Posted on: July 10, 2025

khyb

Игр: 252 Отзывов: 5

Long long long long war

Big Picture: Xenonauts is basically a reskinned original X-com with adjusted mechanics to emphasize real world tactical combat. You lose a chunk of the original creepy ambience and research pathways (and with it some common ways people tackle the original X-com). You gain higher res and bigger maps. The TL;DR is that you may enjoy this if you want X-com with a twist or you are a new player that enjoys old school hard core mechanics that are intuitively playable. If you are an Iron Man person, you are likely to have to be the type that enjoys punishment, especially old school unfair RNG. More Details: My level of enjoyment with this game was a roller coaster. The initial parts were fun but I missed the atmosphere of X-com. Then the difficulty jumped and since I had played efficiently I wasn't sure I'd finish because I was suddenly getting my butt kicked. But then came the best part of the game, thankfully, which was gaining technology and skill. It had that "just one more turn ... oops it's dawn" kinda feel the old games had like Civ or HoMM. That lasted a while until the enjoyment slowly waned to a somewhat meh feeling-ed grind that I rode into the end game. End game is overly long and economy issues further suck out the joy. Most things work fine but let me whine a moment about that last stage. I grew up in the uncivilized world of the early PC games where they could be merciless and I kinda like it. But Xenonauts leans a bit too hard into that and the difficulty spikes tend to drift heavily into rigged mechanics rather than enemy strategy you can counter. Aliens know exactly where you are whether they should or not. Line of sight difference is colossal BS. They see muucchh farther than you, mostly. Combine that with grenades and 1 shot kill aliens and you get killed even playing well. You cannot counter psychic attacks. Now consider that you are very dependent on slowly leveled up characters. This is a bad combo. Light recommendation.

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Posted on: October 27, 2014

Odbod

Владелец игры

Игр: Отзывов: 1

Small but significant changes

By and large a faithful re-make of the original, and the biggest criticism I would make is that not much was added. However, having played the original, I can say that is does play differently - or, at least, that the subtle mechanical differences meant that I played it differently. This is probably best illustrated with an example: in the original, you shot down UFOs so that you could capture the wreckage and use it to make plasma cannons or whatever - which I then usually sold for money. As such, once I had my production lines set up I really didn't mind how much I got from my backing countries. In Xenonauts, selling manufactured goods is always at a loss, so you are entirely reliant on funding and UFO salvage. This meant that in Xenonauts, I shot down UFOs so that they didn't upset anyone - and I would usually airstrike the crash sites, as it brought in almost as much money as (or sometimes even more than) sending in ground troops. So, at least for my style of play, Xenonauts was more focused on shooting down as many UFOs as possible before they did too much damage, with ground missions done on an as-needed basis, whereas the in the original as long as I shot down one UFO I was happy. As such, I found Xenonauts much more tense, and the little notifications that 'HMAS Victoria strafed - 27 dead' really meant something. Reading some other reviews, I must say that apart from a few bugs (you can sometimes see inside UFOs from the outside) I didn't have any trouble with line-of-sight - when stood next to a corner a soldier can usually see around it quite well, and there were none of the 'Can he shoot from there? No? Why not?' problems that I had with the Firaxis game (sometimes they shot through walls, and other times they wouldn't shoot something that they could actually see - still a good game, though, if not quite my taste.)

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Posted on: December 9, 2014

gandalfbjk

Владелец игры

Игр: 472 Отзывов: 1

A great X-COM style game

When I first saw this game, which a friend recommended to me because I really love X-COM, I was slightly dubious about purchasing it. There was a GOG sale and the price had come down to something I couldn't refuse. After playing for a few hours it reminded me of X-COM Terror From The Deep (in a good way). Pros (against the current X-COM game) You have the ability to build multiple bases. You're able to build more than one different type of aeroplane to intercept the enemy as well as different troop carriers. If you choose to you can actually control the fights between your aircraft against the alien UFO and instead of only sending one aircraft you can send up to a squadron of 3. Much more research available and more weapons available for manufacture. A lot more alien occurrences and the ability to air strike downed UFOs if you have a troop shortage. Although there isn't many tracks the music fits in nicely with the game. Cons The graphics aren't as polished as the current X-COM game but it's still playable. You're not able to rotate the camera so trying to move someone to a particular part of the map that you can't really see (beside a wall for example) can be a pain. Overall I would recommend this if you're an X-COM fan and/or like turn based strategy games. The management of bases isn't complex at all and the game is far from being linear.

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Posted on: August 10, 2015

ZMacZ

Владелец игры

Игр: 1209 Отзывов: 9

Tiny improvement, but less...

Simply put, compared to the orignal UFO - Enemy unknown (MIcroprose 1994), it does NOT weigh up.. Yes..I know, it's mostly the same on the ground, except: - stuff gets obscured that shouldn't, never a problem with that in the 1994 version.. - LOS is practically nothing, while you CAN shoot further..so not good.. - the right click function oughta be move only..other actions selecteable by GUI icon... (i opened so many doors that oughta be closed, and closed too many that oughta have stayed open..) - the weapon drops are not for keeps ?..wth ?!?..the whole income stuff is goners..,I used to pick up everything I could get my hands on..now for a complete intact UFO..no engines, no navigation, no nada..handfull of alloys ? - the traps you can make in the original are not plausible here..(setting up shop with full squad outside the UFO, the first one to stick his nose out would get blasted..but no go here..) - the base defense layout is almost to cry for...I used to put all the elements with surface access on one side, with only one corridor (bottleneck), usually the elevator itself, so a nice big fat ambush would clean out any incoming attacks..I never needed base defenses (in fact I always welcomed their base assaults with fireworks..heh..) One tiny improvement is the aerial combat system...I like the russian method (carrot and big stick)..works great.. (but still..there's room for improvement there too...and yes..I have suggestions there..) In all, it does NOT compare to the 1994 version.(maybe it'll come here one day I HOPE SO !) BUT !!! If you can't play the old one (which is why bought this one YOU WILL be entertained !!! (and when you played it for some time, maybe when the old one comes, you'll see past the somewhat blockiness, and buy that one too, and subsequently enjoy the UFO experience even more..) Note that I did NOT pay full price..it was on sale..so when on sale, still money well spent..

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Posted on: June 13, 2018

ProudCitizen

Владелец игры

Игр: 35 Отзывов: 1

Playable but not great

For fans of the old X-COM games Xenonauts is engaging enough but quite frankly I'm glad I got if for free. Obviously a lot of work has gone into the game's splendid art but that time and expense would have been better spent on the gameplay. The way that angles and cover work is often maddeningly frustrating. When I cannot lob a grenade over a cot-bed something is wrong. When I have a soldier with an accuracy of 75 standing right next to an alien and they still only have a 65% chance of hitting them then something is wrong. When my soldier cannot hit an alien at a distance because something is 100% blocking me but the same alien can shoot my soldier without moving then something is wrong. If you have a mind to play it I would wait for the price to drop to $10 or less. Not worth it at the current price.

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