Steven Strom of SideQuesting.com writes: "Enemy Unknown is a turn-based strategy game and the foil to the maybe-not-actually-happening first-person shooter said to be being developed by 2k Marin. It’s also being developed by Firaxis, the folks behind the Sid Meier’s Civilization games. I mention this because the producers presenting the demo that I was shown seemed to really, really want to make this absolutely clear. This isn’t just some cobbled together mess being developed by Fred in the basement, they seemed to say.
No. This game has pedigree, turn-based pedigree."
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.
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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