X-COM: Apocalypse

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 52 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 6 out of 52
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  1. Duckular
    Jan 30, 2014
    10
    City managment, real time tactical group combat, a living cityscape where hostile organisations or those inflitrated by the alien menace can and will attack you. So raid them first. Send your ships to smash their properties! Research the alien tech you capture and use it for your organisation... Wow...I cannot believe how much this old game has to show modern games. Fancy graphics it mayCity managment, real time tactical group combat, a living cityscape where hostile organisations or those inflitrated by the alien menace can and will attack you. So raid them first. Send your ships to smash their properties! Research the alien tech you capture and use it for your organisation... Wow...I cannot believe how much this old game has to show modern games. Fancy graphics it may not have, but the depth of this game is absolutely remarkable. If only they remade this... sigh..

    As life, like games, are about the journey, not the destination. X-com apoc is an amazing journey. I got this back in 1997 and every 5 years or so I come back to it. I quit when I get near the end of the game because I have lost the motivation to continue now I know the journey is coming to an end. That is after countless hours of fun however. Just try it.    … Expand
  2. GolovA
    Nov 28, 2015
    8
    Sweet majestic awesomeness of XCOM! Wow! Apocalypse was not a revolutionary sequel but it introduced many improvements besides graphics. Story, of course, is quite the same - the Aliens are here, and not the good sun-ray kind, but the evil greyish-big-black-no-eyelids kind, and they want to take over humanity and submit them into a brainless slavery. That is where u come in - commandingSweet majestic awesomeness of XCOM! Wow! Apocalypse was not a revolutionary sequel but it introduced many improvements besides graphics. Story, of course, is quite the same - the Aliens are here, and not the good sun-ray kind, but the evil greyish-big-black-no-eyelids kind, and they want to take over humanity and submit them into a brainless slavery. That is where u come in - commanding tactically a squad of the Earth's last hope, but also overseeing strategically other things deserving your attention, such as base expansion, research, faction relationship, and so on. Very sweet memory of this sequel of the classic.… Expand
  3. Mustang678
    Mar 8, 2012
    8
    X-COM Apocalypse is often hated by fans of the series but I always had a lot of fun with it. It definitely feels incomplete in some areas but as a strategy game it has an interesting plot (though it requires reading between the lines) and the renown X-COM style. Instead of protecting the world, you'll be protecting the last city on Earth after humans have ravaged it themselves. ManagementX-COM Apocalypse is often hated by fans of the series but I always had a lot of fun with it. It definitely feels incomplete in some areas but as a strategy game it has an interesting plot (though it requires reading between the lines) and the renown X-COM style. Instead of protecting the world, you'll be protecting the last city on Earth after humans have ravaged it themselves. Management of bases within the city is crucial, and so is loading out your elite squad of alien exterminators. The squad combat is definitely where the game shines, offering the chance for the traditional X-COM turn based strategy, or the option for new (for the time) real time combat. Either playstyle has its own strengths and weaknesses and its really interesting to see how they come into play It's definitely worth a try if you can pick it up cheaply, as most of the old classics are.… Expand
  4. wrongpassword
    May 19, 2012
    9
    I never quite understood the animosity against X-com: Apocalypse. Yes there were flaws to the game. There were many an instance where I would think to myself that I should be the one who owns this damn city. Why don't I have access to Heavy Plasma? Wow. Psionics sucks hard now. A tacked on realtime mode to a turn based game? Really? Despite these issues, when you actually play theI never quite understood the animosity against X-com: Apocalypse. Yes there were flaws to the game. There were many an instance where I would think to myself that I should be the one who owns this damn city. Why don't I have access to Heavy Plasma? Wow. Psionics sucks hard now. A tacked on realtime mode to a turn based game? Really? Despite these issues, when you actually play the turn based game you know that it is good and it is x-com. The city is a city full of life fully destructible life from the cars to the buildings to the people. The starting gear is badass and does not all become completely obsolete as the game progresses like its predecessors. No longer are you restricted to begging and pandering factions for money. You can simply take it. Though none of the aliens compare with the terror of the Chrysalids, the uniqueness of the various monsters was on the whole more varied. For fans of the series, they do themselves a disservice to not play the game themselves.… Expand
  5. teshia
    May 30, 2012
    9
    When I first played this game, I went straight for the turn based. I was upset that they were trying to make X-Com into a real time game but happy that they at least gave me a choice. That said, years later I tried the real time and it works surprisingly well. I'm not saying it's better than turn based, I just think it works well within the framework of this title, as it did later on inWhen I first played this game, I went straight for the turn based. I was upset that they were trying to make X-Com into a real time game but happy that they at least gave me a choice. That said, years later I tried the real time and it works surprisingly well. I'm not saying it's better than turn based, I just think it works well within the framework of this title, as it did later on in the UFO series (Aftermath, Aftershock, and Afterlight). Some of the graphical aspects of the new engine are slightly clunky but it might just take a little getting used to. Some people really didn't like this title but I thought it was great. The cutscenes were awful, but who plays X-Com for cutscenes, right? The story was really good and I really enjoyed the aspect of moving from a geoscape to a cityscape using factions of people and corporations instead of countries. It was like a version Sim City I'd actually want to play. I remember when this came out, people were upset that the multiplayer aspects had been scrapped. X-Com always works best as single player anyway, so it's not a huge issue. Absolutely loved this game and I highly recommend it. If you like this title, also check out the UFO series, which was built on an engine the creators of X-Com wrote.… Expand
  6. Rox22
    Sep 24, 2014
    8
    There is allot I liked and didn't like with this game.

