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XCOM 2

February 4, 2016RPGESRB T

Overview

About XCOM 2

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Story setup
Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces and XCOM, the planet's last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. Now the aliens rule Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for humanity on the surface, while concealing a sinister agenda below and eliminating all who dissent from their new order.Only those who live at the edges of the world have a margin of freedom. Here, a force gathers once again to stand up for humanity. Always on the run, the remnant XCOM forces must find a way to rise from the ashes, expose the insidious truth behind the occupation, and eliminate the alien threat once and for all.
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At a glance

Released
February 4, 2016
Platforms
macOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, Linux, PlayStation 4
Genres
RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Play modes
Single Player, Multiplayer
Age rating
ESRB T
Time to beat
~45 hours
Multiplayer
By platform
Media

Screenshots

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Playtime

How long to beat

Player-reported completion times for XCOM 2.

Rushed
24hoursMain story only
Typical
45hoursStory plus some extras
Completionist
68hoursEvery side objective too

Estimated from 5 player reports — a small sample, so treat these as approximate.

Playing together

Multiplayer by platform

How XCOM 2 supports playing with other people, broken down per platform.

Multiplayer capabilities for XCOM 2 by platform. Capabilities with no published information are marked "not documented".
PlatformLocalOnlineLANSplit-screenCo-op campaignDrop-in/out
Xbox OneNoYes, up to 2 playersNoNoNoNo
  • Supported (a number is the player cap)
  • Not supported
  • Not documented for this platform
Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified XCOM 2. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBMA 15+
CEROC
  • Crime
  • Violence
CLASS_IND14
  • Violência (Violence)
ESRBT
  • Use of Tobacco
  • Violence
  • Blood
GRAC15+
  • Violence
PEGI16
  • Violence

The content of this game is suitable for persons aged 16 years and over only. It contains: Realistic looking violence -

USK16

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