X-Com Apocalypse (PC)

The original game in the Xcom series, known as UFO: Enemy Unknown, is a brilliant mix of turn-based tactical combat and real-time micromanagement, requiring you to command an organisation dedicated to fighting off a full-scale alien invasion by reasaerching and manufacturing new weapons and technologies, building facilities and shooting down UFOs before engaging in tacticalcombat with the occupants of the downed alien ships. Its sequel, XCOM: Terror From The Deep, barely altered the format at all, instead introducing new enemies and technologies, bigger maps, an underwater setting an an even stronger atmosphere of tension and dread. Second Sequel XCOM: ...  Read the complete review

The 'X-Com' games have a much longer history than people generally believe. Prior to 'UFO: Enemy Unknown', these turn-based strategy games began life on 8-bit home computers under the title 'Laser Squad'. A decade later, and computing had advanced in leaps and bounds to bring us 'Apocalypse'. True followers of the games from the earliest days will appreciate a few nods to the past in the game. The 'Marsec' corporation has been resurrected, as have a few of the old weapons. Those who found the original overwhelming in its fiendish difficulty needn't worry, as in my view this game is much easier. For those unaware of the series, 'X-Com Apocalypse' is ...  Read the complete review

X-Com apocalypse is a squad base turn/real time strategy game, the third instalment in the X-Com series of games. In this game you impersonate the leader of the X-Com organization, an organization formed to research and kill extra terrestrial invaders. This time earth is reduced to a single city, Mega Prime, and you have to protect their citizens from invasion. The game is formed by two parts, the overland map and the combat map. In the overland map you see Mega Primus from an isometric perspective. It?s from this perspective that you control your vehicles against the enemy spaceships ...  Read the complete review

X-Com:Apocalypse The third game in the series. The first game to allow real-time as well as turn-based strategy. Having never played the game in real-time I can't comment but the turn-based game play does the game as many favours as it could in fairness to the previous titles. Don't get me wrong, X-Com 3 had as many great points in it as the previous two titles but I just didn't find this game as addictive as the first game UFO: Enemy Unknown. I feel I didn't enjoy it as much because I prefered the modern day environments rather than the futuristic city but if you prefer the sci-fi feel or that kind of thing doesn't bother you then I would ...  Read the complete review