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X-Com Series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 33 / 38
Date: December 08, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game bundle is a must for anyone who enjoys a good turn-based strategy game. Fans of military strategy will also find the X-Com series appealing due to its extensive reliance on squad level tactics; When you move a soldier, it is imperative that at least one other soldier be placed in an overwatch or support by fire positon... failure to do so will greatly increase your odds of sustaining casualties. This is particularly true of missions in urban areas and aboard commercial naval vessels. (I find it helpful, whenever possible, to deploy my men in fireteams of 4 or 3 and ensure that they have complementary abilities and weapons. I also rely heavily on alien individual weapons, so that my soldiers can pick up spare ammo from the dead.) When not involved with a combat mission, the management of resources, research and bases provides an additional challenge. Regarding overall appeal and playability, my ranking of these three titles from best to worst would be 'Terror from the Deep', 'UFO Defense' and finally 'Apocalypse.'

X-com: a true Classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 18
Date: January 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've played X-com time and time again, it is one of my all time favorites. Its kind of like an RPG in a sense, but is more interactive. The basis of the game is that Aliens are attacking Earth and X-Com, a new project set up to stop the Aliens, has to save the Earth. You recieve funding from various Contries, depending on how well you do you will get more, less, or no money. You reserch and develop the alien Technolagy and must later destroy thier base on Mars. I have not played X-Com 2 much, after I met my hirrendus fate at the hands of a industructable Lobster, but it is a fairly nice sequel. I have seen vary little of X-Com Apocolypse, but I know that it is vary different, there are new Aliens, some small, some Godzilla size. It is a vary difficult game, but is no match for skilled X-Com experts.

Mixed Review

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 21
Date: May 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

While the storyline and overall idea of the game is a good one, a difficult user interface and weak instruction manual make this game difficult to manage. You are often stuck trying to move troops or units while aliens pick off your men with ease. In addition, it often seems impossible to develop technologies fast enough to combat the aliens in some missions. I was very interested in this game initially, but eventually gave it up as too much of a hassle for what it's worth.

X-tremely cool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: July 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

i give this 5 stars for a varitey of reasons. i have played the original version of x-com, and it is still by far the best game i have ever used. what i find so interesting about it is all of the strategical planning that goes into it. you have to figure out where to put your bases, what to get, what to research, where and when to attack, set up certain attack methods while in a ground combat mission... i could go on and on. some people might think the graphics are too simple, but i prefer graphics that are not too lifelike. then it's just stupid. it also has a little bit of a chill factor when you play it in a dark room alone at two in the morning and have the sound effects on. the weapon equipment is also something that should not be taken lightly- especially my favorite- the HC-I rockets when used with the rocket launcher- total devastation. i also enjoy seeing the aliens killed by shrapnel from explosions. the main thing about any x-com game however, is the suspense factor. such as when you go out on a ground assault mission, and there are various buildings and structures- you don't know what could be lurking in the shadows just beyond that doorway... the last two things that i find most enjoyable are ground attacks on ufos and cities with gas stations. the ufo combat explains itself pretty much, i guess. i like the gas stations, because when you blow up the gas pumps, it has the same effect as a high explosive or a rocket... i would be very surprised if there were a lot of people out there who find this game uninteresting. sadly enough, however, there certainly are. oh, well. at least i know they wont sell out on me very fast. 5 stars, 2 thumbs up, an oscar. this game deserves all these and more!

thanks for your time, sincerely, joel d. larson :)

These games are awsome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: September 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I love the X-Com series. They are the best. They are easy to learn and easy to master. I've enjoyed them and i hope you will, too.

X-COM - The best game I have ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: November 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing computer games for over twenty years now, and X-COM remains my favorite game ever. I loved the early missions where your soldiers struggle to stay alive, I felt joy when research turned up a powerful new weapon, and I loved the sense that your team is getting ready to attack the aliens back at their Martian base. I loved the turn-based combat, where you got to choose what your tactics would be (rather than clicking everywhere on the screen like a madman), but could still be surprised by a burst of gunfire from a second-story window.

I grew attached to the soldiers that had survived many combat missions, and was sad when a grizzled veteran lost the number of his mess when some rookie threw a grenade in the wrong place. I struggled to decide whether to pull back a squad that had already lost half of its soldiers, knowing that there were probably only one or two aliens left guarding a downed UFO.

X-COM 2: Terror From The Deep was nice because it gave you new things to see, but essentially it was exactly the same game, and as such was a mild disappointment. It was mildly pleasant to have to figure out the new technologies, and to see the new aliens....Still, I recommend you buy this game, simply to play the first X-COM. I envy those of you who are about to experience the thrill of this game.

Best Turn-Based Strat Series Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

X-Com: UFO Defense is the single greatest turn-based strategy game ever made. Period. Ever feature of the game, from the pressures of maintaining economic success, to the intriguing research of the alien technology, to the slow-paced yet high stakes ground combat will have you playing through the night.By comparison, Terror from the Deep is a much weaker game which will only interest those that haven't played UFO Defense yet. It has the same basic story as UFO Defense, all of the same gameplay elements, and the same alien races and technology only thinly disguised with new names and graphics. TFTD is hardly worth playing.But Apocalypse is another story altogether. This is the first(and so far, only) X-Com sequel that deserves to be associated with the original; the several new gameplay options, most notably the real-time battle engine and a new, interesting race of aliens, mak this X-Com a worthy sequel to the original.So aside from TFTD, X-Com is an awesome series of games that no strategy fan should miss. If you haven't played at least one of these games yet, check 'em out.

The Best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

X-Com UFO Defense and Apocolypse are the best games I have ever played. UFO Defense had som much suspense and addiction that I played for three days straight without sleep just for one mission. I haven't played TFTD yet. Apocolypse is simply the best. With new aliens, a so-so story line and a new function: Real time. Once you use it, you will never go back to turn base. You can pause the game right before something hits you and dodge or find some way to block it. Plus the gravity factor is immense. I lost my best soldier from a collapsing building.

BEST TURNED BASED STRATEGY

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I first played X-com UFO defense when I bought an issue of PCGAMER last year, and it was so addicting that I didn't touch anyother game till i let my friend borrow it,

The Best Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I first played Xcom, I was at my friends house. Even though I had a Mac then and could not play the game at home, I still would hang out at my friend's house just to watch him play that game. The suspense was awesome, and the story played itself out briliantly. We were pretty young at the time and we would both get pretty jumpy at 2am. I loved the game, even though I did not get to play it untill later on. For anyone who is searching for a classic all around great game, Xcom is the way to go. There is no other game that I have played that has sucessfully combined the components that are in Xcom.

Ufo Defense (the first Xcom) was my all time favorite. Terror of the Deep was a good sequal to Ufo Defense by combining the same ideas and graphics. This game is awesome! Dont miss out!

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