XCOM 2: War of the Chosen - Inside Look: The Reaper

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ABOUT XCOM 2: WAR OF THE CHOSEN
The fight against ADVENT continues when additional resistance factions form in order to eliminate the alien threat on Earth. In response, a new enemy, known as the “Chosen,” emerges with one goal: recapture the Commander. This expansion to the 2016 award-winning strategy game of the year includes new Hero classes to counter the “Chosen”, new enemies, missions, environments and increased depth in strategic gameplay. Requires XCOM 2 to play.

ABOUT XCOM 2
XCOM 2 is the sequel to the award-winning strategy game, XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Twenty years have passed since humanity lost the war against the alien invaders and a new world order now exists on Earth. After years of lurking in the shadows, XCOM forces must rise and eliminate the alien occupation. Join the resistance. Available now on PC, Mac, Linux, PS4 and Xbox One.

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How many of you are going to have a Reaper in your squad when War of the Chosen launches on August 29?

[davkin]

Ah yes reapers we have dismissed that claim - Advent

[Anonymos]

If Mass Effect taught me one thing is that no alien species stands a chance against the reapers

[Delfino_Enjoyer]

If only silencers existed in the XCOM universe :^)

[PvtMartin]

Sorry Bradford, but that's actually the S.T.A.L.K.E.R faction.

[johnjuiceshipper]

Wow, DLC that's actually an expansion, and not just more of the same?

Goddamn, I'm so glad I bought XCOM 2.

[hns_]

Looks like 100% slav squad. Good. I'm ready for some cheeki-breeki.

[Eva]

Reapers look incredible. I love the Slavpunk (Is that a thing? I'm making it a thing) style and their awesome stealth mechanics. Really excited to see how the other factions square up to them.

[rokkraljkolesa]

You could probably do real stealth runs with these guys then.

[LastHCompany]

Adding the STALKER Bandit voice pack, JUST so that they can go "AH NUU CHEEKI BREEKI IV DAMKE".

[sblargh]

"on one turn?"
Stop breaking the 4th wall Bradford!

[MrModavs]

Vektor rifle looks like SVD, or Dragunov Sniper Rifle. And look at the soldier's name at the 0:32. Elena Dragunova. Coincidence? :D

[TheRoguePrince]

my xcom side wants to use them but my mass effect side wants to destroy them

[timetochronicle]

Finally! We got a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. faction!

[ig]

Attention Stalkers, the aliens never left the Zone. Actually they never left the planet. Have fun!

[avariciousandrew]

I thought they were finally gonna add a giant robot cuttlefish character.

[CABRALFAN]

The Reapers are probably my favorite of the factions to play with. On my current playthrough, I rolled Squadsight and Shredder on Outrider, so she usually ends up breaking concealment to fight like a normal (If not super OP) sniper - With Banish/Annihilate, a Superior Extended Magazine, and Tactical Rigging to allow for Bluescreen Rounds, she can just delete a Sectopod in a single move - while I got the chance to recruit a new Reaper later on, and specced her fully into stealth.

Hanna "Haunt" Karlsen is her name, and "Haunted" is probably a good word for how the Aliens feel when she's around. Sting, Remote Start and two Shrapnel-boosted Claymores let her cause massive explosions out of nowhere, and with Silent Killer, her shots come out of nowhere like bolts from the blue to pick the survivors off one by one. Most missions, she never even leaves Shadow.

[Sines]

Was that a perk tree with four choices per rank? Or at least 4 rows, up to three of which were filled. Is that going to be a special unit specific thing, or is that going to affect the base classes as well?

[elliottgaal]

Anyone getting an STALKER/Metro 2033 vibe from this faction?

[RocketMaster]

These guys look incredible. I'm glad to get a proper stealth class now available to us, who can at least semi-reliably maintain stealth and be a ghost.