The game is set in the not to distant future, amidst an alien invasion a group called XCOM made up of the finest soldiers and scientists is formed and it’s down to XCOM to essentially save the earth. So where do you fit in to all this? As the player you take control of the commander of XCOM, you basically and quite literally call the shots.
Of course the typical sci-fi scenario of invasion plays out throughout the game. With the alien threat coming to Earth, wiping out major cities, killing people, abduction and experimentation because they want our shiny blue marble of a planet, etc etc.
Overall the story isn’t the most intellectual and really only serves the purpose that is required in most any game. It gives you a reason to do the thing that’s fun to do, the gameplay. Because the story does play a less important roll in XCOM I’m not really going to go into too much detail other than, there are aliens, you kill them before they kill you, then more show up who are stronger, rinse repeat.
That was a good review, and you have an interesting take
that I haven’t read from other reviewers. You’ve actually given me a bit of
pause to run out and buy it, which is good because I’ve been tempted to break
my game-buying rule and pick it up. But with Christmas just around the corner,
that’s probably not the best idea, and I should just stick to my game buying
rule. I actually got the game-buying rule from one of my coworkers at DISH
after Deus Ex: Human Revolution turned out to be a big let down. Now I don’t
buy a game without first thoroughly play-testing it. I rent them through DISH’s
Blockbuster @Home before I consider buying them, and not only does that
eliminate the risk of dropping sixty bucks on a game that’s not worth it, but
since it’s a pay-by-the-month service, I don’t even feel like I’m wasting a few
bucks renting a game that lets me down. From the sounds of it I’ll probably end
up buying XCOM though, but for now I’m putting it in my Blockbuster @Home queue
now so at least I’ll get to play it before I can actually afford to grab a copy
in the store.