Posted on: March 21, 2022

tyrmorr
Spiele: 495 Rezensionen: 4
Not true X-Com
X-Com UFO Defence (Enemy Unknown) set the bar very high. This game, and it's predecessor miss the mark. Completely. They are a pale shadow, a seeming, of the original title in this series. It is as if someone read a short review, without pictures, on what the first game was and thought, 'Hey, we could make a sequel to this and make money' and away they went. Tiny squad sizes, turn based mode where the other team always acts as soon as you actually see them without any hope of them being surprised, RNG is clearly weighted against the player, action points nerfed to the point of being pointless... There are just so many design decisions here that scream 'We didn't understand what really worked about the original game and why it is so beloved, but we can sure make things pretty with graphics nowadays!' Am I a curmudgeonly old guy who loves the original game (And Laser Squad on the ZX Spectrum of course...)? Yes. Does this new series of games completely miss the mark for me and not hold up when compared to those experiences from decades ago? Also yes. Cannot recommend for anyone who played and loved the games under the same name back in the day.
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