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Summary: THIS GAME WILL TAKE OVER YOUR LIFE
Review: This is one of the best games of it's kind. Without a doubt! I recently built an old computer just to play this game. It's got some compatability issues here and there, but the game play is great. 5 Stars, Must try. (This game almost made me fail my first semster of college - beware!!)
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Summary: THIS GAME WILL TAKE OVER YOUR LIFE
Review: This is one of the best games of it's kind. Without a doubt! I recently built an old computer just to play this game. It's got some compatability issues here and there, but the game play is great. 5 Stars, Must try. (This game almost made me fail my first semster of college - beware!!)
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Summary: its X-Com what more could you ask for?
Review: this is the perfect culmination of the original trilogy and i must say it is a must buy for any X-commer or strategy fan. X-com will go in my book as a game with one goal but infinite possibilities. next to master of orion 2 this is the meaning of replay value. thank the heavens for microprose.
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Summary: Classic Strategy is never out of date
Review: This re-package of the original classic UFO:Defense (X-COM: Enemy Unknown) game and its first two sequels updates it to allow it to play under more modern operating systems, such as '95, '98, and XP. Aside from small issues(some users have to turn off hardware accelleration for graphics to get it to display correctly, and make no mistake - the 320x480 graphics in the first two games are NOT the most beautiful available) this is masterful. Classic strategic management married to turn-based squad-level combat insures that there's always something going on, always just one more thing a few turns away to get to - the old "I've just got to run ONE MORE TURN" addictive gameplay at its best!The second game (X-COM:Terror From the Deep) is a Microprose make-over of the first, using the same game engine, with bigger levels. The third is a completely new beast - set in the same universe with the same mix of strategic and tactical elements, but with updated graphics and an option for real-time combat, if you choose. All in all, at current prices, this is one of the biggest bargins in gaming available today!
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Summary: X-COM UFO Defense the best classic game EVER MADE
Review: UFO Defense is just the best game ever made for its time. The missions where u have to fight the aliens with ur troops is the most fun and addicting gameing experience u can have.
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Summary: Best turn-based action strategy in history!
Review: Unfortunately they are not making any more "cool" games like the X-Com Series. The games in this package were built with yesterday's so-called graphics technology and they would probably look funny for most of us. However this does not change the fact that THEY ROCK! Well, if you are one of those guys who think that turn based strategy games are not capable of turning the action smothered fun on, then purchase this incredible game and see that you were wrong all over!
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Summary: The Best Game Ever
Review: When I first played Xcom, I was at my friends house. Even though I had a Mac then and could not play the game at home, I still would hang out at my friend's house just to watch him play that game. The suspense was awesome, and the story played itself out briliantly. We were pretty young at the time and we would both get pretty jumpy at 2am. I loved the game, even though I did not get to play it untill later on. For anyone who is searching for a classic all around great game, Xcom is the way to go. There is no other game that I have played that has sucessfully combined the components that are in Xcom. Ufo Defense (the first Xcom) was my all time favorite. Terror of the Deep was a good sequal to Ufo Defense by combining the same ideas and graphics. This game is awesome! Dont miss out!
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Summary: Mixed Review
Review: While the storyline and overall idea of the game is a good one, a difficult user interface and weak instruction manual make this game difficult to manage. You are often stuck trying to move troops or units while aliens pick off your men with ease. In addition, it often seems impossible to develop technologies fast enough to combat the aliens in some missions. I was very interested in this game initially, but eventually gave it up as too much of a hassle for what it's worth.
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Summary: Definately a collectors item
Review: X-Com is one of the most emersive and playable games ever. Any PC Gamer would be remiss not to have this game in their collection.
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Summary: Time tested and Ready for addiction
Review: X-com really is a carbon copy of cocaine. Once you have had a little, you will do just about anything for another fix. Although the X-com games came out in the late 90's and are arcaic by todays standards, they are still a benchmark on which all squad based games are tested. Few games then or since have included and in depth turn based mission play with base building and RPG elements. The closest game recently to the X-com genre is probably Warcraft 3, although there are definate differences. The mission style game play which all three games share is based around a squad of varying size, from as few as one or two to assault teams of 24 men. Each squad member is a unique induvidual with differing levels of health, stamina(number of move points) and accuracy. As members of the squad survive, their abilities grow, meaning that losing a squad member can be a damaging possibility. These squaddies are sent into a mission area that is totally dark except for the small area around the dropship itself. And until you start moving around, you have no idea what is out there. This makes for some tense playing with questions like, should I go around that corner and run out of move points or should I stay and throw a grenade. The missions themselves vary greatly, with base attacks, defenses, capture, and terror missions, where your teams must protect civilians while clearing out a location. The maps themselves are fun if somewhat canned. Each area also hase numerous levels, meaning death can come from above too. The base building is also devistatingly fun as you must work hard to earn enough money to expand, start new bases and buy interceptors. EVery detail is here, from buying ammunition to running out of storage. And this part of the game takes on new meaning when later in the game your bases get assaulted by alien forces. Did you build in good choke points? did you have enough defenses? Altogether Brilliant. For me, Terror of the Deep was where I started and therefore I actually prefer it. The graphics are slightly crisper and the difficulty greater. No longer do alien ships simply "dissapear" into the ocean, meaning every thing you shoot down can be attacked. But really the biggest change is that in UFO Defense, the pen-ultimate weapon has a burst fire command and in TFTD it is single shot. Trust me, it is a BIG difference. Appocolypse, on the other hand, never really grew on me. Unlike the older games, both Aliens and Humans start the game being highly resistant to damage and thus fear of enemy fire obliterating your squad is much less. I also did not enjoy the new look of the game as much as I thought I might. But overall, if you simply cannot stand turn based combat, Appocolypse gives you a real time option (although the game difficulty ramps up greatly if you use it...). The best reason to buy these games is that this was the last time X-com ruled the world. Most of the follow up games were either unimpressive or buggy or went unnoticed. But if you ask any serious game from the old days, all of them will fondly recount hours spent with sore eyes watching their men sweep dark alleys for an elusive alien.
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