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OXCGN’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown Review: Turn-based strategy returns

OXCGN:

"In a market full of shooters and sports titles, XCOM: Enemy Unknown seems to have invaded the holiday formula to shake things up a bit.

Being released just after Borderlands 2 and Darksiders 2 but before the blockbuster shooters such as Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black ops 2, it’s great to see some much needed variety that requires a deep trance of strategy."

Proeliator4953d ago

Been watching this one. May pick it up during steam sales.

gaminoz4953d ago

I'm happy to play a turn based game again! This one has mostly been getting pretty good reviews. I'm surprised at the score.

camel_toad4953d ago

I'm not far into it, 4-5 missions maybe but yeh if you like turn-based strategy its definitely better than the 7.5 they give it.

Belgavion4953d ago

The demo was pleasing. This will probably be lost in the plethora of near-Xmas releases and be forgotten though

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Amazon Prime’s 12 ‘free’ games for April include XCOM: Enemy Unknown Complete Pack

Amazon Prime subscribers can claim free PC games to keep via its Luna service.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown - A Welcome Rebirth

XCOM: Enemy Unknown rebooted the series back in 2012, and has since inspired numerous new strategy game series to be born.

shinoff2183929d ago (Edited 929d ago )

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.

ModsDoBetter928d ago

Excellent game.
Played to death on PS3 years ago.

S2Killinit928d ago

What other games were inspired by this game?

JL2930928d ago

Gears Of War Tactics, Phoenix Point. Many others.

shinoff2183927d ago

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

JL2930927d ago (Edited 927d ago )

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.

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Ten Best Tactical Mobile 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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