X-COM: Apocalypse

X-COM: Apocalypse takes the familiar alien invasion formula and tosses it into a sprawling futuristic city, where things feel both more chaotic and oddly more personal. Instead of defending the globe, you are juggling politics, corporations, and alien infiltration in a single urban sandbox. The real-time mode adds a frantic edge, while the classic turn-based option keeps purists happy. It is messy, ambitious, and occasionally feels like it is arguing with itself about what kind of game it wants to be, but that is part of its charm. Few strategy games let you shoot down UFOs and accidentally bankrupt yourself in the same afternoon.

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Rating: 4.13 / 5.00 (56 votes)

DOS Windows XP/98/95

Genres:

strategy, turn-based tactics

Released in:

1997

Publisher:

MicroProse Software

Developer:

Mythos Software

Designers:

Julian Gollop, Tim White

Tags:

science fiction, turn based, team management, base building

Graphics:

isometric

Series:

x com

Game modes:

single-player

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X-COM: Apocalypse review

PC Powerplay - Issue 15 (1997): "For: gameplay the has more strategic depth than the proverbial Pacific Ocean. Alien autopsies, hover cars, big guns and dimensional doors...what a great combination. Against: keeping track of finances, weapons supplies, personnel etc can be occasionally overwhelming. The aliens look too "Blobby" and indistinctive."

Retro gamer collector's corner:

X-COM: Apocalypse was re-released as part of the compilations X-COM Collection by Hasbro Interactive in 1999, and X-COM: Complete Pack in 2008 and 2K Huge Games Pack in 2009 by 2K Games.

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