RipTen writes:
"There has always been a special place in my heart for strategy games. As an avid board gamer, I’ve been on the hunt for an experience that reasonably captures the feeling of sitting across the table from an opponent. When I first heard that 2K Games was planning on rebooting XCOM, I was ecstatic… until I found out it was going to be a first person shooter. It’s not that the universe can’t support multiple approaches, but an authentic update to the turn-based strategy classic was what fans really wanted. Not only did we end up getting just that, but Enemy Unknown is coming out of one of the best development houses in the genre. Firaxis has been helping players build Civilizations for years. Now, they’ve given us a chance to save one."
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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.
