Reviewer Steve Wright writes, "I sprint towards a park bench, plasma bolts flying past my head, singeing the air around me. I hungrily gulp down acidic-tasting air as I take limited cover and plan my next move. I know I've enemies all around me -- mostly out of sight -- but luckily, I've managed to flank one unknowing mark. I motion to my teammates, indicating my next target as I set myself up for a killing shot. I jump out of cover, bring my muzzle up…
"… and shoot WAY wide.
"Then, my opponent takes his turn and is spot on. The plasma melts my skin from my bones and the remnants of my body slam lifelessly to the pavement. My enemies quickly focus on dispatching the rest of my team.
"That's pretty much how every game of XCOM: Enemy Unknown goes when I'm at the controls. The strategy game is one I truly appreciate, but one I'm utterly hopeless at. I'm too impatient. I rush into combat. I take useless cover and attempt shots that my soldiers have zero chance of actually makin...
BLG writes: "COM games have been around for nearly three decades at this point in some form or another. While XCOM never managed to reach the same heights of success as other long-running franchises, the series definitely has its fair share of fans. With XCOM 3 likely still a couple of years away, we figured we’d reminisce a bit about previous games in the series and try to rank them all from worst to best."
I would have put the original game at number one if it didn't crash all the time.
Have the suspense was know if it was going to load the next round of not.
I know these are ranking the "XCOM" games. However, Phoenix Point, which is made by the same team, is much better than all of the XCOM games. Just my opinion though. lol
That's not quite accurate. Phoenix Point was made by Julian Gollop, the guy who designed the original X-COM games. The new XCOM games from 2012 onward were made by Firaxis and/or other subsidiaries of 2K Games.
Xcom 1&2 above the original o_O ..... hell no
The more recent games were a massive downgrade (1 was an unfinished mess of a game XD)
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified was one of the last significant releases of the seventh console generation and one of its most troubled games. It began development in 2006 but wasn’t released until 2013. It was initially unveiled as a first-person horror shooter, then turned into a third-person tactical RPG shooter. The incredibly ambitious game was hamstrung by enough drama to fill its own story.
We need more articles like this one. Every site writes about the same exact shit as every other site. Pick any game and every site follows the same pattern: Game Announcement, Teaser Trailer, Release Date, Full Trailer, Director says X, Producer says Y, Game Review, DLC announcement, post-mortem. If you read Polygon or Kotaku, toss in some articles about butts or race. This was incredibly refreshing.
Because... America – f*ck yeah!
I don't remember if you save the world in that game but Urban Chaos: Riot Response was one of the most american games back in the day, I've never even been to the country and that game was still rad.
ign gave it 5.5 lol
now a days its so hard to know from reviews if a game is really good or bad. I guess time to rent it and try it out for myself
even ign review said the game is fun to play yet gave it 5.5