GameBlurb: "GameBlurb ended our trip to E3 at 2K’s booth to check out X-COM. Is it a defamation to a classic series so many hold dear to their hearts, or is there more to those assumptions? We’re glad to say we are pleased."
Dying or losing in video games is part and parcel of the experience and accepted as an occupational hazard. But some games take it way too far.
Lizard Lounge's Trevor Coelho writes:
"You’d be hard pressed to find an X-COM soldier more badass than Frida ‘Nitro’ Weber. On Day 1, after her first mission against Advent, she decided she wanted to be a grenadier. She thought of herself as a creator of sorts.
Yep, she really liked to make things. Like holes in walls – she loved to make those. Dead Advent? She enjoyed making them, too. She liked making dust and pulp, essentially, from things that were once solid and properly formed. It was her calling, she said."
Gamerant
Permadeath gaming has seen a huge resurgence over recent years. Giving players a single life or character with which to complete the game, games with permanent death as a mechanic are notoriously difficult, tasking players with keeping upmost concentration throughout their playthrough. More often than not, attempts may end in tears – but that won’t stop players from trying their hand once more.
Turn based strategy > first person shooter ;P
Ummmm NO the hell it isn't. They have totally screwed this game up.
Xcom is another example of every publisher wanting a COD clone which is a major problem with the industry.
I can't believe these idiots have taken a classic RTS and turned it into a crappy and not well made FPS. All they had to do was fix the minor issues with Xcom RTS, add better graphics and expand the game, instant hit but Nooooooo they totally screwed it up.