I started playing XCOM 2. I'm still having fun with Northgard but RTS is not good to play on public transport, turn-based works better there.
I wonder how many people have experience with XCOM 2? I might open a thread to share impressions (I'm not a storywriter) and ask noob questions.
I have a dramatic past with the X-Com games. I think I'm a better than average player, but I've never finished them because the same thing happens every time.
1) I play the game and I'm doing well.
2) I get far into the game and then one of my squaddies gets killed.
3) I think about what happened and realized I actually had a smarter move and could have prevented their death.
4) I beat myself up over it and abandon the run.
I mean, I know that getting through the game with no deaths is a rather lofty goal, but still, I feel like those games have only RNG screwed me like once or twice, maybe, and all my other deaths were my own fault. I don't know why I took it so hard. But, I guess I'm just trying to bring the troops home.
But, if I were to make a list of the closest-to-perfect-designed games, X-Com would be on that list.