
The Commander's Edition will include the base game, all previous DLC, as well as Enemy Within.“Likewise, every time through the 20 to 30-hour campaign you’ll see a random assortment of weapon modifications, soldier stat boosts, special ammo and grenade types, psionic powers, bonuses for covering continents with your resistance network, and more. Unfortunately for XCOM fans on the PS3 and Xbox 360, the DLC will have to be purchased as part of the Commander's Edition of XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

The demonstration showed the efficacy of the G-Mod troops and the Mech Troopers, and also introduced players to the power-suit wearing sectoids, a super strong enemy type that will be sure to be a game changer in certain conflicts.įiraxis, XCOM's developer will be releasing the Enemy Within as a standalone DLC for PC and Mac for $30. If you choose to go the mech trooper route you open up a whole other tree of options, but unfortunately close off the genetic modication route.

Genetic modifications can affect brain, eyes, legs, skin and chest, and each soldier is slotted with five options. This allowed her to jump to areas previously inaccessible due to lack of ladder, giving her greater range.Īnother genetic modification was neural feedback, which gives soldiers defense against neural assault by sectoids and alien species, and appeared to actually hit back. The genetically modified soldier demonstrated was a sniper with genetically modified legs.

The G-Mod soldiers are genetically engineered soldiers, who you can modify parts of them. Big and bold, they're a new tank-style class that will certainly wow.

Mech troopers have tank guns and can cause collateral damage to the surrounding area. The two new modifications for soldiers in Enemy Within are G-Mod soldiers and Mech Troopers. First they demonstrated the devastating effects of the alien characters on the basic army units, and then brought in the new heavy weaponry that comes with XCOM: Enemy Within.
