XCOM: Enemy Within is a large expansion pack for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, created by Firaxis Games studio known for, among others, Sid Meier’s Civilization V. The production introduces a lot of novelties to the game. Among other things, a new resource type, new weapons, upgrades, maps, skills and content for multiplayer games have been released.

One of the most important novelties is a new type of raw material called “meld”. It is a kind of nanontechnological swarm of microscopic robots-organisms that can modify the human genotype. This translates into the possibility of a genetic “improvement” of the human body or its seamless connection with mechanical elements. Thanks to him, soldiers can be genetically modified. Both offensive and defensive bio-modifications are available.

Thanks to the “report”, another soldier class was introduced to the Enemy Within – Mec Trooper. To access it, you must first build a special building. We send him one of our pupils who loses his previous skills, but gains completely new ones. Through a series of medical procedures, amputations and replacing elements of the human body with cold steel, we adapt our subordinate to the use of the Mechanical Cyberprotective Exoskeleton, MEC for short.

The result is a cyber soldier that comes in three options: Guardian, Guardian, and Paladin. They differ in their special abilities. In the new version of XCOM there are also medals that can be awarded to deserving commandos, thus increasing their combat capabilities.

Enemy Within introduces two new species of aliens to the game, a seeker and mechtoid, and a human organization called EXALT, which wants to use alien technology to gain power over the world.

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