Info (EU2012)

General Info

XCOM: Enemy Unknown, to be released this year, October 9th in USA and 12th in the Europe, is a video game (PC, XBox360 and PS3) wherein the player is in charge of an elite paramilitary organization called XCOM. XCOM: EU is a restart of the 'XCOM' series of games that started in 1994 with UFO: Enemy Unknown (aka XCOM: UFO Defense). Extraterrestrials are attacking Earth and it is your job to defend the planet.

Like its predecessors, XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) is a unique game because it blends elements of real-time strategy, such as building a base, researching technology, planning missions, managing global politics to secure funding or equipping soldiers with gear and abilities, and mixes them elements of turn-based combat, where you choose every move and action your soldiers take on the battlefield.

The fact that you have total control over every aspect of the XCOM agency is especially important considering that the game has "perma-death": when one of your soldiers dies, they are gone. This plays into XCOM's infamous difficulty; while no shot can be taken for granted and every choice you make in the game could have significant long-term consequences, the fact that your replacements are minimally-skilled rookies makes every lost soldier that much harder to endure.

System Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Windows Vista
• Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT / ATI Radeon HD 2600XT or greater
• DirectX®: 9.0
• Hard Drive: 20 GB HD space
• Sound: DirectX Compatible

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 7
• Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz)
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9000 series / ATI Radeon HD 3000 series or greater
• DirectX®: 9.0
• Hard Drive: 20 GB HD space
• Sound: DirectX Compatible

Difficulty Levels

• Easy
• Normal
• Classic
• Impossible

Second Wave

After you complete one game the 2nd Wave options are activated. Players may choose any of those options at the start of the game to increase difficulty and variety.

Second Wave Options

Option	Description
Damage Roulette	Weapons have a much wider range of damage.
Total Loss	Lose all gear from soldiers who die in combat.
Red Fog	Any wounds taken in combat will degrade a soldier's stats for that mission.
Hidden Potential	Rookies will have random starting stats.
Results Driven	As a soldier is promoted, their stats will increase randomly.
New Economy	A country will offer less funding as its panic increases.
War Weariness	Overall funding levels drop inexorably with every month that passes.
High Stakes	The rewards granted for stopping alien abductions are randomized.
Diminishing Returns	The cost of satellites increases with every one that is built.
E-115	Elerium stores will degrade over time.
The Blitz	The aliens will target a larger number of cities every time they launch an abduction attack.
Absolutely Critical	A flanking shot will guarantee a critical hit.
More Than Human	The psionic gift is extremely rare.
The Greater Good	The secret of psionics can only be learned by interrogating a psionic alien.
Marathon	The game takes considerably longer to complete.
Alternate Sources	The power requirements of all facilities are increased.