I thought that you didn’t need to connect to My2K anymore for xcom2. I think they stopped the servers.
You are correct. I don’t have a My2K account and I’ve been playing XCOM2 on Steam for at least 2 years now.
Even when I played online on the PS5, no account needed.
Have you found a good drop in replacement? I just haven’t found a game that replaces xcom .
Yea, it’s a tough itch to scratch, for sure. I only have suggestions for games that have similar mechanics, but nothing that could be considered a straight up replacement for XCOM2.
- Battle for Wesnoth. Open-source, been around almost as long as the XCOM franchise, and very similar but in a fantasy setting and 2D with hexagonal grids. You can train new soldiers, or level-up veterans. They can die and you lose all your spent resources on them, etc. Loads of community made campaigns, too.
- Wasteland 1/2/3. Out of all of these, this is probably the closest to aesthetics and mechanics, but not entirely the same thing.
- Baldur’s Gate 3. Obviously more fantasy and diff rules, but the combat is close enough at higher levels of difficulty.
- Divinity Original Sin 2. Uses action point economy, but otherwise like BG3. Combat is close.
- Expeditions: Rome. There are other Expeditions games, but this is the latest. A bit closer to XCOM I think, but in a historical setting.
- Into The Breach. Not exactly the same, but not entirely different either. Different gameplay focus but all turn-based on a grid with RPG elements in between battles to level up your squad.
I love XCOM and have tried a few of those games. Into the Breach is one of my all-time favorites. It captures the thoughtful, turn-based decision-making of XCOM but admittedly lacks the base building, graphics, and most of the leveling up, to name a few things.
Yea, that base building aspect and time constraints for the Avatar Project of XCOM2 is the one thing that I’ve never come across in any other similar turn-based game. Although Wesnoth has the veteran soldier idea, you can only recruit them again during battle and there’s no interaction or adjustments inbetween. Certainly no camp or base to keep track of.
I agree on Into The Breach! I think I’ve managed to play it more than XCOM2. FTL still beats both (combined) for me, though, in terms of how much time I’ve sunk into it 😅 Captain’s Edition mod never let’s you live your life…
Have you looked into Phoenix Point? It’s an xcom clone by one of the guys who made the original xcom. It’s replaced the mainline xcom reboots for me.
