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MicroProse Software, Inc / Sep 4, 2008 / Strategy
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There's something evil in the city tonight... Earth has been ravaged by human excess, petty conflict and alien invasion. The world's population has been herded into huge cities, the first of which was Mega Primus. 2084: A Utopia shattered, social collapse and civil unrest reigns in Mega Primus. Fiendish aliens terrorize the city.
| Part | Your PC | MinimumNot sure |
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| CPU | Not set | Pentium 90MHz or better Can't tell |
| GPU | Not set | Supported 32Mb Graphics Card Can't tell |
| RAM | Not set | 16Mb RAM Can't tell |
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90% positive, 680 reviews
My first turn based game ever played as a kid! Good 'ol DOS games haha. Man it was so good for its time. Really hope a new Xcom goes creazy like this being able to blow up buildings and many floors at once causing total chaos like X-Com Apocalypse did. The recent one was fine but really expected more destruction like in this from like 1997. VERY close to FTL level difficultly which is awesome.
1 found this helpful, 2026-09-05
If you're not into learning the old controls and style of games, it's still worth watching some of it to get an idea of what made this game both great and also what awful moments made it funny. This 'somewhat overengineered' game shines in that ambition, there is a lot going in, giving it a feeling of depth you wouldn't expect. Despite trying to reach too much for the sky, it made a mark that helped make XCOM...
0 found this helpful, 2026-09-12
still love it
0 found this helpful, 2026-09-12
One of the best games in the Xcom universe that they never tried to replicate. This game was so much fun and took up so much of my youth and continues to take up peoples times today. I wish the OpenApoc was easier to install but its github looks complicated. Maybe oneday 2k will remake X-com Apoc into X-com 3 or maybe phoenix Point 2 and Phoenix Point 3 will follow the amazing paths.
1 found this helpful, 2026-07-27
9 out of 10 Probably one of my all time favorite games as a kid. If you can get past the old schools graphics this game is huge and deep with great storyline and a full city of different organizations with their own alliances and factions. It's also kind of like a early 4x game because you fight in missions raids ufo recoveries and the city or world map you can still use your vehicle arsenal to try to do damage to...
1 found this helpful, 2026-08-03
Recommend but don't recommend. Best X-com, emulator ruins it, but can ease the pain with some pc gamer's oil. I would warn people to not try it if you don't want to tweak the files to lower the NO CD issues, but i cannot leave a bad review over one of the best game i ever played.
0 found this helpful, 2026-08-12
This game is a classic. I wishs the made them this good again.
3 found this helpful, 2026-07-16
one of the best games ever made (but probably wouldn't play today)
2 found this helpful, 2026-06-26
it's fun
0 found this helpful, 2026-08-03
Probably the greatest game of all time, though some broken things being from the time was WELL above it's age.
8 found this helpful, 2026-05-19