Posted on: April 12, 2024

xman1

Games: 554 Reviews: 89

Fun enough

Completed it so have to give it at least 3 stars. It is missing a lot of things that were present in X-COM UFO Defense that brings its rating way down. Just a few of many: Squad limitation to only a handful is one issue. In UFO Defense, I had so many guys in so many locations at once because you could pack them in a UFO! Even the skyranger you could pack in 2 tanks and 6 guys in the original. Buzz Bombs is my biggest biggest biggest letdown of this game. You used to have multiple waypoints with buzzbombs in the original. I had them snaking through the largest of UFO's and hitting exactly where I wanted it. In this one? It is like a rocket launcher with a big blast, nothing more. Mars? Where is Mars? Final fight is on Earth. Such a huge letdown on the ending with this one. You had to create a UFO that could get to Mars in the original, and that final fight was so Epic! This one? Not so much. Just a fight on an Alien UFO. Boring.

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Posted on: October 26, 2020

Lookda

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Games: 415 Reviews: 53

Streamlined and customizable soldiers

XCOM: EU is a spiritual successor to X-Com: UD from 1993. Enemy Within expands with more stuff, but does not change core gameplay. XCOM stands on its own and differs from its predecessor. XCOM stands out by its streamlined tactical skirmishes. You are briefed while the area loads, objectives are explained while you take your first turn (replaces a deployment phase) and on the second turn encounter the first aliens. Soldiers can move and shoot or make a single dash per turn and defense is regulated by a simple cover system. A rare resource called Meld can be collected on the field if you move fast enough. This provides a reward for pushing hard, but rushing the field is not mandatory. Some mission timers exist, but these are time plenty on normal difficulty. The global strategy of XCOM is also streamlined. XCOM removes simulator elements of the older title. Secondary bases are for spotting and shooting down UFOs, not for dealing with simultaneous treats or as manufacturing plant to finance your operations. XCOM is less multinational, and focuses on USA military style. Hotheads cheer in a situation room when the first UFO is taken down. But the biggest change in the newer XCOM is soldier customizability. They get nicknames, individual looks, skills and specialties. This makes the two games very distinct. Where in X-Com your individual soldiers are more of a resource with very limited warranty, in XCOM you need to do stupid stuff or have extremely bad luck to lose a high ranking soldier. A soldier ranks by killing, not by mass recruitment. You can argue which game is better. I think the customizability of XCOM gives you a kickass squad of elite soldiers, while the generic soldiers of X-Com require superior planning, tactics and strategy. Maybe you want to try one of the mods for XCOM? Long War is recommended. It provides more challenge and expands the scale of the game in every possible way, but as the name implies, also makes a playthrough long, very loooong.

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Posted on: February 18, 2019

kiutlanuxiwaj

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Games: 98 Reviews: 4

Interesting remake

At the first glance I thought that this is UFO as it meant to be in nineties, but there are quite a lot of differences. It is faster and simpler. The storyline kind of presses you all the time pushing you in a certain line. In previous X-Coms the development of war with aliens was mostly about your skills in combat and outmanoeuvring aliens in technology. Here it is mostly a race in one direction. Also the tactical combat is simpler, which I don´t like so much. For example there is unlimited ammo. You still have to reload, but you will never run out of it. This takes away many tactical choices like using alien weapons (which explode almost always when an alien dies), stunning of important alien and dragging him away in withdrawal when outnumbered etc. Expansion Enemy Within adds a lot of more features and solves some of the issues. To sum it up. I enjoyed it a lot, it is decent remake, but it lost some of good features on the way.

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Posted on: January 4, 2020

slamdunk

Games: 417 Reviews: 51

WAIT FOR A SALE!

I want to put up a quick informative review. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a decent turn-based tactical strategy game. It was a much needed breath of fresh air to the genre when it came out, and helped pave the way for better games. You'll get attached to your dudes in ways you can't imagine, and you'll learn important lessons in the cold, fatalistic nature of the universe when they die horribly. All in all, I thought it was a 4/5 package, but I think 3/5 is an absolutely fair score for the frustration levels. YMMV. FYI: It goes on sale for 80% off very frequently. This is a $10 USD game. Don't buy it for $50.

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Posted on: December 4, 2024

emaildogalispo_479

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Games: 3 Reviews: 1

It still works on GOG

Had to rebuy it becuase it didn'y work on Steam. Still does exactly what it says on the tin.

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