While this expansion improves diplomacy with the addition of espionage and religion, it proves unable to correct the major issues of the original release.
Aliens are coming. Rather, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a re-imagining of the acclaimed PC strategy title X-Com: UFO Defense, should be invading stores on Oct....
X-Com: UFO Defense, a strategy game from the early '90s, is a sort of enigma. Although the original is revered as a masterstroke in design, every stab at a sequel or spiritual successor has fallen short. What about the X-Com formula is so elusive?
When I spoke with Jake Solomon, lead designer for Firaxis Games' XCOM: Enemy Unknown (a "reimagining" of the original), that question weighed heavily on my mind.