XCOM 2 E3 Gameplay Presentation

Firaxis has shown XCOM 2’s gameplay for the first time at IGN’s E3 stage. During the presentation, lead producer Garth DeAngelis highlighted a number of interesting additions, like the way the new setup favors predatory stealth instead of reaction, the different dynamic with civilians, who now don’t trust XCOM, the procedural objectives, the increased environmental destruction, the newly introduced ability to carry the critically wounded and the dead away from the battlefield, and the new user-placed evac zones.

All in all, we’re dealing with 25 minutes of footage: