Despite having already played a lot of XCOM 2, when I decided to start playing again, I was forced to do the tutorial (as the game was still installing at the time). During the tutorial, two squad members are scripted to die, since the tutorial forces you to make specific moves.
That said, there's an achievement called "The Untouchables" for beating the campaign on Commander+ without losing a single soldier. Will these two scripted deaths lock me out of that achievement for this run? That is, is it mandatory to skip the tutorial if I'm to attempt getting this achievement?
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After doing some more research, it appears that doing the tutorial voids this achievement, so it's mandatory to skip it if you want to try to get "The Untouchables."
From this thread revolving around this very subject:
And from this thread:
And a third source:
Thus, it appears that you cannot get this achievement if you complete the tutorial. Despite showing 0 deaths on the ending screen, the game still takes those initial (scripted) deaths into account and does not award the achievement.