XCOM enemy unknown

console- xbox 360

 What is XCOM? 

XCOM enemy unknown is a tactical and strategically game that allows you to take command of a special organisation that has been put into place by the group of nations called the council. This organisation pays you monthly to find and eliminate any and all alien threats.

The game starts you off with the strategy side of things by giving you command of a squad of five soldiers all from different countries to respond to the current alien activity that has happened and this is the tutorial mission and the first time you as a player will fight the aliens.

The tactical side of the game comes in between every mission by your base you have to choose were to put your base of operations out of the given countries and all countries give a unique special ability that the other does not have. After you have picked your starting location you enter the base that has a research bay and engineering bay, a barracks and a situation room where you can manage the world satellites which have been destroyed and it is up to you to rebuild the satellites and place them over the countries with the biggest panic to keep their leaders in the council. If you manage to cover a nation with satellites you are given that nations special ability and every section of the covered nation pays you monthly as well.

In the research station you have scientists that research anything you tell them to that is given to you at the time. There is a lot to research, if you keep on the research you can build lasers an even plasma weaponry for your troops to use in the strategy side of the game as well as armour for them to wear.

The engineering bay allows you to build satellites that allow you to make countries panic less and it also lets you build anything you have researched in the research station like body armour and weaponry. It also lets you build other stations that you can add to the base that you will need.

In the barracks you can buy and keep your soldiers that you have, this is where you can assign abilities to your soldiers who have ranked up and also give them new armour and weapons you have made for them. Also in the barracks there is the training school that allows you to buy more spots for you to take more men out on missions than normal, it also lets you buy more cool things like stronger will for your soldiers.

The soldiers themselves are separated into the following.

Assault

The assault soldier is the frontline soldier who is always in the heart of combat he is armed with a shotgun or assault rifle and a pistol. Every kind of soldier has a pistol but they can only have a certain primary weapon.

Heavy

The heavy soldier is the soldier that has the biggest gun and is your demolition expert who has a rocket launcher instead of a pistol. The heavy soldier is the second biggest hitter of the troops but they are good at getting you out of a tight situation.

Support

The support also has a really big gun but they do not have a rocket launcher instead they have a pistol, but if they rank up enough advances they get a smoke grenade that allows them to better cover the ally’s and they are also better at being the first aiders of the group.

Sniper

The sniper is the best soldier in my opinion because they hardly ever miss a shot and they are the best hitters. This is because they have a critical shot that can kill almost anything; they can also get upgrades to make them even more accurate than normal.

This is the game review of XCOM,

Thanks to Lewis, Amy and the rest of the Game Exploration team

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