One side note about the statue exploding: Firaxis seems to have put a larger emphasis on conveying story in XCOM 2, dropping in a number of short cutscene-esque asides during our demo. High-risk, high-reward.įrom there, the demo pretty much played out as expected-people moved forward, aliens pushed back, both sides got some lucky shots in, the statue exploded, and it was time for evac. Closing in, she swept at the snake-alien with a knife and killed it in one hit. One of our agents leapt out of cover, sprinting towards the snake-alien in what was either the bravest or stupidest move of the day. Players that already own the main game can even import their favorite characters onto the demo to have them in the spotlight.Another new addition: Ultra-powerful melee attacks. The demo gives access to XCOM 2's extensive character creator and the Photobooth to create some fantastic posters. While the expansion's launch is later this month, interested players can play around with the Photobooth feature thanks to the new Propaganda Center demo that Firaxis has just launched. Once created, these posters will then appear inside the Avenger base, as well as on buildings that are present in missions. This feature allows players to build their own fully customizable propaganda posters, coming complete with various backgrounds, filters and soldier poses to choose from. Firaxis announced XCOM 2 War of the Chosen expansion at E3 earlier this year, which will bring new powerful enemies that evolve over time, other resistance factions, zombie-like creatures that attack humans and aliens alike, along with plenty of more content.Įven with all the gameplay improvements, one of the highly anticipated features that is set to arrive with the expansion is the Photobooth.

Xcom 2 demo on steam