# Xenonauts 2 ## Thoughts This is an solid tactics game in the same vein as [[XCOM - UFO Defense|XCOM]]. I don't feel like I enjoy quite as much as say, [[XCOM 2 - War of the Chosen]], but it's a nice title in its own right. ## Progress > [!warning] May 2026 - Run Attempt #3 - Normal Difficulty > **Result** > *Run Paused!* > > [[2026 - May 15 - Friday]]: > I really feel like the difficulty spikes in this game are hard to gauge ahead of time. I'm not sure how much I actually enjoy the mid-to-late game. > > [[2026 - May 13 - Wednesday]]: > This run is going better, but I feel like the air war is spiraling a bit again… > > [[2026 - May 7 - Thursday]]: > Attempt number 3! > [!fail] April 2026 - Run Attempt #2 - Normal Difficulty > **Result** > *Decided to give up as panic levels were out of control in every country shortly after the sabotage of the alien space weapon. While I had better aircraft & weapons at this point, I wasn't able to deal with larger crafts as they showed up.* > > [[2026 - May 7 - Thursday]]: > I think that's a wrap — I've fallen behind in the air-game and panic is getting to the limit in every region. > > [[2026 - May 6 - Wednesday]]: > My soldier roster is a bit on the slim side and the state of the world is a bit tenuous, so I'm not sure how things are going to go. 😬🛸 > > [[2026 - April 23 - Thursday]]: > I'm back where I was in the previous playthrough. I decided to start over because things were going south real quick. It was going much better this time until the invasion actually started and I had some trouble happen in the air war… The tactical side of things is going well, though. > [!fail] April 2026 - Run Attempt #1 - Normal Difficulty > **Result** > *Gave up because of unsustainable losses of higher-ranking soldiers around the time of the peak waveform event. I fell behind in the strategic part of the game — possibly in part due to not prioritizing aircraft enough.* > > [[2026 - April 15 - Wednesday]]: > I finished the tutorial and the first tactical mission — it's fun so far! It's very similar to the original [[Xenonauts]], but I can't turn down anything like [[XCOM - UFO Defense|XCOM]].