
Even choosing one combat mission over another is a tough decision, since you can’t do all of them, and they all have rewards for completing them and consequences for ignoring them. The XCOM organization has limited resources and limited time, so you’ll need to figure out which upgrades need to be prioritized and which you can afford to let fall by the wayside. Gameplay is split between combat and management phases, with the actions you take at headquarters requiring just as much forethought and strategy as those you take on the battlefield. XCOM 2 is a turn-based campaign strategy game where you’re leading a rebellion against a hostile alien force that conquered Earth 20 years ago. It’s a shame, because XCOM 2 on Switch retains everything that makes it one of my favorite strategy games, but it’s all presented in a package that makes some serious concessions in order to run on a portable system. A lot of these issues were exacerbated by console ports to Xbox One and PS4 a couple years ago, and sadly the Switch version is no different.



Though patches would smooth out a lot of the issues over time, the PC version launched with long load times and a tendency for the action to slow down a lot when processing AI actions. XCOM 2 is one of the finer strategy games I’ve gotten to play, but even on PC it had issues with poor optimization.
