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Abstract: Check out GameZone's official video review for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the turn based strategy, tactics game which puts you, the player, at the helm of one of the biggest Earth defense agencies, as you try your hand at preventing total annihilation at the ha...
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Abstract: I feel like I have to say this at the very start of the review, I've never played a previous game from the XCOM franchise – there, I said it. With that said though, XCOM: Enemy Unknown has been occupying nearly every second of my free time lately. This tu...
Abstract: XCOM: Enemy Unknown should have been a disaster. It's a turn-based strategy title, a style of game its publisher said only last year was "just not contemporary". It's also a remake of a cult classic 1990's PC game, beloved by an audience so fickle that a ...
Abstract: Fans of the old X-COM games were undoubtedly excited when they heard that the series was slated to be revived for the current console generation. Of course, many of those fans had their hearts ripped out when they found out this new game would be a fir...
Tension-filled turn-based matches, Great sense of progression makes you feel increasingly powerful, Complex interconnected economy makes each decision important, Soldier perma-death gets you invested in the fate of your veterans
Map repetition, Camera foibles and other visual glitches
Tension runs high in the excellent XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Tensionfilled turnbased matches, Great sense of progression makes you feel increasingly powerful, Complex interconnected economy makes each decision important, Soldier permadeath gets you invested in the fate of your veterans.
Map repetition, Camera foibles and other visual glitches
Tension runs high in the excellent XCOM: Enemy Unknown....
So as long as you're happy that the game's real qualities are found in single player, offline gaming sci-fi epics, XCOM: Enemy Unknown comes highly recommended. Remember that this recommendation also goes for players who aren't usually the turn-based type...
Abstract: The original XCOM series may rank up there as one of the greatest PC gaming creations of all time, but MicroProse's string of '90s strategy hits barely registers as a blip on the radar of most console gamers -- even with the existence of a few ancient ...
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Published: 2012-10-08, Author: Dan , review by: gamespy.com
Gripping, tense tactical combat; impressive look and atmosphere; excellent replayability.
A few significant bugs; clumsy UI; no mid-battle inventory management.
