While true that the base game *badly* needs the DLC to really feel 'complete' from a story perspective, and also mods are a requirement (at the very least YAML to expose a lot of the elements from the boardgame that this did seem to MODEL, but just hide from the UI; as well as WarFX for a badly-needed graphics update) ...now, in 2023, with 5 DLC for it and a set of mature and stable mods, you're in for a real treat with this game. The campaign provides a nice mix of dynamically-generated missions that can often be a surprise, as well as some excellent scripted missions as part of the various story arcs.

With the DLC, and mods, it looks great, performs great, (just don't enable ray-tracing...I know you want to! Just...don't...you won't visually notice the difference, and it *kills* performance, even on GeForce 40-series cards), brings a lot to the table gameplay-wise, and has a solid co-op experience (again, with mods - you really, REALLY want YAML, for real)

While true that the base game *badly* needs the DLC to really feel 'complete' from a story perspective, and also mods are a requirement (at the very least YAML to expose a lot of the elements from the boardgame that this did seem to MODEL, but just hide from the UI; as well as WarFX for a badly-needed graphics update) ...now, in 2023, with 5 DLC for it and a set of mature and stable mods, you're in for a real treat with this game. The campaign provides a nice mix of dynamically-generated missions that can often be a surprise, as well as some excellent scripted missions as part of the various story arcs. With the DLC, and mods, it looks great, performs great, (just don't enable ray-tracing...I know you want to! Just...don't...you won't visually notice the difference, and it *kills* performance, even on GeForce 40-series cards), brings a lot to the table gameplay-wise, and has a solid co-op experience (again, with mods - you really, REALLY want YAML, for real)