Sep 11, 2020 ·  XCOM: Chimera Squad Review. 7. good. XCOM: Chimera Squad plays with some interesting new ideas, but doesn't bring them together into a particularly graceful whole. PC. More Reviews by Tom Marks. 6. 

Apr 23, 2020 ·  XCOM: Chimera Squad review Your enemies want City 31 to burn. It's up to Chimera Squad to put them down. By Tom Senior 23 April 2020 Comments 

Apr 28, 2020 ·  XCOM: Chimera Squad Review XCOM: Chimera Squad is a 0.5 sequel to XCOM 2: War of the Chosen that sees you step into the shoes of a futuristic SWAT team commander. Alastair Stevenson Contact via ... 

Apr 23, 2020 ·  Set 10 years after the events of XCOM 2, your titular team of supersoldiers in XCOM: Chimera Squad are no longer a blank slate of customisable avatars, but distinct characters made up of humans ... 

May 15, 2020 ·  Chimera Squad is a fun, bite-size spin-off of the XCOM series that scales down the scope and stakes. The strategy game is more accessible than its mainline predecessors, but its streamlined nature ... 

Apr 23, 2020 ·  XCOM: Chimera Squad review Firaxis trades a global war for an urban mission to defend a multi-species peace. There's a lot to like in this more intimate, experimental spin-off, but the main ... 

Apr 25, 2020 ·  XCOM: Chimera Squad Review While it wears the brand name of the franchise, XCOM: Chimera Squad is a slight step away from what fans have come to expect from the series. It maintains many of the roots of its predecessor, but it also explores new ways to immerse players via faster-paced combat, a brand new Breach mechanic, and a narrative that is ... 

Apr 23, 2020 ·  XCOM: Chimera Squad - Review. An XCOM spin-off with some interesting new ideas, not all of which work. + by Tom Marks Posted April 23, 2020, 6:30 p.m. 

Apr 29, 2020 ·  XCOM: Chimera Squad review — An experimental hybrid yielding mixed results Firaxis throws out the tried-and-true formula for a new kind of tactical game, with some interesting changes that work ... 

Apr 23, 2020 ·  XCOM: Chimera Squad – Review Screenshot Provided by Firaxis Games. One of the highlight mechanics of XCOM: Chimera Squad is the all-new breach mode. Before an encounter in a mission begins ... 

XCOM: CHIMERA SQUAD distills the series' turn-based tactical combat into bite-sized missions, some of which last just a few minutes. It presents us with a post-XCOM 2 world, one in which humans, aliens, and hybrids have learned to live together -- or are at least attempting to. Players take control of a special tactical squad sent to City 31 ... 

Apr 24, 2020 ·  Review: XCOM: Chimera Squad. 2020-04-26 10:00:00 by Chris Carter. 0. XCOM with a twist. XCOM: Chimera Squad is the perfect name for this new franchise entry. 

Apr 23, 2020 ·  The new XCOM: Chimera Squad doesn’t let you do that. Instead, there is a handful of preset characters each with their own appearance, personality, and abilities, that can’t be edited beyond ... 

Apr 27, 2020 ·  XCOM: Chimera Squad Review The biggest change to Chimera Squad is the removal of any of the normal planning, stealth and preparation phases. Instead, because you’re basically a SWAT team, each ‘Encounter’ has you Breaching an entry point and starting combat. 

Apr 23, 2020 ·  XCOM: Chimera Squad may be a full XCOM spin-off, but it feels more like testing ground for radical departures from the previous two games than a proper sequel. It plays with bold changes to the existing mechanics and story, but only props them up with a thin bit of scaffolding rather than a cohesive whole. 

May 05, 2020 ·  XCOM Chimera Squad is a follow up to XCOM 2. Set 5 years after the war of survival, the game sees the player take control of a fledgling arm of the XCOM program. The idea behind the newly formed group is to gather like-minded volunteers and try to reinforce City 31’s overwhelmed police force, 31PD. 

Apr 23, 2020 ·  Chimera Squad is built atop XCOM 2’s smartly designed strategic action, which is a great starting point, but it doesn't ultimately live up to previous entries. XCOM: Chimera Squad Review – A New Kind Of Goon Squad - Game Informer 

Apr 23, 2020 ·  Especially considering XCOM: Chimera Squad's remarkably cheap price, it's a worthy addition for any turn-based strategy fan's collection. Next: Tactical Squad Games To Play While Waiting For XCOM 3. XCOM: Chimera Squad releases on PC April 24th, 2020. A Steam key was provided to Screen Rant for the purposes of this review. 

The plot of XCOM: Chimera Squad is basically the best 80’s sci-fi buddy cop movie that never happened. After the Elders are defeated at the end of XCOM 2, the ruling Advent alien occupying force quickly crumbles. Humans retake the earth, set up a new government, and start rebuilding the planet. 

Firaxis Games add a new spin to the XCOM formula with the more action-heavy and streamline XCOM: Chimera Squad to mixed results. 