It could be hard: aliens were tough! And they had an amazing sense for obliterating an entire team of your squaddies when you made just one little tactic mistake.īut then, the rewards were so exciting. I literally adored this game, and I have played it until very recently. MicroProse was also the publisher of the first Civilization1991 game (which still holds the first place in my personal ranking here). That were not alien (ah, ah, pun intended) to video game lovers of the time. The tactical turn-based missions when you sent out your squaddies into the unknown,Ĭombined with elements of strategy, base management and scientific research It combined many tropes of the “Alien” genre, conspiracy theories, a lot of X-Files flavour, a unique atmosphere between horror and sci-fi, and a manga feel-look that was fresh and appealing, recalling of classic Japanese cartoons that helped to raise a couple of generations until then.Īnd was able to put together several different game styles at once.
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It was praised by IGN “best PC game of all time” until 2007. It was a unique and addictive mix of strategy, resource management, tactical combat, science fiction with a great level of detail, and was able to appeal to a very wide audience. During the course of the game, you would end up building (and defending) several secret bases across the world, hire scientists to research new technology and understand the alien secrets, dispatch fighters to intercept UFOs, and send out squads on tactical missions to stop the aliens’ evil plans for world domination. The player took the role of the commander of X-COM, a secret international organisation with the task of defending Earth from an alien invasion. And all in one package! False advertisement: there is no such creature in the game. To make things even a little bit more confusing, the Playstation version was called X-COM: Enemy Unknown.Īnd it was like, finally! Everything every science fiction, UFO, space marines lover wanted to see.
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UFO: Enemy Unknown (known in America as X-COM: UFO Defense to attract fans of 1993’s tv series “ The X-Files“) was released in 1994 by MicroProse for DOS and Amiga (ahhh, sweet memories). This is the story of the videogame franchise that taught me me everything I know about aliens, and space.
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