I actually preordered X-Com 2, yes I know preordering is bad, but X-Com 2 was beyond worthy of that in the end since with the base game, general mod workshop catalogue, Long War 2 mod, War of the Chosen, and the Tactical Legacy Pack meant you could ended up with several games instead of just one.

Obviously that's a lot of hindsight working in my favour so preordering is still something that shouldn't be advised, as ironically was the case with Julian Gallop of all people siding with Tencent money for Phoenix Point. Sure he offered the existing backers their money back but that really just made it worse because now it didn't need fan support or interest since Epic had dug their claws into the game hence the 1 year exclusivity when it launched. While I love the original X-Com and what Julian meant for the series his decision to sell out like that soured my opinion of him permanently. Even Jake Solomon doesn't seem to care about the series anymore hence "X-Com 3" being nothing like what anyone thought there would be when Chimera Squad came out instead.

At least I can play X-Com 2 with my mod list until the heat death of the universe.