There are few PC games with such stalwart fans as X-COM: Enemy Unknown. Standing as one of the pinnacles of strategy gaming along with the likes of Jagged Alliance 2, X-COM is known as much for its campy B-movie alien invasion theme as for its bone-crushing, teeth-grindingly difficulty which requires significant trial and error to master - a reputation which is very much still known even today. Unfortunately, after a string of poor sequels, including X-COM: Enforcer, an Unreal Engine shooter, and the closure of MicroProse, the franchise seemed truly dead and buried, ending on a sour note.
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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Nice review, very thorough!