That’s right, the award winning strategy game XCOM: Enemy unknown has finally received its first expansion. The Ominously titled “XCOM Enemy Within” will include several new features such as classes, weapons, enemies and multiplayer maps.
The Aliens have upped their game by including units such as the “Mechtoid” which is more or less a giant robot. But you as the commander of the XCOM project can fight fire with fire by upgrading your operatives with a variety of new labs. For example, you can now create the gene lab and carefully rewrite the genes of your soldiers to give them combat augmentations anywhere from the brain to the feet. Or alternatively, you can just pull an Adam Jenson and fight robots with robots by using the new Cybernetic lab to craft mechanical exoskeletons for your soldiers. Each suit of power Armour has its own skills and upgrades and can have several unique weapons such as a grenade launcher and a flamethrower!!
“XCOM Enemy Within adds exciting tactical and strategic depth to an already fantastic game, the addition of a new strategic resource and the new soldier upgrades present players with some crucial tradeoffs; but that’s just the beginning.”
Along with the new labs there are some new weapons to create in the engineering lab, a new strategic resource known only as “Meld” which I imagine can be used for unique equipment. There are over 50% new maps to learn, scout and conquer as well as new multiplayer maps.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The expansion will not be sold on Xbox 360 and PS3 as a patch! They will instead be sold on disks as game retailers due to the fact that the expansion is just to big!
