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The Rulers function as interesting mini-bosses, though their tendency to try to run away before you can kill them gets a bit frustrating. And when they do, your new mission immediately becomes: KILL THAT THING. And, once you’ve started the Alien Hunters DLC mission, these Rulers can show up randomly in other missions.

They’ll close the distance before you’re ready, attack before you can get soldiers in proper cover, and generally just ruin your day. Not being able to act with all of your soldiers before the Ruler gets to do something throws all your normal strategies out the window. Over the course of the mission and subsequent Ruler introductions you meet genetically engineered kings and queens of various alien races.Īll of the new alien Rulers are tough as nails, primarily because they have enormous life-bars and are able to take special Ruler actions which allow them to move or attack in between the actions of your various XCOM soldiers. The highlight of the DLC is probably this initial story mission itself, as the chance to actually take control of Central (a totally bad-ass Ranger) in a mission involving unknown enemies becomes a highlight of the game’s opening third.

The story surrounding the rulers involves Central, your right-hand-man on the Skyranger, tracking down clues surrounding technology and staff from the “original” XCOM project (depicted in the 2012 game).

The main selling point for Alien Hunters is the introduction of a new set of Ruler aliens, which enter your game after you complete a new story mission that’s tense and well designed. Though it does include some new cosmetic options, the primary focus of the new content is on a collection of ultra-powerful unique alien kings and queens, the weapons you’ll need to fight them, and the armor you can make from their filthy alien hides. That’s not the case with Alien Hunters, the second DLC release for XCOM 2. Though there were more than 100 new options available for your soldiers, there was some disappointment in the fan community that nothing in the pack actually changed up the gameplay. The first pack available, Anarchy’s Children, consisted of a wide variety of cosmetic options.

Though XCOM 2 does a better job than its predecessors of mixing up maps, mission types, and enemies to offer you a variety of experiences during the game, there are still limits to the content available in the base game.īut now XCOM 2 has started rolling out official DLC (available individually or as part of its Reinforcement Pack season pass). XCOM 2 released earlier this year to widepsread acclaim, but since it’s very much the kind of game you grind away at, playing again and again as you try to conquer more challenging difficulty settings, the fight against the alien occupying force can lose a little bit of its luster.