Xcom = instant classic, a kicking anus piece of awesomeness.

User Rating: 9 | X-COM: UFO Defense PC
What has not been said about Xcom before me?
Probably nothing that you do not allready know. The point of me writing this is that as a HUGE fan of this game (and only this game in it's series) I can sound very biased when I say it is awesome mega super happy fireball robot dance! in a Manga way. However what I say is fact.

Xcom stands up against every management game or sci-fi game or even turn based game that is out there today, and beats them ALL hands down. It does this becuase the idea is simple and very cruel and harsh...oh and cold.

Save the Earth from a territorial hungry mob of aliens that come from "Out there" whilst manageing your income, answering to a secret goverment, maintaining a controlled airspace and letting no alien leave your planet if he sets foot on it. You do this by researching new tech. and dropping your troops into combat missions so they improve in stature and in skills. Do this to become beter at fighting the Alien scum and thus, making your hidden goverment bosses happy and in turn giving you more cash to spend on research. And so the circle continues until either you fail or triumph.

As you progress through the days/weeks/months/years of this game your score is tallied each month in a "board of directors" kind of way and your income is adjusted accordingly. Do very badly 2-3months in a row and expect to be closed down. DO very well and be rewarded with extra cash. Managing your operations takes the forms of several menus that show your base layout, where your stores and living quarters are managed. your manufacturing menu shows you what you can make after having researched it which has it's own menu. you control everything, right down to how many grenades you want to take out each mission.

You can own more bases across the entire globe (up to 8) and you can own many forms of craft ranging from various interceptors which shoot the UFO's down to troop transports to take your men to said shot down UFO.

As it was made in the early half of the 90's this game is not heavily graphic orientated so it has nothing but sheer gameplay to push it forward. And yet everybody gives this game high scores? surely this can not be, not in the days of shiny gun metal and super aware AI? Well I guess it must be 1 heck of a game then huh?

Highly emmersive, highly addictive, turn based with great options to save, highly detailed and involved and many different ways to play so it has great repeat value. And I have played this game for years and have never gotten bored of it.
If you can not buy this, buy Terror from the Deep, almost as good, just...watery based. Ignore the other games in the series FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY!!