Its fatal flaw was simply that the A.I. squadmates would far to often make suicidal decisions unless you micro-managed then, which made winning far more about luck than skill.
But the setting, the writing, the story were all super interesting to me. And the graphics hold a special charm for me (I still say the facial animations were better than LA Noire)
I lost an entire semester of college due to UFO: Enemy Unknown (a.k.a. X-COM: UFO Defense). This was in ‘94. I really need to go look at the later games. But man I loved that game.
It’s been quite a while since I played so I don’t remember all the details, but toward the end of the game there’s some kind of emergency mission, maybe the base gets invaded. There is a small airlock-type room in the base you have to pass through to get to the start of the mission, when I went through it this time the “exit” door wouldn’t open, and even though the “entrance” looked open I couldn’t go through it. I tried reloading, loading older saves, etc. but nothing I did would get the game back on track. My only option would be to start over and I didn’t really want to do that. So I moved on.
X-Com: The Bureau Declassified
Its fatal flaw was simply that the A.I. squadmates would far to often make suicidal decisions unless you micro-managed then, which made winning far more about luck than skill.
But the setting, the writing, the story were all super interesting to me. And the graphics hold a special charm for me (I still say the facial animations were better than LA Noire)
I lost an entire semester of college due to UFO: Enemy Unknown (a.k.a. X-COM: UFO Defense). This was in ‘94. I really need to go look at the later games. But man I loved that game.
This was my introduction to X-Com and I loved it. The other games are so different that I appreciated it more
I would desperately love a remaster but upgrading the squad mates AI operate similar the Mass Effect squad mates.
I had some fun with it until I hit a game-ending bug.
Which one? I don’t recall running into anything critical.
It’s been quite a while since I played so I don’t remember all the details, but toward the end of the game there’s some kind of emergency mission, maybe the base gets invaded. There is a small airlock-type room in the base you have to pass through to get to the start of the mission, when I went through it this time the “exit” door wouldn’t open, and even though the “entrance” looked open I couldn’t go through it. I tried reloading, loading older saves, etc. but nothing I did would get the game back on track. My only option would be to start over and I didn’t really want to do that. So I moved on.