The game has scored a 90/100 on Metacritic, which actually makes it better than the 2013 released XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a nice surprise given it isn’t very often that a sequel of a hit title excels expectation.
XCOM 2 is thus far doing very well in reviews. If you think it’ll take you at least half a year to complete XCOM 2 (backlogs are no joke) and you won’t need the content until then… You’ll probably want to wait for a Winter or Summer Sale on Steam to catch a discount the Season Pass. Description: XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy. If you plan on buying that content right away because when you enjoyed playing through Enemy Unknown and Enemy Within, grabbing the Deluxe Edition isn’t such a terrible idea for the additional content on the cheap. Revenue estimates, pricing and other Steam stats on XCOM 2.
Now, in XCOM 2, the aliens rule Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for humanity on the surface, while concealing a sinister agenda and eliminating all who dissent from their new order. XCOM 2’s Season Pass has been dubbed the “Reinforcement Pack” and will have a total of 3 separate DLCs launched post release – 1 in the spring and 2 in the Summer of 2016. XCOM, the planet’s last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. The Deluxe gets you the same pre-order bonus as the standard edition, the soundtrack, and most importantly the Season Pass of the Game. Is it worthwhile though? The answer depends on how devoted an XCOM fan you are. Now the aliens rule Earth, building shining.
Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces and XCOM, the planet’s last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. If you planned on spending sixty bucks on the game anyway, you may be tempted to buy the Deluxe Edition after discount, since it’s right around that same dollar amount ($57 at GMG for Deluxe vs. XCOM 2 is the sequel to the 2012 Game of the Year, award-winning strategy game, XCOM: Enemy Unknown.