Because the original wasn’t hard enough, wimps
Long War Studios, the fellers wot brought you theLong Warmod for 2012’sXCOMreboot, are replicating those actions for the sequel. A rebranding has led to the team calling itselfPavonisInteractive, and its official site mentions bothLong War 2and its Kickstarted original creation,Terra Invicta.
If you’re unfamiliar with theLong Warmod, here’s a primer: bigger squads, more of a focus on fostering an entire roster of soldiers instead of picking favorites (due to fatigue and injury systems), a much longer, grueling campaign, and all sorts of new weapons, classes, and skills. Many of these ideas were picked up by Firaxis forXCOM 2proper, whichPavonis helped provide mods for at launch.
I quite likedXCOM 2despite numerous performance issues even on a beefy computer, and it’s been long enough that I’ll inevitably get sucked back in with this mod. According to theofficialXCOMsite, we’ll know more in the coming weeks.
