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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 281690" data-attributes="member: 143"><p>Ah, X-Com. If you're talking about the original, it's a squad-scale turn-based tactical combat game within a larger game that focuses on base-building, resource management, and research trees. </p><p></p><p>Now, with all the cliches out of the way...</p><p></p><p>X-Com: UFO Defense is, IMHO, one of the ten best games ever made for the PC. The bulk of the game involves you taking a squad of 8-12 marines to investigate alien crash sites (and later, alien bases). The marines carry weapons that you bought and/or researched in the larger "macro" game, starting with slugthrowers and then grading up as you learn more about the alien technology. The game moves in "phases", with each marine having a number of "action points" based on his/her stats. You move all your marines, do combat actions/etc, then the aliens take their turn. If you saved some points you can do opportunity attacks while the aliens move. </p><p></p><p>Nothing beats rounding a corner with no action points left to see three or four aliens suddenly appear (the game has a dynamic LOS system, excellent music, and cool "mood"). By mid-game you'll find yourself using advanced squad tactics just to keep your squaddies alive (they improve the more missions they survive). </p><p></p><p>All this doesn't really capture the feel of the game (though just remembering it makes me want to go back and play it again). There were several sequels; X-COM: Terror from the Deep was an ocean-based mod that was strangely almost EXACTLY like the original game except with new names for the technologies and weapons and new skins for the aliens. X-COM: Apocalypse added a real-time option that was interesting, althougth the rest of the game wasn't as engaging. They did a space-based shooter set in the same universe that was just lame. Go for the original, X-COM: Ufo Defense. It's been given away as Freeware by PCGamer on one of their demo disks, and I've seen it in bargain bins for $5. A classic, and if you don't get hung up on the dated graphics, a BLAST to play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 281690, member: 143"] Ah, X-Com. If you're talking about the original, it's a squad-scale turn-based tactical combat game within a larger game that focuses on base-building, resource management, and research trees. Now, with all the cliches out of the way... X-Com: UFO Defense is, IMHO, one of the ten best games ever made for the PC. The bulk of the game involves you taking a squad of 8-12 marines to investigate alien crash sites (and later, alien bases). The marines carry weapons that you bought and/or researched in the larger "macro" game, starting with slugthrowers and then grading up as you learn more about the alien technology. The game moves in "phases", with each marine having a number of "action points" based on his/her stats. You move all your marines, do combat actions/etc, then the aliens take their turn. If you saved some points you can do opportunity attacks while the aliens move. Nothing beats rounding a corner with no action points left to see three or four aliens suddenly appear (the game has a dynamic LOS system, excellent music, and cool "mood"). By mid-game you'll find yourself using advanced squad tactics just to keep your squaddies alive (they improve the more missions they survive). All this doesn't really capture the feel of the game (though just remembering it makes me want to go back and play it again). There were several sequels; X-COM: Terror from the Deep was an ocean-based mod that was strangely almost EXACTLY like the original game except with new names for the technologies and weapons and new skins for the aliens. X-COM: Apocalypse added a real-time option that was interesting, althougth the rest of the game wasn't as engaging. They did a space-based shooter set in the same universe that was just lame. Go for the original, X-COM: Ufo Defense. It's been given away as Freeware by PCGamer on one of their demo disks, and I've seen it in bargain bins for $5. A classic, and if you don't get hung up on the dated graphics, a BLAST to play. [/QUOTE]
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