XCOM Enemy Unknown - Xbox 360 Game (Retro Fam)

I loved the original XCom and wasted far too much of my youth playing it. When i saw Sid Meier was involved in creating the new XCom my interest was piqued. The new version is very very good. The implementation of a turn based strategy game on a console is flawless. The user interface is clean and intuitive, and the game play is fun.The story line is great and the tension at least in the early game is palpable.The only issue i have run into is the maps are not randomly generated and that gets a bit tedious. Also the AI is a little weak, as the Aliens do not do the best job of coordinating their defenses or attacks, which allows someone using good squad tactics, especially in the late game when you have the best weapons and armor, to destroy the aliens piecemeal with virtually no risk to themselves.I would highly recommend this game to anyone who enjoyed the original.PS Strangely there were no farm maps with the infamous hedge rows and baies of hay.

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I grew up playing the original XCOM - UFO Defence when I was very young (not any of the other garbage XCOM titles that came soon afterward). Though I completely sucked at it, I simply loved it because of it's dark, creepy atmosphere and wide array of options in managing my war against the alien invaders.I'm older now, and more accustomed to strategy-war games, and have just recently purchased XCOM - Enemy Unkown after reading so many great reviews, and hoping that it really would stay true to the formula of the orginal. The game arrived last night, and before I knew it, 6 hour had gone by.So far this game has FAR exceeded my expectations. Not only does it hold true to the orginal game, but it is loads of fun. The combat system is perfect with you now being able to utilize cover much more stragically, and having more combat options while on the field. The only thing this game lacks so far is the creepy atmosphere of the original, but that is just light nit-picking compared to all the greatness this game has to offer.The first few tasks at the beginning the game are very linear, but this is done simply to show you how to play the game. After that, you are on your own to build your base, make all of the engineering and research decisions, and decide on when to deploy your troops and how to deploy them. Your choices of where to set up your base are limited compared to the original, but this is easily overlooked. So is the fact that you can only have one base. One base may not sou.

The developers of the remake streamlined everything from the original game but enough things were lost in translation that I found myself itching to play the old one instead. The sense of havoc and dread is somehow missing, and there's now rigid rules and structures in place that simplify gameplay a bit too much for my tastes (e.g. limited inventory management, limited finances, no hiring/firing scientists/engineers, smaller maps, no free aiming, etc).The 1994 original felt like a window into a miniature world being swarmed by aliens, which was what made it magic. This new one feels like just a game.

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