This game is amazing. As a gamer who normally shys away from stragegy games, XCOM was my first expirence with a fully fleshed out proper strategy game. This game features decent animation, exciting combat, and a compeling gameplay expirence. The combat is simple: You click squares to move/attack, and buttons to use skills or do an action. However, the game is balanced so that the combat is tense, but still fair. You learn to be cautious, and you learn when the game is telling you to be aggressive.
However, this game sorely lacks in any sort of meaningful narritive. While there is a story, it is quite bland and uninteresting, and while the combat is fun, eventually you crave for more complexity.
Ultimately this game is quite enjoyable, and I would heartily recommend it to anyone interested in strategy games, regardless of how inexpirenced or expirenced that person would be.

This game is amazing. As a gamer who normally shys away from stragegy games, XCOM was my first expirence with a fully fleshed out proper strategy game. This game features decent animation, exciting combat, and a compeling gameplay expirence. The combat is simple: You click squares to move/attack, and buttons to use skills or do an action. However, the game is balanced so that the combat is tense, but still fair. You learn to be cautious, and you learn when the game is telling you to be aggressive. However, this game sorely lacks in any sort of meaningful narritive. While there is a story, it is quite bland and uninteresting, and while the combat is fun, eventually you crave for more complexity. Ultimately this game is quite enjoyable, and I would heartily recommend it to anyone interested in strategy games, regardless of how inexpirenced or expirenced that person would be.