GameShark - I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for turn-based tactical strategy. While I’m plenty excited for the first-person reimagining being developed by 2K Marin for later this year, the demo for XCOM: Enemy Unknown showed me where all the fanaticism for the originals came from. With long-time strategy experts Firaxis at the helm, XCOM: Enemy Unknown has much more in common with its namesake and offers a modernized version of the vintage gameplay.
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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