X-COM: Interceptor
MicroProse Software, Inc · 2008 · Strategy, Sci-fi, Space, Space Sim, Flight
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About X-COM: Interceptor
Command X-COM forces to defend Earth and humanity's mining operations from an alien invasion using strategic resource management, pilot recruitment, and tech research. Pilot your own attack ship in intense real-time 3D combat encounters while orchestrating a broader campaign to save the planet from destruction.
Features:
- Wreak complete destruction in an addictive and seamless combination of combat action and strategy.
- Mastermind your plan by purchasing equipment, hiring pilots and researching new technologies.
- Pilot your own X-COM attack ship in a face-to-face 3D real-time first person environment.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I was just about 23 years old when this was released and it was terrible back then. Now i am around 51 years old. Its still bad. Avoid it like the plague. And to think that, this was released at the same time freespace was released. Apart from the main XCom games (XCom, XCom 2, XCom 3 and the reboots) stay away from the franchise.1 found this helpful
The most underrated of the X-COM games and the best of them as well. I bought a copy in 1998, literally got emotional when I flew my first dogfight ... here was the first really top notch hybrid game, with an X-Wing style flight sim married to a Civilization-style strategy game. I played it right up until last year. You may want to open the gamesettings.ini file and tinker around with weapon/shield/hull settings , buffing the latter to make battles last 10 minutes instead of 1. On windows 11 you can't really come and go from the game as you please; if you open a word processor or something while the game is running... you'll have to save and restart the game to come back and continue playing. There will be a crash roughly every half hour...its been that way for almost 30 years. Save frequently.
It has an interesting learning curve that takes some time to master, but it is not a bad game and runs well on modern hardware now.
This one BIG NO.
The game looks intriguing, even more so that it is part of the original XCOM universe. But the biggest turn off is the hundred button controls it expects you to remember. Its very cack handed, even after adjusting and remapping the controls I still can't get it how I like it as it uses majority of your keyboard. I couldn't get close to 30mins of playtime before thinking "Nah.....I'm done" Glad I got it for £1. Most of it feels it shouldn't be needed and instead be automated. It's not intuitive at all for my liking. Now each time I look at the icon on my PC desktop and think about playing it, I sigh like I know it will be a chore. So for the controls alone is why I wouldn't recommend this game. If you have more patience and better muscle memory than me, then you may enjoy it. Otherwise you may be put off like I was.
Got into space. Went to fly towards whatever it was the mission was for, a probe possibly. Minutes of flying and never arriving.
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