science fiction games

(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.

aka UFO: Enemy Unknown
- (in Europe)
TODO - There is another, XCOM:Enemy Unknown but it appears to be a remake/something and with DLC content:
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/200510/XCOM_Enemy_Unknown/

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

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

Quite an excellent game.

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The bits and pieces thing makes no sense.

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(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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(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.