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MicroProse Software, Inc / Sep 4, 2008 / Strategy
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They're back...only this time the heinous aliens are out to destroy Earth and rule the new frontier. As X-COM commander, it's your sole duty to protect humanity and the prized mining operations in outer space.
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| CPU | Not set | Pentium 166MHz or better Can't tell |
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55% positive, 148 reviews
i forgot i even got this, i think it was part of a bundle? there's a reason no one mentions it, it's like wing commander but just nowhere near as good or memorable. what xcom fan wanted a combat space sim anyways? i guess it could work but it feels like missing the point of the entire franchise
0 found this helpful, 2026-09-16
A horrible amazing mess with indecipherable controls and frequent crashes. I love it its amazing
0 found this helpful, 2026-09-15
The most underrated of the X-COM games and the best of them as well. I bought a copy in 1998, literally got emotional when I flew my first dogfight ... here was the first really top notch hybrid game, with an X-Wing style flight sim married to a Civilization-style strategy game. I played it right up until last year. You may want to open the gamesettings.ini file and tinker around with weapon/shield/hull...
1 found this helpful, 2026-06-30
Funny sometimes to go back to these games and see why they got so much hate. If anything, this game deserves worse than what it got. As a massive flight sim and X-COM fan I have no idea who they were trying to please here.
0 found this helpful, 2026-08-20
It has an interesting learning curve that takes some time to master, but it is not a bad game and runs well on modern hardware now.
0 found this helpful, 2026-06-11
Got into space. Went to fly towards whatever it was the mission was for, a probe possibly. Minutes of flying and never arriving.
0 found this helpful, 2026-04-07
I was just about 23 years old when this was released and it was terrible back then. Now i am around 51 years old. Its still bad. Avoid it like the plague. And to think that, this was released at the same time freespace was released. Apart from the main XCom games (XCom, XCom 2, XCom 3 and the reboots) stay away from the franchise.
1 found this helpful, 2026-05-25
The game looks intriguing, even more so that it is part of the original XCOM universe. But the biggest turn off is the hundred button controls it expects you to remember. Its very cack handed, even after adjusting and remapping the controls I still can't get it how I like it as it uses majority of your keyboard. I couldn't get close to 30mins of playtime before thinking "Nah.....I'm done" Glad I got it for £1. Most...
0 found this helpful, 2026-05-02
This one BIG NO.
0 found this helpful, 2026-05-07
This game is great for those people who like the overall planning of the original X-com but didn't like the slow pace of the battles. It takes the same experience and replaces those tactical battles with a space fighter sim. It's definately fun but it's a bit of a departure from the rest of the series. If you are playing on a modern system(xp-recent) then there will be a game breaking bug for this game that will...
232 found this helpful, 2014-02-19