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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Review been able to see me, nevermind shoot me. I also had an extremely powerful enemy disappear from the far side of the map to instantly reappear right in the middle of my men and had nothing but problems trying to assign my troops to a certain training program which kept wiping the first entry on a list of three. Clearly designed with the console players in mind, the game functions extremely well using traditional PS3 and Xbox 360 controllers and proves that turn based strategy can work well outside of the traditional PC environment. PC users will find troops are moving, when they kick down doors that certain concessions have been made in terms and as they smash through windows the camera of the interface and the UI, but should still find the will move from the normal top-down view to a game more than functional and enjoyable to play third-person over-the-shoulder angle to give a with a mouse and keyboard. cinematic feel to the action. The same third-person view accompanies combat actions on both sides XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a brilliant take on a and really serves to pull you down into the action. classic game and one that should keep that vast majority of players more than happy. No doubt Sounds are equally well done with terrific voice- there will be some die-hard fans of the original acting accompanying the cutscenes and excellent upset that Firaxis have had the audacity to make weapons effects and explosions. One thing that changes to the original formula, but anyone is a bit odd though is no matter the nationality of approaching this title with an open mind will have your troops (they come from all around the world) a great time protecting the world from the alien they all speak English with no regional accents. This menace. can be overlooked easily enough but is a strange Neil Hetherington design flaw. Unfortunately you may encounter a few glitches and bugs that can somewhat spoil the otherwise smooth experience. In my own campaign I experienced being shot through a stone wall several feet thick by an enemy that should not have XCOM: Enemy Within Special Edition 2013 XCOM: Enemy Unknown Scored: 9.5 out 10 26 • GameOn Magazine