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Game Description

XCOM: Enemy Unknown (aka XCOM: EU or simply EU), released 9Oct2012 in the USA and 12Oct2012 in 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. "Good luck Commander."

Like its predecessors, EU is a unique game because it blends a strategy layer with a turn-based tactical combat layer. In terms of overall strategy, you are tasked with building a base, researching technology, translating that into gear, equipping soldiers & aircraft, managing global politics to secure funding, choosing & planning missions, managing soldiers' abilities & 'perks', and more. In terms of tactical combat, you choose every move and action of each of your soldiers.

Having total control over every aspect of the XCOM agency is meaningfull; every success bolsters a sense of accomplishment, while every veteran's 'perma-death' and subsequent replacement by a minimally-skilled rookie feels like a gut punch from a Muton Berserker. Choose wisely, and you just might lay waste to the alien baddies. Choose poorly, and may not be able to protect the Funding Council nations or even survive a combat mission.

Lead Designer Jake Solomon is known for describing the 'one thing that is XCOM' as being consequences: no shot can be taken for granted and every choice you make in the game could have a significant impact. This speaks to XCOM's inherent replayability as well as it's infamous difficulty.

Difficulty Levels

• Easy
• Normal
• Classic
• Impossible
• Ironman Mode: While not a dedicated difficulty 'level', choosing Ironman Mode upon starting a campaign increases difficulty by allowing only one save slot that is determined by auto-save. Clicked on the wrong square and got your Colonel killed out of cover? Countries permanently left the Funding Council because you botched that mission? "That's XCOM."

PC 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