Folks, we are a scant few days away from the release of Firaxis' next big strategy game and I do not know how to feel about it. As you may already know, I am a huge XCOM nerd, with hundreds of hours in both Enemy Within and War of the Chosen under my belt. But as much as I love the games this team has created, I'm a little torn between excitement and dread, since there are some pretty major changes in this upcoming game. First off, this won't be XCOM with super heroes - apparently they tried that, and it was super boring. Instead, we're looking at a game with character-specific decks of cards that then seemingly all get shuffled together and offered up to the player somewhat randomly. There's also a pretty big social component to the game, as your custom character gets to know a large crew of Marvel heroes via social events at your home base between missions. I'm hearing comparisons to Fire Emblem: Three Houses, if that gives you an idea.
But mostly, if I'm being honest, I'm not super enthused about the Marvel connection. I'm not a hater of the MCU, but things wrapped up so neatly in Endgame that I don't feel especially compelled to return to that universe these days. Though to be fair, I think this game is based on the comics, rather than the MCU itself. I'm also a bit skeptical because of just how much writing this game apparently has. As a huge fan of WotC, I can tell you that the writing was more or less the worst part of that game. It's possible that they got some other writers in, because there's way more dialogue in this than in anything they've made previously, but for now it's a bit on an X factor.
That said, I'm not sure I can see myself skipping the next game by the XCOM team. So watch this space, I guess, and we'll see if I cave on launch day!
Yeah OK, I mostly posted this as an excuse to use the thread title.
But mostly, if I'm being honest, I'm not super enthused about the Marvel connection. I'm not a hater of the MCU, but things wrapped up so neatly in Endgame that I don't feel especially compelled to return to that universe these days. Though to be fair, I think this game is based on the comics, rather than the MCU itself. I'm also a bit skeptical because of just how much writing this game apparently has. As a huge fan of WotC, I can tell you that the writing was more or less the worst part of that game. It's possible that they got some other writers in, because there's way more dialogue in this than in anything they've made previously, but for now it's a bit on an X factor.
That said, I'm not sure I can see myself skipping the next game by the XCOM team. So watch this space, I guess, and we'll see if I cave on launch day!
Yeah OK, I mostly posted this as an excuse to use the thread title.