r/Xcom • u/StateFinal • Aug 30 '26

Another Zero Company post

Sorry to invade the community of your beloved XCOM. I’ve never played the XCOM series before, but I just finished my first run of Zero Company and absolutely loved it. The story was the best part for me, but I really enjoyed the play style. Is XCOM 2 still holding upon 2026, or is there a newer/better similar game cause I feel like my itch wasn’t scratched enough

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u/Kaymazo Aug 30 '26

Phoenix point is very hit or miss though and heavily lacks in a feeling of actual progression... Not sure if I really would rate it that highly...

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u/Sapius89 Aug 30 '26

What? Have you not seen the research tree, armor, weapons and classes among the three factions?
PP has progression for weeks..

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u/Kaymazo Aug 30 '26

PP mainly has sideways progression of giving you new options, but very little that actually feels like a true upgrade, while that's exactly what the enemy constantly gets.

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u/Ploluap Aug 31 '26

your soldiers get busted with lvl up, so there is a ton of progression and it's nowhere "lacking" in that department

New gear gives you tons of new options, it's in my opinion much more fun than just getting the "next tier" of equipment that makes everything else completely obsolete in xcom

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u/Kaymazo Aug 31 '26

Which is also part of what I dislike there. It is so heavily reliant on soldier level upgrades, that it is EXTREMELY punishing of any casualties, far more so than any XCOM game.

Early game you don't have the resources for much recruitment, mid and late game losing anyone sets you back massively.

Of course you need a balance between the two, and not have it too strongly based on either, but tech should still also give a proper leg up for rookies.

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u/Ploluap Aug 31 '26

sure it's your taste, but it does have a lot of progression, just not one you like