SPLICED GAMING /
REVIEW / The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
ISSUE 01
Like its turn-based, tactical
brethren, The Bureau features
permadeath. Depending on
your chosen difficulty level,
squad members who perish in
the field will stay dead. Forever.
It’s meant to evoke a sense of
attachment to your squad, and
while this certainly works in
the context of its siblings (few
things are more painful than
losing a valued, experienced
operative in X-Com), in
The Bureau that emotional
attachment is heavily watered
down. It’s partly due to the
fact that, even on the higher
difficulty levels, you’re highly
unlikely to ever find yourself
in a situation where losing a
squad member is a real threat.
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