GamingTrend writes:
"Most people’s eyes tend to glaze over at the mere thought of turn-based strategy games. Take your turn. Wait for the enemy. Move your guys around. Attack. Wait. Yawn. The very nature of how they’re played doesn’t exactly give an image of high-octane thrills and excitement. Couple that with micromanaging resources, troop directions, and complex system layered on top of complex system, and you have a recipe for a game that only the most ardent of spreadsheet fans will enjoy. So you can imagine my surprise that, after booting up Firaxis’ XCOM: Enemy Unknown, I was treated to one of the most white-knuckle, tense, and thrilling games I’ve played this year."
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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.
