XCOM 2

StreamerHouse commanded 1,425 viewers across 2016-2017 for two years of XCOM 2, Firaxis' brutal turn-based tactics sequel. The February 2016 launch streams were mixed—the game itself received "near-universal acclaim" but came with "near-universal caveats" about terrible performance. The house suffered through 20fps turns, AI processing delays, and hitching camera movement even on high-end hardware, while still loving the timed missions and mod support. Two years of coverage documented both the launch disaster and the slow patch improvements that barely touched performance issues months later. The streams proved you could make an "insanely fun" game while simultaneously delivering one of 2016's worst PC ports, and viewers stayed for the 95% shots that missed and the resulting rage.