I’m gonna be as ruthless as a Muton Berserker with this baby.ĭeveloping the base is quite strategic in itself, as your primary task is to squeeze every inch of the limited underground space to its maximum effect.
This means that, when I finally launched the game for the first time, my expectations were through the proverbial roof. But, is it really true to the XCOM legacy?Ī premise is necessary: I have been a fan of XCOM since the first game, and I continued to play it and its sequels (the only true sequels: Terror from the Deep and Apocalypse – anything else simply did not happen in my world) on and off to this day. Now the game has finally hit the shelves. I’m quite sure I wasn’t alone in this.Īt the beginning of this year, 2K restored justice by announcing XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a remake of the original that was supposed to remain faithful to the hardcore turn-based strategy concept that made it so popular.
In 2010, 2K Games announced a First Person Shooter remake, and I have to admit that my face met my palm in a rather violent fashion. Back in 1994, UFO: Enemy Unknown (known as XCOM: UFO Defense here in Europe) marked a revolution in the strategy genre, creating a following of enthusiasts that still survives to this day.
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