X-COM: Apocalypse

1. 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 aIn 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

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2. 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 detalhesPerfeito, 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.… Expand

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4. 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 canCity 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

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5. 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 II 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

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6. 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 butX-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

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7. GolovA

   Nov 28, 2015

   8

   Sweet majestic awesomeness of XCOM! Wow! Apocalypse was not a revolutionary sequel but it introduced many improvements besides graphics.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 - 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

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8. 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.Игра чуть потеряла в масштабе, вместо планеты защищать от НЛО приходится город, но игра от этого менее интересной не стала.

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