Posted on: September 29, 2020

FallenHeroX1

Игр: Отзывов: 85

A novelty piece worth owning.

I will state up front that I haven't played this game to completion but what I have played so far has been enjoyable enough to offer a recommendation to any Xcom fan while it's currently on sale. (Don't pay full price for this.) It's a blacksheep in a series that already has a couple black sheep. This game received a good amount of backlash when it was revealed and rightfully so, I had skipped it until now. It's definitely not the way the series should have went, but as a one off novelty game, I appreciate it. They could have just fully went for a third person shooter here but they actually added a level of tactical choice to battles that is interesting and can even be very satisfying at times. You can pause time and issue commands to your group in battle to flank enemies, use special skill and the like. It's an interesting one off take of the formula. What you ultimately get is a kind of mish mash that doesn't really satisfy either itch for a third person shooter or a tactics game, but has hints of a good idea not fully fleshed out. It's not a hidden gem. You might even hate it but it's still an interesting piece of Xcom history. A look at what could have been. A look at the series trying to go for a wider audience and ultimately being shunned. Whether you play it to make fun of it, or find some genuine enjoyment. I think for any Xcom fan, it's worth trying and having in your collection.

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Posted on: September 19, 2021

zyrfyth

Владелец игры

Игр: 150 Отзывов: 13

Стильно, но не без недостатков

Являюсь поклонником старого, ещё ДОСовского, X-COM, "Enemy Unknown" мне "не зашёл", поэтому к "Бюро" отнёсся с настороженностью. Но в итоге прошёл дважды - сначала "пиратку" сразу после выхода, и сейчас - честно купленную. В целом, остался доволен. "Бюро" - игра чрезвычайно стильная. Воссоздана атмосфера конца 50-х - начала 60-х, не знаю, насколько точно для самих американцев, но если судить по тогдашним фильмам и моему знанию истории - один-в-один. Игра представляет собой эдакую "альтернативную историю" во вселенной X-COM. Авторы явно вдохновлялись Mass Effect - боёвка, по-моему, тянута из ME2 целиком (тот же коридорный стиль с укрытиями, команда из 3 человек и тактическая пауза для раздачи приказов и применения спецспособностей). Сцены на базе также сделаны по образцу "Массы", даже реплики так же выбираются по кругу, только здесь от них ничего не зависит, сюжет одинаков, что ни выбирай и разделяется на 3 варианта финальной вставки почти в самом конце. Есть даже свой Вермайер с выбором, кого из двух героев второго плана бежать спасать. К качеству русского перевода претензий нет, в отличие от качества собственно сюжета. Отдельные места и повороты не поддаются никакой логике - видимо, в сценаристы затесался рептилоид. Система развития достаточно сбалансирована, постепенно открываются более мощные пушки и способности бойцов, также можно несколько модифицировать их, выбирая ранцы с разными небольшими бонусами. Брони нет, а жаль. Посмотреть на вариант силовой или летающей брони в стиле 50-х я бы не отказался. Боёвка большую часть игры интересная. Разные классы бойцов позволяют подбирать тактические решения под любой стиль игры. Только вот ближе к концу начинается банальное "заваливание мясом", особенно этим грешит финальная миссия. Из недостатков ещё хотел бы отметить глюки с PhysX. Из-за 3 или 4 мест, где на карте есть всякие болтающиеся тряпки, пришлось плясать с бубном, подменяя DLL-ки. Короче говоря, игра достойная, хотя 5 поставить не могу, только 4.

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Posted on: July 28, 2025

Strix-CZ

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Игр: 392 Отзывов: 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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Игр: 73 Отзывов: 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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Игр: 409 Отзывов: 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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