{"id":27648,"date":"2013-11-12T09:09:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T17:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=27648"},"modified":"2013-11-12T05:20:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T13:20:11","slug":"enemy-withins-diabolical-plot-get-play-xcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/12\/enemy-withins-diabolical-plot-get-play-xcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Enemy Within&#8217;s diabolical plot to get you to play more XCOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based on spending a little time with Enemy Within, the new add-on to XCOM, I can totally see through 2K&#8217;s evil scheme.  They must think they&#8217;re pretty clever.  By adding mech suits, cybernetic implants, new upgrades, medals with selectable perks, and scads more options for customization, the goal here seems to be giving you more ways to upgrade and therefore care about your soldiers.  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