This series is of a kind that will... scar you for life. Very likable characters, filled with jokes, good story.
In short, closes old school XCOM reboot you can get at the moment, with some potential (there is a an "official" community edition). Notable mention is "XCOM: Enemy Unknown" by "2k games", it's a big budget game, which is miles ahead in visuals, but lacks the simulator feel of the original XCOM. Pros: much better air combat, which, if you are bored, can be "auto resolved" with a click of a button, on top of being able to control aircraft, you can group them into squadrons of up to 3 community version is pushing a bunch of features missing in the official release (they are even supposed to become part of the official release as of 10th of Dec 2014) Local police/military also fight aliens (don't recall that from the original XCOMs, have played only the first 2 though) Alien weapons are usable upfront, although with heavy aiming penalty ("uncomfortable to hold", makes sense) Cons: Crushed UFO is graphics, you can't break into its hull, the only way is the entrance. Viewing angle is fixed. Because of it, you always know, that UFO is somewhere on the left. Overly simplistic UI is a step back even compared to the XCOM from 90th. I haven't finished it yet, but alien bases that I've got so far were much smaller than in original UFO and I cannot find good reason for that. UI is pretty dumb at times, you can position your squad at the entrance, open the door, shoot shoot shoot, close the door => nobody will come out to retaliate. Simplified inventory (can't put a grenade on your shoulder etc) Can't throw the weapons/aliens around, interrogate aliens at will.
