You can't reload in real life, and you can't beat a computer no matter how challenging if you're the Omega from Edge of Tomorrow. Start a game with War of the Chosen installed. Those who play XCOM with Hardcore on, versus off, say they wouldn't even bother a full playthrough of the game if they were able to save-scum (reload anytime an undesirable event happens). I'd finish the first one if you're really a fan of the genre.ģ. This will reduce some of the luck/frustration/time, but maybe that's a good thing for those not cut out for this game. Then again, XCOM 2 expand on some ideas and feels improved in some areas, in other areas it just feels different, not particularly better. This does reduce the difficulty, but not much more than save scumming, which has been part of xcom since the old PC games. It's quite a good game, and gets even better with Enemy Within. I actually dropped the game because I thought it unfair in so many instances and only then realised that it was my fault by going in over-ambitious, thinking as an XCOM veteran ironman is the right option for me.

If you don't want to save scum, just save at the beginning of each mission so you have to restart the mission but don't lose everything. There are some new mechanics to its predecessor and you can't or won't anticipate some new enemy behaviour you might 'activate' when you end you round, resulting in your whole squad dying just because you didn't know how the game works (or will work in certain situations). Do yourself a favour and don't play on ironmade the first time you play it because the game will fuck you up otherwise.

Xcom 2 save scumming