Posted on: April 12, 2011
Davane
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Classic Tactical Strategy Game
I love this game - I have this several time, so when it come up in the latest GOG promo, I couldn't help but snap it up again at such a low price to show some more love to a sorely missed genre that got it right. The second and third games in the UFO trilogy are better, however, but the original UFO is still very playable in it's own right, and a great way to get into the franchise and the genre without a lot of preamble. You don't need to know a lot of backstory for UFO, as the story is presented through the game itself, and a part of the game involves discovering what has happened. It is highly recommended you play the tutorial, just because this is also an initial part of the story - featuring Malcolm Mclean making his way across town to a nearby military base in a new post-apocalyptic world where aliens have dropped some form of biological agent over Earth, wiping out much of known life, and mutating the rest. In the process of learning the basics of the tactical gameplay, Malcolm also meets a second survivor - Brian Reynolds. From there, this two-man squad lead the Earth resistance forces, known as the Council of Earth to discovering what happened, and fighting off against the alien forces. Starting of with the two bases they have, they get to expand, gather new recruits, and research new technologies to discover what happened, what the aliens want, and how to deal with them. Although the over-archer storyline is the same, a lot of the details - such as the recruits and missions - are randomly generated, so it is never the same game twice. Plus, as well as training your squad, equipping them, and sending them on tactical missions, some of which will further the storyline and others will just expand or protect your territory, you get to see your fighters intercept UFOs, which your squad can then enter, while your research teams work on adapting alien weaponry for your own use, and even to enabling you to produce sophisticated weapons for yourself, rather than relying on whatever you can scavenge now that most of the weapons producers on Earth have been destroyed. All in all, I highly recommend this game to anyone who loves tactical strategy games. It may be the weakest of the UFO trilogy, but fans really do deserve to experience all three for the ultimate experience.
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