Worst of all are Primes, fancy lookin' late-game variants who get extra actions when hit, similar to Rulers. Now, you've got exploding and climbing Lost to make swarms that little bit scarier, renegade Skirmishers gone back to Advent, rocket troops and incendiary Mutons and Vipers. It adds tons of enemy variety throughout, but most notably towards the end of the game, where you could end up overpowering the enemy. The heart of this pack is A Better Advent, which does exactly what it says on the tin. The dev recommends playing one difficulty level lower than you'd normally pick, and that seems fair. It's not as wildly ambitious as Long War 2, but does make for a more complex, harder War Of The Chosen campaign. You also may want the Mod Config Menu, which lets you tweak some mods directly in the options menu.Ī Better Everything by 'DerBK' is probably the biggest expansion to War Of The Chosen so far, broken up into modular bits so you can pick and choose what you like. Missing Packages Fix restores some files weirdly absent from War Of The Chosen, and the Community Highlander provides vital hooks that a lot of XCOM 2 mods attach to. You'll also need a couple of prerequisite mods that many others require. That means all the DLC, Tactical Legacy Pack included, since many mods tap into the DLC for assets. Getting startedįor the purpose of today's breakdown, I'm going to assume you have the complete version of XCOM 2: War Of The Chosen. A Better Everything, which we're looking at today, is the only project to come close. There's been nothing quite on that scale since the release of War Of The Chosen. A sequel to Pavonis's fan-made XCOM mod, it offered a wildly different experience with much more strategic management. The most ambitious mod for the game was one of its first, thanks to Firaxis commissioning Pavonis Interactive to produce Long War 2.

Here's a deep dive on the boldly named 'A Better Everything' - a modular overhaul mod package - plus a few fun extras to freshen up your next scuffle with Advent. The game is finally stabilised, giving modders a nice static test-bed to add new weapons, aliens and features to the squad tactics sandbox. Since the launch of 2017's War Of The Chosen expansion and last year's Tactical Legacy Pack, things have been quiet on the XCOM front. I've returned to an expanded and finalised XCOM 2 this week. Every other Monday, Dominic gives you a reason to dust off one of your old games and dive into its mods with Modder Superior.

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