XCOM 2 – Tactical Alien Invasion Strategy

XCOM 2 is a tactical strategy game where you fight an alien invasion—what makes the game’s mix of turn-based combat (positioning soldiers, using abilities, managing resources) and base management (researching alien tech, training soldiers, building facilities) so tense, and how did you deal with the game’s permadeath (losing soldiers you’d trained for hours), especially when facing tough alien bosses or large-scale attacks on your base?