Firaxis creative director of XCOM 2 explains why it's PC exclusive

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Barozi said:

Chazore said:

Barozi said:

But mod support? C'mon this really isn't the game that has a big mod community and I've checked.

I'm not on the complete inside know how of XCOM's community but who's to say there isn't going to be or is a mod community?, now that there's mod support fully from the start I'd expect mods to come in abundance, same with most games that offer/restrict modding anyway.

I never said that there isn't a mod community, I said that the mod community isn't that big and thus not really a reason for it not to release on consoles.
Just gonna quote the article again: "it would almost certainly be without support for mods, one of the games biggest selling points".

Now there are some type of games that just don't have much things to mod. XCOM is one of them.

Maybe XCom doesn't much many mods but there's one that deserves attention: The Long War.

It completely changes the game offering a whole new and longer campaign, the option to have up to twelve soldiers on your squad and many other things.

http://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/88/?

Some of the changes in this mod include:

• An extended campaign requiring far more missions to complete
• Tactical missions that allow up to twelve XCom soldiers per mission with the right upgrades
• Eight soldier classes: Infantry, Assault, Sniper, Scout, Gunner, Rocketeer, Medic and Engineer, and eight MEC classes: Valkyrie, Marauder, Jaeger, Pathfinder, Goliath, Archer, Guardian and Shogun
• English-accent voicepacks for soldiers from England, Australia and several other nations
• New and modified perks, including Ranger, Sapper, HEAT Warheads, Lock N' Load, Fire in the Hole, Hit and Run, and Javelin Rockets
• New and modified technologies, including Xenopsionics, Alien Biocybernetics, Pulse Lasers, Gauss Weapons and Advanced Aerospace Concepts, and many new foundry projects
• Five tiers of XCOM weaponry, many new armors and small items and S.H.I.V.s that can be equipped with perk-granting small items! See some of the new weapons here.
• Earlier access to psionics and an expanded psionics tree
• A system of commissioning and promoting XCOM officers who provide bonuses to your entire squad during missions (replaces the Enemy Within medals system)
• Overhauled interception game, with five new UFO classes such as the Fighter, Raider and Harvester, as well as six interceptors per continent, foundry projects to upgrade your aircraft, individualized pilot names and pilot experience, and the Stingray Missile weapon system
• Overhauled strategy game, in which the aliens gather resources and conduct research -- efforts XCOM must interdict if it hopes to save humanity. XCOM can now retake countries by finding and conquering alien bases in those countries. Help council countries defend themselves by fulfilling their requests for alien technology!
• Aliens and EXALT forces grow tougher over time, gaining stats and perks
• New weapons for XCOM soldiers
• Soldiers rest after each mission, requiring the player to build a much deeper roster of soldiers
• Modified Second Wave options to support longer campaigns