XCOM: Enemy Unknown Review

By Daniel Bischoff

Elite sniper Alex Osborn rolled out of covered and lined his sights on the Muton crouching behind the trash can.



The debris from the rocket explosion continued to spill out of the now open-air train car. Severino had served his purpose before his untimely death, taking a trio of Thin Man enemies from long distance. At this point I didn't care…

  • Persistently engaging
  • Strategic combat, not taught through boring tutorial
  • Research, build, gather, rinse, repeat
  • Sound, style, and substance
  • Some pointless tech-trees
  • Crashes, bugs, stuttering on consoles
  • "X-ray terminated." X-COM lives.

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Daniel Bischoff
Daniel Bischoff

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I attended San Jose State University and graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor's in English and a Minor in Journalism. I've been playing games my whole life and will continue to do so as long as they stay entertaining! Some of my favorite games include Team Fortress 2, Battlefield 3, Star Fox 64, Batman: Arkham City, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Counter-Strike: Source, Super Mario Bros. 3, Kirby's Dream Land, and the list goes on.

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