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XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012)

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This is my personal review of Xcom: Enemy Unknown. When I bought Xcom: enemy unknown on steam, I wasn't really sure what to expect. I have personally never really heard of the xcom series before (what with me being mostly a console gamer for most of my gaming life) and really only got interested in this game because someone mentioned it at the valkyria chronicles gamefaqs board. But I decided to preorder this game since I heard it was a reimagining of the first xcom game so that would mean I wouldn't need to play the other games in the series. Now having done a playthrough of Xcom: enemy unknown. I have to say I'm pretty impressed with it and would like to give my overall opinion of the game. Xcom: Enemy unknown is a turn based strategy game that was developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K games. It is available on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Note that I will be reviewing the PC version of the game.
Xcom: Enemy Unknown is a turn based strategy game. It took me about 32 hours to complete the game on the classic difficulty without ironman activated.

Platform: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Developer: Firaxis Game
Publisher: 2K games


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Pros
- Great turn based strategy combat system
- Good micromanaging with the base system
- Good artsytle
Cons
- Lack of environments given by the premise of the game
- Panic mechanic went a bit overboard
- Not that interesting story/characters

Overall, Xcom: Enemy Unknown is a great game. The game got nice visuals and got great designs for the humans, aliens, various airships, armor, and weapons. The gameplay is great with both the micromanaging via the base system and the turn based combat system being very engaging and having a good amount of depth to it. The class system is great as there is incentive to using each of the classes in battle and the enemy classes give you a good amount of strategy. Overall it's a game that I really enjoyed because of the gameplay. But there are a couple of issues such as the lack of variety in the environments given by the premise of the game, the camera issues, etc.

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