XCOM: Enemy Unknown Reviews

XCOM: Enemy Unknown has been out 13 years and still offers fun, strategical gameplay with a branching leveling system for your base and its soldiers. Its probability can feel a bit unfair at times, but hey that’s XCOM baby!

difficult and complicated, but awesome game

A visionary triumph that revived turn-based strategy as a mainstream genre. More than a decade later, this game has become its own classic, nearly as far from it's own release as the 1994 title it rebooted. The design, presentation and polish of this game has made it eternal. There's no world where this game loses its shine. Try it first in vanilla, then play its other half, the Long War mod which elevates this game to being the single greatest turn-based squad strategy experience ever played. This game is timeless, even when pitted against its own sequel or anything else. Nothing can compare to how easy this game is to pick up, and how satisfying and hard it is to truly master, and all running easily out of the box with no sprawling modlists or other headaches to worry about to make it shine. Thanks Firaxis for an incredible game that changed everything. We're lucky this game was made.

No reason to buy this game if you have XCOM 2. I'm actually surprised it looks almost the same, just different engine and ui tweaks.

this game is very challenging i recommend trying to get your troops good armor and weapons fast

Really great for the time it was made. I love the _idea_ of the original XCOM and my hours would be much higher if the Long War hours had counted. Sadly, I think the game is let down by the "Chance to hit" mechanics. Game devs have come up with much cooler ways to create gameplay moments than pure RNG in strategic games and it makes going back to XCOM feel like a slog sometimes.

This was a good game at one time. At this point, there are many unresolved problems that seem to stem from newer operating systems. I myself have tried to reinstall after many years and cannot verify the integrity of the files, as each time I do, 2 files with a subsequent 17.5 MB download take place. And then when I check files again the same thing happens. This game has become very unstable. And the real shame is, you might buy the game and sink some hours in then find it unplayable. Avoid this game unless you know EXACTLY what you are getting into. https://steamcommunity.com/app/200510/discussions/0/648811852226640080/

Trash publisher 2k updated the TOS to access and process unnecessary data, on your PC that the game is installed on, that doesn't improve the game at all. Obviously they sell it to 3rd parties and god knows do whatever else with the data. I would advise uninstalling and not purchasing or supporting anything that 2k is involved with until this garbage tier TOS is removed or changed. Steam should remove this intrusive literal spyware off the store and a class action lawsuit should be in order because most of us purchased the game before this new, surrender you're soul to 2k TOS was in effect.

The greatest part is naming soldiers after friends and watching them die

I originally loved this game but due to the updated 2k terms of service that allows them to apply Kernal level spyware I must give this a negative review.