Posted on: July 28, 2025

Strix-CZ

Gry: 392 Opinie: 54

Pretty good XCOM spin-off!

I love the original UFO: Enemy Unknown and have finished it multiple times. I've also really enjoyed the 2012 Firaxis reboot (it's actually one of my favourite strategy games ever). The Bureau is quite different from the two because it's not a turn-based strategy and it tells a bit different story. Does it mean it's a bad game though? Hell no! If you don't judge it by your expectations of "what an XCOM game should be", you get a really well made tactical shooter put in a semi-canon XCOM universe. PROS - pretty good combat system (once you get used to it if you've never played a game with similar mechanics) - challenging, well designed enemies - surprisingly immersive story with interesting characters and environments CONS - the checkpoint save system is seriously annoying - some of the fights can be pretty chaotic, leading to "unfair" deaths - using grenades and some combat abilities is quite clunky - occasional bugs (sometimes the subtitles don't match the audio or you can't use a certain object - nothing game-breaking and only happened few times during my playthrough but it is a minor flaw) - there's no way to display weapon stats so understanding which ones are the strongest is a bit of a guessing game I've finished the main game (on Veteran) in about 18 hours (completionst style) and I really enjoyed most of that time :)

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Posted on: September 16, 2018

imranf1

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Gry: 73 Opinie: 22

Short spinoff cover shooter

Development controversy aside, how does this game ACTUALLY play? It's... decent. There's a workable story in there, but the campaign is just too short - within a handful of missions you're already storming an alien world. The designers should've fully embraced the whole "prequel" thing instead of apparently arguing and finally compromising with the feedback they got. Make a great game and people WILL buy it - who cares about the few diehard haters. Releasing a crap game only proves them right. Unfortunately the game isn't good enough. As mentioned above, it's short. There's barely 3 tiers of equipment, and the majority of upgrades are just backpacks which each give a different passive. There's no research - which MIGHT have worked if there was something else to do, like perhaps expand on the whole Red Threat thing that was simply relegated to lore. There are so few "side missions" I was initially afraid it wasn't possible to level up the rest of the squad, but turns out the level cap is so damn low it doesn't matter, not to mention the squad cap itself is literally just a dozen or so soldiers. You can't save, the game autosaves... which might've worked except for the fact you need to explore the base to unlock stuff. So how do you know this exploration was saved? I had to resort to fully finish exploring then launching the next mission and quitting there, to make sure I didn't lose any progress. No manual saving is idiotic design, not to mention if it bugs out you're completely hosed. There's decisions to make in the final few missions which determines the outcome - and since you can't save, you can't view the other endings unless you REPLAY THE WHOLE GAME despite the choices only relying on the last hour of play. WTF Design issues aside, it's actually decent in action. I found myself wanting more levels despite the shallowness. It feels like a tech demo instead of a full game. This game isn't a total loss, but don't buy it unless STEEPLY discounted.

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Posted on: August 10, 2021

dallfron

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Gry: 409 Opinie: 5

Repetitive gameplay

Since the beginning of the game, you note that the game will put you through a very straight path, which you just follow, kill the enemies, and unravel the story (which isn't anything great). The tactics part of the game is the only good part if you're really a fan of it, but otherwise, the game got repetitive and boring pretty fast for me.

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Posted on: August 16, 2018

TheGreatDustpan

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Gry: 407 Opinie: 20

Give it another chance

I loved The Bureau back when it originally came out in 2013, but I wasn't entirely sure what my experience with the game would be in 2018. Now after having replayed and sinking 40+ hours across Steam and GOG I can safely say this is one of my all-time favorite games. Commanding your squad and dominating the area by throwing down turrets, helper drones, and mind controlling enemies is a pure joy. Engagements are often tense and exhilarating on max difficulty where you will more often than not be constantly on the move and reshuffling the positions of your squad so they aren't obliterated by one of the many hulking opponents in the game. The lack of a complete pause when giving out orders, instead applying a slow-down effect where you can still be damaged, causing you to think fast, only increases the tension of combat. On top of that what really hooked me was the story and world design. Everything is played completely straight, you're never taken out of it with horrible comic relief characters. The vivid depiction of 1960s America ravaged by an alien invasion is taken seriously, which allows for a lot of quality character interactions and story developments. It's really quite immersive. If you account for The Bureau going through and surviving multiple reboots during development, which unfortunately turned it into more of a lower budget title, and the fact that the regular XCOM series is still kicking, then you might very well find something special here with this one.

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Posted on: August 15, 2025

RivetKang

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Gry: 25 Opinie: 8

Good game!

It's a third person squad shooter with abilities. The combat kinda plays like Mass Effect. The story and acting is decent. My biggest complaint is the horrible AI of my squad.

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