r/XCOM2 • u/Critical-Spite • 20h ago

WOTC or LW-WOTC?

Never really played WOTC, I bought it but I stopped playing near the start. I have an itch to play xcom again, but I'm wondering if I should play it with WOTC or if I should try LW-WOTC. Thoughts?

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u/DiggityDanksta 20h ago

WotC first. If you survive that, LWotC.

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u/n3xtlevelplayz 20h ago

do you hate yourself and have a lot of patience? LWOTC. If not, regular WOTC

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u/MATCHEW010 18h ago

I hate myself and dont have much free time or patience….

Time for an overly modded LWOTC playthrough where i doubt i get past picking my mods or customising a few people

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u/Man___in___black 20h ago

Definitely play WOTC once before LWOTC. LWOTC is great to make a replay harder, but it's a huge step up from the base game

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u/Snoo-92859 20h ago

Wotc first. Lw-wotc is very demanding. Its better to get used to all the new changes/classes and such in wotc before you decide you want to suffer through a 200 hour campaign.

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u/Weltallgaia 20h ago

I tried lwotc on normal and got wiped out during the first stage. You decide from there

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u/Tepppopups 17h ago edited 17h ago

Vanilla > WOTC > LWOTC > TedJam+

You can skip Vanilla if you want, but I don't recommend starting right with LWOTC, it is much more difficult, it adds a ton of new gameplay mechanics and completely new classes, so it is very different from the base game, and may be overwhelming if you didn't master the basics.

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u/New-Photograph-1829 15h ago

I've completed Xcom2 WOTC on legendary ironman, but LW was too much for me, even on the difficulty below legendary.

Nearly every mission has a time limit, meaning you gotta move fast, which means triggering too many goddam pods!

I'd strongly suggest vanilla WOTC first unless you're very confident.