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Julian Benson

SteamWorld Heist 2 review: "While sillier than XCOM's po-faced sci-fi, its mechanics are no less serious"

SteamWorld Heist 2 screenshot.

SteamWorld Heist 2 sits firmly in the center of the Venn diagram of XCOM players and hat fanciers. The side-on, turn-based tactical game puts you in charge of a crew of steampunk androids on a quest to save a world in the grips of a water crisis. More importantly, your enemies wear fancy hats that, with careful aim, you can shoot off and collect for your crew's wardrobe.

You really should be focused on finding the source of the corrupted water staining the oceans of the Great Sea and rusting the innocent SteamBots living on its coastline. After all, you're Captain Leeway, and you must make a name for yourself and your submarine crew as heroes of the high seas. But, if some hats get collected on the way, no one can get mad, right?

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