Excellent remake! The attention to detail and ambiance are amazing and suck you in right from the get-go!

Everything is actually balanced just right. I cut my teeth on the XCOM from the Nineties and was leery about this game, but it gets it all right. Yes, there is some micromanagement missing (soldier carry weights, multiple bases, base defense design, etc.), but it all works together in the end to make for solid gameplay. This game is worth playing if you are a fan of the genre.

Value
As a quick measuring stick, I played one playthrough in about 70 hours and got the game on sale for around half off and consider that worth it. I may play another round with the Second Wave options and/or higher difficulty, but I suspect that will be it.

Excellent remake! The attention to detail and ambiance are amazing and suck you in right from the get-go! Everything is actually balanced just right. I cut my teeth on the XCOM from the Nineties and was leery about this game, but it gets it all right. Yes, there is some micromanagement missing (soldier carry weights, multiple bases, base defense design, etc.), but it all works together in the end to make for solid gameplay. This game is worth playing if you are a fan of the genre. Value As a quick measuring stick, I played one playthrough in about 70 hours and got the game on sale for around half off and consider that worth it. I may play another round with the Second Wave options and/or higher difficulty, but I suspect that will be it.