Gamer Euphoria staff member Sean C writes:
''It’s hard to judge whether something is going to be good or bad in an encased, hand picked environment like a demo. Yes, while it shows you some of the great points of the game you can be certain the developer isn’t going to be upfront about flaws and problems because, in all honesty, if you’re on the fence about a game this is the thing that is supposed to sway your opinion.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown then, had one of the largest challenges I’ve ever seen; demo a product that could take hours to truly understand and making it fun was going to be a tough sell. Despite the fact that I was sold already, I am a little more wary of my expectations now.''
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.
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Color me impressed.
Honestly, my enthusiasm was raised more by the OXM XCOM Youtube videos that the demo/tutorial. Regardless, color me day one purchased!
It was a demo, what did this author expect? I don't know how someone could expect more from a demo? I mean it bascially covers the gameplay, shows off a little bit of the story and then says...now if you like what you see go buy it/preorder it. That is what a demo is supposed to do.