XCOM: Enemy Unknown

[h1]Doesn't work on win11[/h1] Can't run the game on Win11 24H2, I read you can run it with GOG version or do DLL injections/replacing if you are willing to waste your time and not break your system just to play a game? Amazing devs why just spend 1 day to fix the game?

Really great for the time it was made. I love the _idea_ of the original XCOM and my hours would be much higher if the Long War hours had counted. Sadly, I think the game is let down by the "Chance to hit" mechanics. Game devs have come up with much cooler ways to create gameplay moments than pure RNG in strategic games and it makes going back to XCOM feel like a slog sometimes.

Unplayable in ultra-wide screens, is known issue and was never fix.

I strongly recommend this game. I gave X-Com a few tries over the years and this happened to be the year where everything clicked in my brain. The biggest piece of advice for new players is to save scum. If the game didn't want you to reload saves, it will put on iron man mode by default. It also ran great on my Steam Deck. It crashed a few times when I played with the Enemy Within DLC, but it stopped after I went to compatibility settings and change the compatibility layer to Proton 7.0-6.

A visionary triumph that revived turn-based strategy as a mainstream genre. More than a decade later, this game has become its own classic, nearly as far from it's own release as the 1994 title it rebooted. The design, presentation and polish of this game has made it eternal. There's no world where this game loses its shine. Try it first in vanilla, then play its other half, the Long War mod which elevates this game to being the single greatest turn-based squad strategy experience ever played. This game is timeless, even when pitted against its own sequel or anything else. Nothing can compare to how easy this game is to pick up, and how satisfying and hard it is to truly master, and all running easily out of the box with no sprawling modlists or other headaches to worry about to make it shine. Thanks Firaxis for an incredible game that changed everything. We're lucky this game was made.

A game that I find myself coming back to again and again.

Just missed two 98% shots and lost my chosen one Keyboard is now destroyed 10/10 would recommend

Relaxing and stressful

Do's: Enjoy the excellent turn based strategy. Enjoy seeing your sniper miss a 98% shot. Don't: Name everyone in your barracks after family members then make stupid choices that got them all killed so you rage quit and start over. Really fun game that's held up to the tests of time.

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