XCOM: Chimera Squad Reviews

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 13, 2018

By maintaining most of previous XCOMs' roots, XCOM: Chimera Squad is a mostly successful entry that emphasizes brisk encounters and a guided narrative through tense battles of strategy.

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ACG
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Buy
Apr 23, 2020
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8.5 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2020

Chimera Squad gives XCOM something it needed a lot more of: direction. The stakes are lower, but the execution is smoother.

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8.5 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2020

Overall, XCOM: Chimera Squad is a solid attempt at a stand-alone, quick-play XCOM 2 campaign. The trimmed-down mechanics make it a lot easier to go through the campaign relatively quickly instead of having to dedicate yourself to it.

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USgamer
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Apr 23, 2020

XCOM: Chimera Squad retains much of what makes XCOM such a special tactics series, in the process adding in some genuine improvements to its already excellent formula. But these improvements are undermined by some strange art choices, as well as a general reluctance to maximize some of its bolder changes. All in all, an interesting experiment, but one that still has a ways to go before reaching its full potential.

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Grizz
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7.5 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2020

Some of these surprises come in the form of setting, narrative tone, and a more simplified pre-battle management system.

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PC Gamer
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72 / 100
Apr 23, 2020

A fine superhero SWAT team tactics game smothered by a little too much admin.

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7.5 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2020

XCOM: Chimera Squad is a well made spin-off, with some innovation and a new setting.

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Unscored
Apr 23, 2020

Overall, Chimera Squad is solid.

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Kirk McKeand
Top Critic
Apr 23, 2020

XCOM: Chimera Squad is perhaps the best value proposition I’ve seen in video games for a long time.

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Wccftech
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8.5 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2020

Chimera Squad experiments with smaller encounters, more unique characters, and a change in the combat order with remarkable success. Although still weighed down by the traditional issues of the series, Chimera Squad excels in what it set out to achieve and is an incredibly satisfying tactical game.

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7.5 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2020

There are parts of XCOM: Chimera Squad that will definitely disappoint long-time fans of the franchise. As a spin-off that departs in some significant ways from the true, mainline experience, XCOM: Chimera Squad is an excellent entry-level strategy game that’ll still provide a decent challenge to those looking to dip their toes in.

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Apr 23, 2020

Firaxis lets its hair down for a fun, ragtag twist on XCOM's proven recipe of tactics and tension.

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7.5 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2020

While not all of the wild departures fire on all cylinders, XCOM: Chimera Squad's open-ended difficulty settings allow everyone to bend the strong combat groundwork to their will. Chimera Squad embraces the strange, and is predominately better for it.

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8 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2020

Chimera Squad's action remains incredibly rich, but the slightly repetitive combat mars the overall thrill

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8 / 10
Apr 23, 2020

Firaxis trades a global war for an urban mission to defend a multicultural, multi-planetary peace. There's a lot to like in this more intimate, experimental spin-off, but the main sequence games are still the ones to beat.Richard Scott-Jones

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8 / 10
Apr 23, 2020

Whether you're picking it up at full-price, or grabbing it during the special launch sale, XCOM: Chimera Squad is a fantastic gem, and an excellent spin-off for one of gaming's most celebrated strategy franchises.

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Polygon
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Unscored
Apr 23, 2020

Despite its imperfections, fans of tactical strategy games should snatch XCOM: Chimera Squad up as soon as possible.

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Tom Marks
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2020

XCOM: Chimera Squad plays with some interesting new ideas, but doesn't bring them together into a particularly graceful whole.

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8.5 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2020

The care of XCOM: Chimera Squad is total despite being a much less ambitious work than XCOM 2 and the only thing that tarnishes its good intentions are a few errors and crashes that can easily be solved in the first days of the title's life.

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