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X-Com: UFO Defense

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4.8/5

( 168 Reviews )

4.8

168 Reviews

English & 2 more
5.995.99
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X-Com: UFO Defense
Description
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace. Command deadly close-combat battles  Shooting down UFOs is just the beginning: you must then lead a squad of heavily-armed soldiers across different terrains as they investiga...
Genre:
Strategy - Turn-based - Sci-fi
Tags:
Strategy, Atmospheric, Sci-fi, Turn-Based, Classic, show 6 more... Science, Tactical, Difficult, Isometric, Base Building, Good Old Game
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4.8/5

( 168 Reviews )

4.8

168 Reviews

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Product details
1993, MicroProse, ...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0...
Time to beat
38 hMain
49 h Main + Sides
77 h Completionist
43 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.

  • Command deadly close-combat battles 
  • Shooting down UFOs is just the beginning: you must then lead a squad of heavily-armed soldiers across different terrains as they investigate the UFO crash site. Tackle the aliens with automatic rifles, rocket launchers, and even tanks in the struggle to retrieve useful technology, weapons or life forms. 
  • Research and manufacture alien technologies 
  • Successful ground assault missions will allow X-COM scientists to analyze alien items. Each new breakthrough brings you a little closer to understanding the technology and culture of the alien races. Once you have sufficient research data on the UFO's superior weapons and crafts, you'll be able to manufacture weapons of equal capability. 
  • Develop a strategy to save the Earth 
  • You must make every crucial decision as you combat the powerful alien forces. But you'll also need to watch the world political situation: governments may be forced into secret pacts with the aliens and then begin to reduce X-COM funding.

©2016 Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., 2K, and their respective logos are trademarks of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. All rights reserved.

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manual soundtrack (PSX version)
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DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
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Time to beat
38 hMain
49 h Main + Sides
77 h Completionist
43 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Strategy - Turn-based - Sci-fi
Tags:
Strategy, Atmospheric, Sci-fi, Turn-Based, Classic, show 6 more... Science, Tactical, Difficult, Isometric, Base Building, Good Old Game
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'1993-12-31T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Company:
MicroProse / 2K Games
Size:
18 MB
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Game features
Cloud saves
Single-player
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text
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français
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What improvements we made to this game:
Update (19 November 2024)
  • DOSBox config tweak - “cycles” set “auto limit 16000”
Update (13 November 2024)
  • Added X-Com: UFO Defense Gold Edition for a premium experience
  • Applied a DirectX wrapper to ensure compatibility with the Gold version on modern systems
  • Updated the game to version 1.4, including the latest fixes
  • Validated stability
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11
  • Verified Cloud Saves support
Internal Update (21 March 2019)
  • Added Cloud Saves functionality
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Posted on: April 7, 2016

Bafragor

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 9

It is not what I wanted

I am really disappointed from this game. I bought it, because I´d like to get the good old time back, when I loved to play this game on my Amiga. But it is NOT, what I know. It is a kind of a scrappy poor copy of the Amiga game. Graphics and sounds are terrible. I want my money back :-( In this case: good old times will never come back. (I also tried the openXcom mods, but they are not as good, as it was written from other customers) Better enjoy other games here on gog.com

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