SOMETIMES THE RATING OF THE GAMES IS TOTALLY WRONG !!!!
About this UFO i say that the rating is TOTALLY WRONG.
THIS GAME IS REALLY GOOD FOR ME.It is a big achievement from UFO AFTERMATH because in there you didn't have base build and production, just research and combat focusing just on your soldiers and change your base type.
THIS UFO GAME IS GREAT, you build bases and there are MANY DIFFERENT TYPES of structures, factories, and labs so you have to plan well what you build. The game is quite hard, but i like hard games since they last longer, and then after you master it a little you can do it.
Another really GOOD thing is that, besides the normal -make experience thing- and levelling up of your soldiers after battles choosing which attribute you want raise, you can specialize your soldiers this means that for instance to use a sniper rifle you have to train a SNIPER SOLDIER , and to train a SNIPER SOLDIER it has to meet some characteristic (good level of perception, willpower ecc...) and there are 3 levels for any specialization and they give at your soldier more power up (a level 3 soldier in sniper can choose where to shot on the enemy head, arms to disarm him, legs to let him fall down ecc..) and there are many specialization MEDIC, GUNMAN,TROOPER,TECHNICIAN,COMMANDO,STALKER and more everyone with its bonuses and special features.
I enjoyed also the combat part when the story go on more enemies appear mutants,aliens,the fanatics that worship aliens that you have to battle...and you can recruit 3 races of soldiers human, cyborgs and psionics which have different abilities (only cyborg can be trained in the 3 levels of "IMPLANT specialization" that allow you to mount on them artifical legs,arms,eyes ecc.. and only psionics can be trained in the 3 levels of PSIONIC specialization to let them use psionic equipment and abilities).
The combat i was saying is good...you can see people jump back 4 meters when you shot them in the stomach with a big shotgun, or you can hide behind a wall wait the bad guys or aliens come and throw at them a granade and see them being blown up in the air and you can finish them when they are unconscious on the ground, so i found the combat really fun.
And as i said there are lots of weapons to research and to do that you need the right stuctures so you have to manage good your bases to use well your building space and choose in which sector specialize your research and weapons.
Well i could go on to say how many good things has this good game....
i don't say this game is PERFECT(the connection of bases with some kind of roads is a little silly, and there are also other MINOR problems) BUT it's really good at my advice and who played the first ufo i'm sure will like this.
I THINK THIS GAME DESERVES AT LEAST AN 8.00........
and if i see some rating of games like galactic civilization 2 (i'm still angry for the 40 euros wasted) with a 9.00 and editor choice, i think this game can have a rating of 13.00 at least.
I read in other comments that this game was rushed,well i didn't notice big problems and i can say this is one of the FEW GAMES THAT CRUSHED REALLY FEW TIMES during play.
I was really surpised to see a rate of 4.00 on it, for me THAT'S TOTALLY WRONG the game was not played or analyzed AT ALL.