    While the visuals were an improvement on the previous 2 titles, it also made the game feel a bit more cartoony. The first two XCOM games were dark and always had a sense foreboding danger on every map. Here everything is bright and colorful. But, for what it is, I still though it was OK. I preferred the old style, but it was OK.    There is allot I liked and didn't like with this game.

    While the visuals were an improvement on the previous 2 titles, it also made the game feel a bit more cartoony. The first two XCOM games were dark and always had a sense foreboding danger on every map. Here everything is bright and colorful. But, for what it is, I still though it was OK. I preferred the old style, but it was OK.

    The Megacity idea was a novel one that I really liked, but it just didn't feel as grand as watching over the whole planet like before. Even so, I liked this change and thought it fit well. Liked how corporations did the funding instead of countries.

    The RTS element sucked. I know some people liked it, but I preferred the turn based style. Perhaps because of nostalgia.

    Overall:
    XCOM: Apocalypse was a big change from the previous titles, some good some bad but overall it worked. While it isn't my favorite in the series. I still consider it a welcome member of the XCOM family.    … Expand
  7. iddqd4
    Feb 11, 2018
    8
    Игра чуть потеряла в масштабе, вместо планеты защищать от НЛО приходится город, но игра от этого менее интересной не стала.
  8. Franccastell
    Oct 28, 2019
    10
    Perfeito, não tem mais o que falar e nem o que fazer, perfeito ! Posso ficar falando horas e horas das mecânicas do jogo, os mínimos detalhes que o jogo tem, é quase um sandbox em 97. Não consigo pensar em nada que possa ser melhorado nesse game.
  9. bobobolas
    Mar 2, 2018
    10
    In Spain, I remember buying this game because it came in a pack with Carmageddon and Ecstatica II. I wanted Carmageddon so bad that after a while, I realized that XCOM would be the game that was a steal in this pack.

    If you ask me which game Ive spent more hours in my life, this game would definitely a top3. Love everything about the game. Every icon in the hub of the game will take you    In Spain, I remember buying this game because it came in a pack with Carmageddon and Ecstatica II. I wanted Carmageddon so bad that after a while, I realized that XCOM would be the game that was a steal in this pack.

    If you ask me which game Ive spent more hours in my life, this game would definitely a top3. Love everything about the game. Every icon in the hub of the game will take you to another window that I love more than the one before. Market, investigation, soldiers, weapons, organizations, buildings, the enemies, buy/sell/create items/cars, etc.....

    The first time i played it, for some translation issues, I never traveled to the alien world. I didnt even know it was an option, so I would play it endlessly. As I got older and my english skills would get better, I learnt to go to the alien dimension. Kind of a new game again for me.

    Despite playing on "superhuman", the game is cheatable. If you save and load or use the teleporter endlessly to drop grenades on aliens, you might make it easy but we, xcom fans, like challenges. Dont do that. lol    … Expand