DHGF: The XCOM franchise has been dormant for over a decade at this point, but its mark on the industry has been pretty apparent. Games that try to do what the series did pop up every now and again on the PC (and, occasionally, on handheld platforms), such as UFO: Aftermath and Laser Squad Nemesis on the PC and Rebelstar: Tactical Command on the GBA, but none of them really quite captured the essence of the experience. When 2K Games announced another title in the series, simply titled XCOM, a couple years back, fans were ecstatic up until the moment when the phrase, “… and it’s a first person shooter!” was uttered. Well, it turns out that 2K wasn’t planning on rebooting the series with just an FPS, as they tapped the talents of Firaxis Games to get a more traditional turn based strategy game out onto the market. Dubbed XCOM: Enemy Unknown, in a callback to the title of the original, the game is something of a reimagining of the franchise that brings XCOM into the modern era, while still staying true to the roots of the series.
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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.
