Video Game Review: XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Release Year: 2012
Play Year: WI2023
Developer/Publisher: Firaxis Games/2K Games & Feral Interactive
Time to Beat: 45 Hours

Thoughts: Huh, this is really fun.

I, like many folks, was intimidated by this franchise. An XCOM game always ends up on “top 100 games of all time” lists, but it feels like a niche pick. I mean, it’s in How Long to Beat’s top 50 most backlogged games. A game where everyone can agree that it’s amazing, but only if “you’re into it.” With a tradition coming from table-top RPGs, with slow, methodical movement and decision-making, my first thought was “must be boring until you’re 30 hours in and you finally ‘get it’.”

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