It also introduces a new enemy faction: EXALT, a human paramilitary group acquiring alien technology to Take Over the World. It added new enemy types, maps, items and customization options, the ability to genetically enhance XCOM troopers, a new XCOM unit called the Mechanized Exoskeletal Cybersuit Trooper and a new alien resource called Meld.
It added 16 previously Dummied Out difficulty modifiers, including options that make the game more like the original X-COM, or even more extreme.Īn expansion, XCOM: Enemy Within, was released in November 2013. It added additional soldier customization options, a series of inter-connected Council missions in China with a unique soldier, and earlier access to certain technologies/upgrades.
