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XCOM: Enemy Unknown First Impressions

troops is truly a marvel to behold. In my third
level, I sent one of my men too far forward and
he ended up getting killed. And I felt guilty. That
was a single soldier. He felt alive. He felt real. Now
he’s dead. Unlike most other games like this where
you get faceless people by using money as if they
create clones made out of the money you use, the
soldiers here are very much alive. They are each
an individual.

lives. You also think carefully about the Crisis levels.
Throughout my time with the game I found myself
constantly trying to go to China as its Crisis levels
were constantly rising higher and higher.
Overall, I found that I was missing out on a jewel of
a game. Having never playing XCOM or any game
like it, I can gladly say it does a very good job of
pulling you in and making sure you enjoy yourself.
Duke Glen

The music also sucks you in. You feel like this is
a real event. You really think about your soldiers’
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