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Warpips - (2022 game)

2023-08-08

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(on Wikipedia)
(on Steam)
https://www.daedalic.com/

Basically one of those old Flash games where you send units from left to right.

Straightforward and fun! Until you just die for reasons you can't explain!

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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.

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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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?