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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Unknown will place you in control of a secret paramilitary organization called XCOM. As the XCOM commander, you will defend against a terrifying global alien invasion by managing resources, advancing technologies, and overseeing combat strategies and individual unit tactics. The original XCOM is widely regarded as one of the best games ...
Details
- Released
- October 8, 2012
- Developer
- Firaxis Games
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Tactical
- Publisher
- Feral Interactive, 2K Games
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
With equal emphasis on deep strategy and intense tactical combat, XCOM: Enemy Unknown places players in control of a secret paramilitary organization called XCOM.
As I mentioned at the outset, XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based game and is nothing like the other XCOM game that remains in development since 2006. For those of you who are not acquainted with turned based games, they are games that are exactly what the genre states. You lead your squad throughout various missions by giving them commands and directing where you want them to go. You take turns selecting characters and giving orders. Once you have completed your moves the enemy AI then makes its moves. This explanation is as simple as it can be. I should note that the games are much mor...
XCOM presents players with a phenomenally entertaining and challenging experience from start to finish. The ultimate end product is a highly strategic combat game with consequences that will leave players on the edge of their seats for most battles, whilst actively proving to the world that turn-based games still have a rightful place in modern gaming itself. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is the type of game which every player should try, and comes highly recommended to anyone who enjoys strategic gameplay.
Sorry for the late review, was too busy playing XCOM. 2012 has proven to be an excellent year for storytelling in video games. Mass Effect 3 and Assassin’s Creed III gave the [...]
Overall, XCOM is a massive and fantastic hit. It is a challenging, fun, endearing and wonderfully performed turn based strategy that should provide a benchmark for the genre in the coming years. I can only hope this is the beginning in the turn of tide towards a renaissance in strategy gaming.
XCOM is a great addition to the strategy genre, complete with an engaging campaign full of tension and challenges. The characters grow in satisfying ways, but the tactical game doesn't ever quite give players enough room to make the most of their abilities.
The performance of this handheld port can be dubious, but the still amazing quality of the base game makes it a reasonable compromise if you can't play on another platform.
XCOM has a knack for sinking its alien fangs into you and never letting you go, inducing many a sleepless nights wanting to do one more mission. The fact that there’s apparently DLC for this game means that, hopefully, it will just get better as time goes on. There’s hidden depths to this game that make it work really well as a console strategy game, and everything is suitably cinematic that, at the very least, you should have a very entertaining experience. And that’s not even touching...
This is a great game, packed with finely tuned systems in all areas of the gameplay. The music is really excellent, with a main theme that will linger with you and perfectly fitting sound design for weaponry and incidental noises. Some of the dialogue delivery is a bit dry and stilted but the writing is solid enough. Imagine a kind of mix of Fringe and Stargate and you’ll be in the right ballpark. It’s difficult to find an area of XCOM that’s flawed enough to warrant major complaint and while there are a few very minor niggles, it’s nothing you couldn’t (or shouldn’t) overlook.
One of the most dangerous things you can do in the games industry is take a beloved franchise from the 90s and “reboot” it. It’s nearly as dangerous as posting on a forum populated by “hardcore” gamers saying that you think Call of Duty is an innovative game. Preying on that nostalgia can often have damning effects and can potentially taint one’s childhood experiences causing a lot of outrage. I mean, when I play with my building blocks now it doesn’t have the same effect as it ...