EuroGamer: "XCOM takes us into Unreal Engine 3 territory, meaning there's very little difference from a visual perspective between the console versions, though PC commands a few welcome graphical upgrades."
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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.
According to this article PC wins in terms of performance and graphics especially with more light sources than both console versions. 360 comes 2nd place suffering performance issues compared to the smoother frame rates of he PC. And PS3 comes out worst of the 3.
"but with gameplay this good, the PS3 version is still highly recommended."
Ps3 comes in 3rd? Then Firaxis are lazy devs.