XCOM 2 App Reviews

I have a Macbook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) with 2,5Ghz i7, 16GB memory and Intel iris Pro 1539 MB Graphics card. Of course I cannot play the game on full graphics, but I can play it on low with some medium settings. And the Graphics are still great. So if you are hecitating to buy this game or not because you are scared the macbook will not support it… buy it! It is so worth it!

+ Graphics good + Story good + Gameplay good + Customization of soldiers + Improvement to prior XCOM version - waiting for DLC - price 30€ would have been more suitable

The XCom series has always brought to the table immersive, exciting turn based strategy, and this version is no different. Having been a fan of XCom since the original UFO defense, Firaxis has refined and improved upon what was almost impossible to improve upon. If you’ve never played XCom, dive in. If you have, then you know what I’m talking about. Aside from the drawback of needing a powerhouse computer to run the game, it’s a fun, very replayable experience. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE PROPER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE PURCHASING. I currently run it on the Cynlinder Mac Pro with D700s. Hopefully the expansions will appear on the App Store soon as well. Thanks Jake and the team - keep up the great work!

The game is stunning. Installation was a breeze. Even my 2012 macbook pro which barely meets requirements plays the game wonderfully. For any fan of the X-com series (I played the originals back in the 90’s) and the re-make, this is a must have. Even on the lower visual settings, the game looks great, plays well, and is challenging. Can’t wait for the DLC to come along. Very happy with my purchase, and just wish I had more time.

v1.0.2 - TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCE RETURN FROM MISSION BASE LOADING TIMES: 1) while your squad is returning to your base wait several seconds for a jerky and very noticable animation pause lasting a second or two to occur and finish. 2) now you can press the CAPS LOCK and wait momentarily for the next step to trigger [note that you must freshly activate the CAPS LOCK feature regardless of its on/off status] 3) the game will instantly lock up again for another 1-8 seconds or so and fully complete loading as it actually does all the necessary resource loading work in that one animation frame when you are successful at triggering this! This saves you waiting literally minutes in some cases! Pressing the CAPS LOCK key too soon will stop the workaround from actually working at all and you will just have to wait the usual 30 seconds to several minutes depending on your hardware and game settings! Sadly there is no such simple work around for any of the other noticeable delays in the initial release version. By all accounts, and there have been many, the perfomance issues are present on all platforms the game has been released on and are not actually Feral’s fault. There is already a newer v1.1 update out from Feral for its non Mac App Store (MAS) OS X releases of the game as of a few weeks ago. The v1.1 MAS release will surely arrive here eventually...

Don’t remember having so much fun with a game. It’s a bummer that not enought people are online to play multiplayer :-/

It is kind of a joke? Not working properly on Macbook Pro 2.8 2014. Going down to 1600x1200 did not helped. Not playable at all.

Добрый день. К сожалению данная игра не может быть запущена на моем макбуке, просьба вернуть деньги. Спасибо. Good afternoon. When you try to run the game , a window pops up that says " this computer makentosh not supported" , that is, does not meet the system requirements , and therefore the game can not start . Please return the money. Thank you. Computer weak

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) runs perfect!

I was a big fan of the first XCom and this is more of the same. They made some changes in the troop classes and introduced some new game dynamics but nothing drastic, which I appreciated. The only downside for me was that there is no heavy armored mech type soldiers. Maybe they are holding that back for DLC like they did with the first game. They do have some armor suits that are kind of like the old mech suits from XCom but not nearly at cool or menacing looking. The cut scenes are well done, like they were in the first game and the story is ok. I like the way they did the global map and the ship/base building. Both are much superior to the first game in my opinion. The game ran well on my macbook pro but its and upper end machine. It did crash every so often, so I made a habit of saving my progress frequently. Overall, I gave this game 4 stars. It would have got 5 is it didn’t crash and if they incorporated heavy mech suits like they had in the XCom Enemy Within. I cant wait for XCom 3.

Its the same game, but with some twists. I don’t mind this at all as I player in every level many times and never got tired of it. The way tp build a base, to admin your resources and all makes this game very enjoyable. If you liked XCOM enemy unknown and within, you probably will like this one too. Expect addictment.

Glacially slow and unreliable. Once you advance it crashes after everymissin. Fixes might be available from mods and updates but not in the app store.

1 -2 minutes every loading screen? Seriously? The game play is really nice if you can take it since it’s a game that’s basically stacked odds against you heavily lol but the waiting for every load screen that takes a minute and more? No way. Even in the game play the switch in turns take up to and even more than 45 seconds sometimes. I played it on my mac, thought that was the issue so switched to pc and got so frustrated i switched back to my mac to play it. I hope the makers are even reading these reviews because if you google ‘why is xcom 2 runnig so slow’ you will see hordes of the same complaint and I’m taking about the regular excuse ‘maybe it’s your specs’. I’m playing it on a 1TB macbook pro ( first i thought the file size was the issue on my pc so switched to mac with lots of storage) and still turned all my settings down and this load of BS with the loading screens is happening. Anyine figures it out please hit me up.

I have been playing this game since a few days after it cam out. I have even managed to play it the new Macbook 12”. It play well and does not crash often. One complaint is it is slow when loading a mission, and also when completing a mission to get back to base it takes like five minutes. But awsome other than that. I have also played the other version the original and enemy within. This game has been so addictive that I have been playing all waking hours except when I have to go to work.

I love this game. But im very confused as to how to get the DLC for the apple store download. I have searched everywhere and cant seem to find it. It should be released by now right?

Its about time, I was wondering how long it would be before Apple got the new updated version of Xcom 2 with the DLC packs and the ability to download mods. Its fast and runs smooth its been tweaked to run very well on OS X. I was running the Mac version of the game by steam and it was extremely buggy with crashes all the time. Clipping, running slow, etc. this is a major step up I can play my favorite game without the need to restart the game from constant crashes. The game play is excellent, story lines, missions, character pool, creating your own characters and profiles, research so on.

First, this game is pretty and it works well on a modern Mac. (I have 32gb and a 2.0 video card on an i5.) But…don’t use this when you have Chrome in place. You’ll get flicker like *crazy* and rendering artifacts. I can say it’s a blast to play and I hope that it continues to get better.

A great game. The Dynamics from X-Com have been taken to a new level, as has design - but all for the better. What you got in ‘1’ by ways of mystery and surprise may not be here anymore, but the execution and story development is as good if not better than the first outing. A word of caution; especially on Retina systems, this game has steep requirements (but rewards with beautiful graphics). On a highest-end iMac 5k Retina (that is, top CPU, RAM and Graphics), you need to dial down the res to half if you want to run on ‘max’ graphics. That’s ok though, as it’s still beautiful and a lot of the antialising makes super-res less ‘urgent’. Great Game, and a really good port!

I have downloaded this game, I have the first two generations on iPad, i love this game a lot. i think this game worth a try. i expected that this game can not be good on macbook pro i5. And the results is, do not be like me, if you like this game get a pc or if it eventually launched on ps4 or xbox. Anyway i have asked for refund hopefully Apple can understand the situation. And those who wants to play this game and want to have a try, well my suggestion is no. but if you insist, well good luck. in conclusion, game is good, not competible with macbook pro unless you have highest hardware edition.