[Groundhog]

Played both my first landed UFO assault and ship defense missions last night. The UFO assault was fairly easy, but the defense mission is intense. Timer ticking down to disable the mission objective before wave after wave of increasing number of enemies land around your craft. I sent 2 men to take out the objective with the rest of my men camped out in overwatch to cover the retreat, and had two reserve alien crafts land while I was scrambling back and I just made it back in time to take off when a 5-unit strong alien craft landed….

Finding it a lot more fun with max-sized squads, there’s enough men to split your force a little, especially when setting ambushes while hidden (which is my favourite part of the new game I’d say).