DHGF: So, let’s get this out of the way up front: I LOVE the XCOM series. X-COM: UFO Defense was an amazing piece of work for its time, and Terror From the Deep, while more of an expansion pack than a full-fledged game, was still pretty fantastic. X-COM: Enforcer (an off-shoot third person shooter) was the last game in the franchise for a little over a decade, though games have popped up in the spirit of the original strategy games since then, albeit without the magic of the original games. Well, somewhere along the way 2K Games picked up the license and has actively jumped into working on it, with a first person shooter dubbed simply XCOM due out next year, and a game that stays true to the franchise roots, XCOM: Enemy Unknown. While there’s a console demo supposedly coming at some point before release, the PC demo dropped on Steam not too long ago, and as a big fan of the series, I was very much interested in what Firaxis was doing with the series. Their work on Civilization has generally been solid, after all, so there’s certainly reason to believe that this could be a return to the glory of the old XCOM titles, if it’s handled right.
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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