Michael Futter writes: When I told people that we had pinned our E3 Best of Show award on XCOM: Enemy Unknown, I got some strange looks. We loved Dishonored, delighted in SimCity and were ready to get our shoot-n-loot on with Borderlands 2.
Something about Firaxis‘ take on the classic alien invasion sim hit us as really special. I can tell you that after spending time with a preview build, and having a chance to hear from Lead Designer Jake Solomon and Lead Producer Garth DeAngelis, I couldn’t be happier with our selection.
Oh, and did you say you wanted a demo of XCOM: EU? Find out more about that, too.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown rebooted the series back in 2012, and has since inspired numerous new strategy game series to be born.
If someone gets into this I'd recommend getting the enemy within version. It's got all the dlc included so it's the better version. Wish the author would've atleast mentioned it. I didn't see it.
Fantastic game though. Xcom 2 is top notch also. I've spent countless hours in these games.
Phoenix point if I remember was created by the original xcom developer or something to that affect. I did try gears tactics some months ago and I just couldn't get into it. It's probably just me
It was, but it was really closer to the newer XCOM than the older ones. Gears Tactics was okay but was hard to get into knowing there probably wont be a sequel.
There are few things more gratifying in gaming than skillfully turning the tide of a conflict. And few genres provide as many opportunities to abruptly reverse the odds via skill and forethought as tactical strategy. To be sure, we are more often than not talking about turn-based tactical mobile games, specifically titles in line with the iconic landmark series (XCOM and Jagged Alliance) that made the genre a genre.
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Cannot wait for this one. Didn't know the series too much before but ever since E3 I have been very excited to dive into the series.
Haven't played it yet, but probably my GOTY.
Looks pretty cool. Definitely looking forward to this game.
Dying for the XCOM FPS since it was announced three years ago. Hurry up already, 2K Marin.