Игрок 2115·Рекомендует·1 ч в игре

I finished game several times when I was a teenager in the early 90s. At the time, it was simply a milestone in the world of strategy games. I loved it so much for many years. The missions and the backstory are exciting. The game itself is dark, relentless, and unforgiving. The RNG factor is sometimes absurd. Compared to later versions of X-Com, the soldiers are more of a resource than characters you can form a connection with. They die quickly, and you order a new batch of soldiers just as quickly. It's still fun to play more than 30 years after its release.

Игрок 3229·Рекомендует·2 ч в игре

its a classic for a reason. while xenonauts has the QOL and i like nu-xcom, old xcom scratches a certain tactical and strategic itch and has more SOVL. i like the comicbook/anime-esque designs and how varied the aliens are, something that xenonauts struggled with. it also has support for mods so you can overhaul it in a ton of different ways, like making it into a wh40k game. a lot of the issues with this game are also fixed if you get openxcom, which adds some QOL features too.

Игрок 7545·Рекомендует·38 ч в игре

great old skool game plenty to research, develop, base build, air and land battles, base raids a very underated game hours of fun

Игрок 7849·Рекомендует·19 ч в игре

I remember when this game was first released back in 1994; my friend was the only one with a computer capable of running it, so me and several of our friends all went to his house and took turns playing it. Surprisingly enough, we didn't end up killing each other to get more time to play. This game was peak at the time. I only have 18 hours on Steam, but I likely have more hours in this game than any other game in my library currently. Even 30+ years later, the original still holds up. If you are a fan of the current XCOM games, I encourage you to give this one a try.

Игрок 9032·Рекомендует·46 ч в игре

This game is very good and fun. The long-term strategy is simplistic, but satisfying when you see yourself really dominating the alien forces, and the tactical battles are as satisfying as any in the genre. Sure, it feels unfair and random a lot of the time, but that's when you realise that you can send in 28 soldiers to battle at one time, which is more than what the aliens are bringing. And also, you can kill aliens with one lucky shot just as well as they can kill you. Mind control is also extremely busted. The result is a hilarious inverse difficulty curve, where it starts hard and drops off a cliff, but it is nonetheless immensely satisfying to go through, and to arbitrarily extend your campaign to set up more bases and shoot down more UFOs just for ♥♥♥♥♥ and giggles. I don't really know if I have to speak on the gameplay in any detail here. You move soldiers based on stamina and time units, which are basically just action points. There are multiple types of shots units can take, but you pretty much always use snap shots or automatic fire, depending on the range. Explosives are very strong, especially a guided missile launcher you get at the endgame, which has the biggest explosions as well as remote-guided missiles, so you could probably finish many missions by having one psionic mind-controlling the enemies, and several soldiers with blaster launchers blowing up the whole map. The main weakness of the game is the repetitive nature of it. The loop of shooting down UFOs and recovering them does get old, and the biggest issue is that the large supply- and battle-ships have static layouts. This means that you will be crawling through the same corridors over and over again, and you can't even blow them up with explosives. When you reach that stage, it's definitely better to focus on bases, which have random layouts, and then just finish the game. I dragged things out to set up bases armed with two of the best interceptors in the game around the globe, but you don't have to do that. Truly, you make your own fun... I don't know if I should try the X-COM Files again. It feels like it just adds a ton of padding before you get to the fun part, which is just the normal campaign. At least it's cool that it exists, alongside many other mods that I would recommend checking out.

Игрок 6275·Рекомендует·6 ч в игре

Seit diese Ufo (X-COM) Spiele erschienen sind spiele ich sie. Damals noch auf den Amiga der war auch so gut. Kann nur sagen wer auf runden basierte Strategie mit Aufbau und Planung steht sollte es Spielen. Spielt es einfach und versucht nicht zu verzweifeln :-)

Игрок 6128·Рекомендует·29 ч в игре

Great Tactical game, lets you do research and customize base layouts. Good way to pass the time!

Игрок 9489·Рекомендует·62 ч в игре

Awful > Bad > OK > Good > Great > Awesome Another one of my nostalgia trips. This game is really old. And when I mean old, I mean really, really old. You can see that and feel it everywhere in the game. These days, it really feels like some very interesting and unique indie project. But back in the day, this game was a gem. It was revolutionary in many of the things it did, and for that alone, it would deserve huge praise and a great review. However, I'm not rating it based on nostalgia, just as I'm not doing with the other games. So let's be fair here. The game has a lot of positives and negatives. The biggest negatives are the playability, which is not really great, and some mechanics that are hard to understand because we're used to something completely different today. The controls are also difficult to work with, but once you get used to them, they're fine. One thing that actually aged surprisingly well is the pixelated graphics and their stylization. They still look good even today. And this is a good example of how avoiding hyper-realistic graphics can sometimes be a huge boon for a game's longevity. When you look at the game outside of the box of what we expect from games today, it's very unique and well done. The management is very straightforward abut honestly the gameplay in strategic view (on the globe) is not the strongest part of the game. Far from it actually. But where the game really shines is the tactical combat. When you land on the ground and fight the aliens, the simple mechanics and AI doesn't really matter. The game just works as Tod Howard would say. The maps could be better designed of course, and there might be more interesting mechanics then just shooting and shooting wile kneeling or throwing a grenade, perhaps some line of sight improvements, but somehow, it all comes together as enjoyable gameplay. You just want to keep playing, continue progressing, hating that your favourite soldiers died and enjoy the game until you reach the end. And you can have a really good time even today with this super old game. If you think a little outside of the box, give it some leeway because it's really old, and think of it as an indie project, you can still have an amazing experience. Yeah, I understand that a lot of new players, especially someone who has never played this game, will have a harder time. You will struggle. I might actually recommend watching some YouTube playthroughs first. There are plenty of them. Then just give it a try. It's a really great game.