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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Rank and Play ID: RNP-IGDB-1318

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

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Critic rating
88.5 / 100
12 votes
Release
Oct 9, 2012
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Simulator

Overview

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactics game with a strategic management layer, and a reimagining of the 1994 strategy title UFO: Enemy Unknown. Players lead a squad of soldiers through turn-based combat missions against alien forces, using cover, positioning, and class-based abilities, where fallen soldiers can be lost permanently. Between missions, players oversee a central base: researching recovered alien technology, building facilities, managing funds, and deciding which global threats to respond to as they try to keep member nations from abandoning the project.

Storyline

Set in an alternate version of 2015, the game begins as an alien force launches a coordinated invasion of Earth. In response, a coalition of nations forms XCOM, an elite multinational military and scientific organization tasked with defending the planet. The player takes the role of XCOM's commander, directing soldiers against an enemy with far more advanced technology while studying the aliens to understand their purpose and turn their own discoveries against them.

Screenshots

Gameplay and promotional screenshots

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Awards

Recognition from industry awards shows

Mac Game of the Year
2013
Won
British Academy Games Award for Strategy
2013
Won
D.I.C.E. Award for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
2012
Won
British Academy Games Award for Game Design
2013
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