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"Lawrence" <Dontthrowspam@me.com> wrote:
>Been a few more posts than usual of late. And since I often view but hardly
>post I guess that means that some of you lot often do the same.
>
>I have played a few of the xcom games and but my personal favourites are UFO
>EU and TFTD. the others I have tried, I like less although I commend the
>attempt to enhance the format.
>
>Since you guys are far more hardcore, er,  'xcom-ers' (?!) I Just wondered
>how you rated the games in the series? I'll give mine and you give yours,
>yeah? And yes, this is a sad attempt to force more life into this ng :)
>
>1.    UFO Enemy Unknown 9/10
>loved this and played it on the Amiga 1200 and then bought it again on S1
>2.    TFTD - 8/10
>more of the same in many respects but once again a solid engine and much fun
>for me on PS1
>3.    XCOM Apocalypse - 7/10
>many peoples favoured game but I little too much going on and it seemed like
>2 different games

It didn't seem like even one game to me. It was obvious that more depth
had been planned for corporate relations and competing forces and raids
and infestations.

>4.    XCOM Interceptor
>only played the demo and was left non-plussed with it so I didn't buy it.
>unfair for me to score it.
>5.    XCOM Enforcer
>Never played it.
>6.    UFO Aftermath 7/10
>Ok I admit I was genuinely excited about this one. When it came out I was
>more than a little disappointed but for all its failings and impossibly
>steep jump in difficulty I liked it because I got to play a half decent
>rewrite of UFO EU.  Yeah, I realise it is not a true xcom game but it is
>probably as close as we are going to get.  After hearing about the release
>of UFO: Aftershock and Altar finally allowing combat within buildings, maybe
>it will be even closer to what I'd hoped for the first time. Who knows?

I'm sure they will get better. It was only their first game in the
genre.