science fiction games

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X-COM꞉ UFO Defense image

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(XCOM > on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/7760/XCOM_UFO_Defense/
was on microprose.com
was on mythosgames.com

Aliens drop by Earth and evil Humans shoot them down and mug them.

Nothing about the interface makes enough sense, and there are no hints as to how things work. It could have been made much better, even back in the day. I'm not going to forgive how bad it is, especially since there was zero effort by Steam to actually fix basic things like aspect ratio.

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Destiny 2 - (2017 game) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6721356/
https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Destiny/ 1

Aliens come to ruin an already-ruined earth.. which also already has aliens.

Quite an excellent game.



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  1. was https://www.destinythegame.com/, Forsaken (archive) []
The bits and pieces thing makes no sense.
The bits and pieces thing makes no sense.

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.2k.com/en-US/game/the-bureau-xcom-declassified/

You are part of an elite squad who freeze time to move near cover and get shot in the head.

I guess they didn't play their own game, because there are obvious flaws. This would have been more fun if they got rid of the whole moving around like an RPG. Like the old X-COM ga-- oh wait, the old games are just better. Why was this game made?

  • Properly titled The Bureau: XCOM Declassified



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DC_Universe_Online_Logo.png

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.dcuniverseonline.com/home
https://store.steampowered.com/app/24200/

All the Earth is in peril, but everyday people have been given super powers.. except half of them become villains, for some reason.

The interface and controls weren't pleasant for me. Probably the biggest nuisance was not having set a colour scheme on my chest because I made myself bare-chested.



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City of Heroes - (2004 game) box

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(on Wikipedia)
was cityofheroes.com

A superhero game.

It wasn't very original and had awkward controls.



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Star Wars - The Old Republic image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.swtor.com/

Yet another MMO, but this one is set in the Star Wars universe. Because light sabres, yo.

Conclusion: Amateur night.

This would have been great in the late nineties. Right now, the voiceovers are fantastic but the quest interactive cutscenes are ugly. The choices are sometimes vague and unforgiving. There is spectacular effort with all the rendered videos, but that just took away from resources for the game itself.



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Mobile Light Force 2 - (2003 game) disc

Entertainment > Games (PlayStation 2) >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/21312/mobile-light-force-2/
was taito.co.jp/d3/cp/shikigami/index.html

Great game.. the super-weapon (not bomb) of some characters is annoying.. the aiming is backwards, and it's too hard to shoot anything when there's stuff to do.. holding still sucks. =/

Lots and lots of fun. It really needs to have hit points though. =(

  • aka Shikigami no Shiro



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Lego Star Wars - The Video Game - (2005 game) ps2 cover

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/17131/lego-star-wars-the-video-game/ 1

Good fun with childish gameplay. No real dying.. could be challenging for good players, if they took it seriously. Would be great multiplayer (which I haven't tried). Spoiled by an entirely impossible area.. so you cannot proceed.

It has a lot of other problems and I mark this one as "entirely unplayable".

  • Properly titled Lego Star Wars: The Video Game



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  1. was https://www.mobygames.com/game/lego-star-wars-the-video-game []