X-COM: Apocalypse

My first turn based game ever played as a kid! Good 'ol DOS games haha. Man it was so good for its time. Really hope a new Xcom goes creazy like this being able to blow up buildings and many floors at once causing total chaos like X-Com Apocalypse did. The recent one was fine but really expected more destruction like in this from like 1997. VERY close to FTL level difficultly which is awesome.

A game from 1997 which is actually 3 games in one: A tactical game with squads. An RTS with vehicles over a city. An economic game of running and equipping an organization. Destructible environments, killing or stunning enemies, aggression settings, research, light diplomacy with other organizations, insane 1950s atomic age visuals, build your own weapons. Pretty amazing for 1997.

If you're not into learning the old controls and style of games, it's still worth watching some of it to get an idea of what made this game both great and also what awful moments made it funny. This 'somewhat overengineered' game shines in that ambition, there is a lot going in, giving it a feeling of depth you wouldn't expect. Despite trying to reach too much for the sky, it made a mark that helped make XCOM survive the test of time and the idea lives on today. It's hard to fault a fun game for trying to hard to be everything.

still love it

Recommend but don't recommend. Best X-com, emulator ruins it, but can ease the pain with some pc gamer's oil. I would warn people to not try it if you don't want to tweak the files to lower the NO CD issues, but i cannot leave a bad review over one of the best game i ever played.

it's fun