The 17 Best Alien Games for PC (Blast Them To Shreds!): Page 7 of 17

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11. Xcom 2

Xcom 2 gameplay

20 years after Earth’s last line of defense, XCOM, was decimated, the new alien overlords have built a new society with a sinister agenda.  In XCOM 2 you are part of the resistance operating  on the fringes of society, facing impossible odds, hoping to ignite a global rebellion.

Switch between a variety of views from a cutaway view of The Avenger (your mobile HQ), to map views, to tactical battle views.  Build the perfect resistance squad with recruited soldiers that have individual skill trees and abilities.  Choose missions and command soldiers in tactical combat.  Research and improve The Avenger.

Unique Features

• Engage in guerilla combat: ambush patrols, loot gear and artifacts and save fallen comrades.

• Command XCOM’s mobile HQ, The Avenger, and you choose where and when to fight. Customize The Avenger with specialized abilities researched by your scientists.

• Explore endless amounts of maps, missions and goals from wastelands, to secret alien installations, to alien-controlled mega-cities.

Command your soldiers to ambush the aliens!

Customize each of your soldiers’ skill trees.

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