This was my first time playing a game like this and I absolutely loved it. The thrill of getting that hit you needed and the crushing despair of waking three pods at once, sentencing your soldiers to death. 10/10 would lose again.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is an amazing game. It is one of the few games showing the war as a demonstration of the power of the minds of the leaders, not the muscles of the soldiers. The player becomes the leader of the elite XCOM group, set up to fight invaders from outer space. This is not a tactical shooter - it's not deadmatch with respawn and summaries at the end of the round. XCOM is closer to a game of chess - you have only a few figures, and losing even one puts you in a losing position. But of course, in chess we will not find battles for plasma rifles and molecular guns in a pleasing graphic frame.

Remember, when the impossible difficulty actually almost lived up for that name? Well, you probably do, since nowadays we have tons of masochistically hard games, that makes you think, fighting atual aliens in the real world must be easier than winning this game....but i digress. Xcom is one of those games, that's not only challenging, but at the same time a lot of fun. The gameplay is damn near perfect, and easy to learn. I mean, easy to learn, to handle the game, making sure that your squad doesn't get killed...not so easy. The graphics are fine, you don't really need a game like this to look that much better, the only weird thing is, every country look exactly the same. Well, now we know how the space aliens must feel like... The story is an interesting topic. On the one hand, it's a typical X-Files like stuff, but on the other, the random nature of the game makes you care for your soldiers, a lot! By the end of the game you will know them by first name, think of them almost like friends, and feel really bad, when something bad happens to them. Must have for anyone, even those who normally don't play Turn based strategies. I know i Didn't before this.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a revisit to an old classic game from 90's. The game has been streamlined, with a greater focus on individual soldiers instead of macro management of the original. The design choice works well, and the player gets more invested in the well-being of the soldiers. The game is more scripted and feels more linear, resulting in a somewhat less captivating story. It is still a difficult game on the harder difficulty levels, and the iron man option offers a great way to keep the player on the edge of the seat. The game is missing some complexity. There is only one base, only one team of soldiers, one skyranger. Some basic features of the original have been partly improved in the released DLC, which is highly recommended. There could be a lot more maps, especially considering that the original had generated maps. Overall, I very much recommend the game for every turn based strategy fan and even for those who don't yet recognize themselves as such.

The game is amazing, every situation you can think of on the battlefield makes this game an unparalleled experience. Xcom is built to be a game in which to think every movement is the difference between a well done operation, one where everything has gone to hell, and not only the experience of the game board, the search for new technologies and the management of Resources makes thinking every move and decision is something that as a Commander can end up hurting you. However there are things that XCOM gets to do according to the passage of games and time. The main problem is that as a player you learn the way forward to have a successful game; Also the environments are varied, but after a few hours you begin to realize that they are repetitive. In addition to the previous and old games of the franchise, Enemy Unknown does not have a management system so deep and is more tiring to be friendly with the player. But when you have been playing for so long, these problems are lost, the game is exciting, engages and has fun, it is recommended for every player who likes strategy and for every player in general. Recommended.