that in real life?

If you enjoyed what Enemy Within added to the previous title, you're in for a treat. War of the Chosen makes the last game's expansion seem meager by comparison. And I bloody loved Enemy Within.

Well, after previous game I was expecting even more - more enemies, more possibilities, intereting story. And I god exactly what I wanted. The game is really worth the money.

As a fan of the xcom series, and strategy games in general, I had to pick this up as soon as I could. Compared to the previous game, the developers have improved of the core system, giving us much more relevant and varied choices and whilst the game feels more fast paced, it still feels manageable...

When a game establishes that the canon ending is one where you failed and most every one died at the beginning, the tone is most definitely set. Seemingly even more punishing than before, but all the more fun for it. New enemy variants mean coming up with new strategies to deal with them.