Woop a reboot! I love a reboot… I think. If you’re confused by the title this is the full expansion DLC version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown (released 2012). It is the same game just with a few different soldiers, some…
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XCOM: Enemy Within. Fireaxis Games (2013) Xbox 360
Tagged with: 2013, Exault, Fireaxis Games, Gaming, Meld, Review, RNGesus, Second Wave Settings, Squad Tactics game, Turn based Strategy, X-Com, X-COM: Enemy Unknown, X-COM: Enemy Within, Xbox 360, XCOM
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Posted in XBox 360
UFO: Afterlife. Altar Games (2007) PC
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.
Tagged with: 2007, Altar Games, Beastmen, Laputa, PC, Real Time Strategy, Reticulan, Retro Gaming, Review, RPG, Squad Tactics game, terraforming, Turn based Strategy, UFO Series, UFO: Afterlife
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Posted in PC
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…
Tagged with: 2005, Altar Games, Cyborgs, Laputa, Mutants, Myrmecols, PC, Psionic, Real Time Strategy, Reticulan, Retro Gaming, Review, RPG, Squad Tactics game, Starghosts, Turn based Strategy, UFO Series, UFO: Aftershock, Wargots
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Posted in PC
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:…
Tagged with: 2003, Altar Games, Biomass, Mutants, Myrmecols, Nightfall, PC, Real Time Strategy, Reticulan, Retro Gaming, Review, RNGesus, Squad Tactics game, transgenetics, Turn based Strategy, Twilight, UFO Series, UFO: Aftermath
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Posted in PC
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Bioware (2003) XBOX
There are games that come along every now and then that have blown my socks off. Silent Hill 2 is one of them, Final Fantasy VI is another. With that, Knights of the Old Republic is firmly in the socks blown asunder camp. I…
Tagged with: 2003, Aids Burger, Bastilla, Bastilla Shen, Bioware, Canderous Ordo, Carth Onasi, Dantooine, Dark, Darth Malak, Darth Revan, Ebon Hawk, Force, HK47, Jedi, Jolee Dindo, Juhani, Kashyyk, Knights of the Old Republic, KOTOR, Light, Manaan, Mission, Pazaak, Republic, RNGesus, RPG, Sith, Star Forge, Star Wars, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, T3-M4, Taris, Tatooine, Turn based Strategy, XBOX, Zaalbar
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Posted in XBOX
Fallout 2, Interplay (1998) PC
I struggle with the Fallout series; with Fallout 1 it felt like it should be a good game, but it was broken in too many places. Fallout 3 thought that 15 hours of tunnel schellping was a fun thing, and was…
Tagged with: 1998, Aids Burger, Arroyo, California, Fallout, Fallout 2, G.E.C.K, Garden of Eden Creation Kit, Interplay, Isometric, karma, New Reno, Open World, PC, Retro Gaming, Review, RNGesus, RPG, S.P.E.C.I.A.L, the Chosen One, Turn based Strategy, VATS
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Posted in PC
Fallout, Interplay (1997) PC
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game to give it it’s full name, spawned a pretty popular series, but other than Fallout 3, I have never actually finished one of these. So, once more into the breach, and let us…
Tagged with: 1997, Aids Burger, California, Fallout, Interplay, Isometric, karma, Open World, PC, Retro Gaming, Review, RNGesus, Role Playing Game, S.P.E.C.I.A.L, Turn based Strategy, VATS
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Posted in PC
