Phew that was exhausting! About 100 hours has been poured into UFO: Aftermath, Aftershock and Afterlife.
The series is a little mixed, and with a 3rd game trying the UFO: Apocalypse route going into the game I am skeptical.
Tag Archives: Real Time Strategy
UFO: Aftershock. Altar Games (2005) PC
UFO: Aftershock is the sequel to UFO: Aftermath, and is not officially related to UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense). Interestingly, the 3rd game in the series, Afterlight, is not a sequel to Aftershock in terms of the story.
Of all the games in this genre I have probably played this one the most, even more than Jagged Alliance 2.
So how does it hold up?
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UFO: Aftermath. Altar Games (2003) PC
UFO: Aftermath started off “The Dreamland Chronicles: Freedom Ridge” by Mythos Games, but was eventually abandoned. It is an homage to X-Com, and is partly based on the abandoned X-Com: Genesis. It is *NOT* officially related to UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense).
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The Oregon Trail. MECC (1990) Internet Archive
The Oregon Trail is one of those games that is bafflingly creeping into top game lists, so when I discovered you could play it for free on the Internet Archive I figured it was time to take a trip… down a trail… Hopefully to Oregon. Continue reading
Jagged Alliance 2. Sir-Tech (1999) PC
Jagged Alliance 2 was the first game I bought on Good Old Games. This isn’t an interesting fact, but it is true. Continue reading
Z. The Bitmap Brothers. (1996) PlayStation/PC
Z, pronounced ZED (urgh), is sometimes called Z: Origins, other times just Zee. I guess they added the “origins” part just so you could Google this game! Continue reading
