The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

i really, really tried to play this game. i love the idea of it, the aesthetic, but the jank is so unbearably bad its unplayable for me. even on a pc thats well past the recommended, it lags like dogshit. the controls feel awkward and stiff as well, no matter what i do, and its just so janky. the squad mechanics, ill be blunt, are terrible and boring. and otherwise its a mid-ass 3rd person shooter. such a shame, cause i really wanted to like it.

love this game, but can't abide by a change in the terms of service that puts this game at risk from changing form fighting the ailens to giving the ailens my credit card with a single updare

Классная история, стоит сыграть. Видно что вложили душу в работу, хотя много недочетов. Советую играть на самой высокой сложности, будет атмосферная игра. Спустя столько лет играется хорошо и красиво.

The gameplay is a little weird and so is the dialogue. The graphics are quite good if you compare to the gameplay and dialogue so it creates a distance like the game is from 2013 but the controls are from 2002

Game feels like a mediocre attempt to build something in the same vein as Mass Effect. The movement and mechanics are subpar for the time it was released. So far I don't even feel the desire to finish the game. On high difficulties enemies just feel like bullet sponges and your AI companions are basically only useful for their abilities. On average I think they killed 5 enemies for every 60 I killed. And most likely that is just from the abilities I made them use. Edit: After lowering the difficulty a tier, the enemies are no longer bullet sponges unless they are special. The AI don't die immediately any time they decide to leave where I told them to take cover for no discernible reason. They're still pretty rough, but it's fine. The game feels pretty boring though. It feels like a clunky mass effect, or a less strategic XCOM. I guess I just don't really understand why. Why make this this way? Did they just want to jump on the success of cover shooters at the time? Was the goal to try and be a more strategic Mass Effect? I can't say for sure. All I know is that it feels like a lesser version of all the games mentioned. I guess I'd give it a general 6/10. Nothing about it stands out as fantastic, impressive, or great. But it's fine, if you need something to kill time with, there are worse options, but there's also a ton of better options. Edit 2: Done with the game now, the last couple missions definitely at least had some interesting factors. There are some weird spots that kinda require you to suspend disbelief, but at least it's interesting. It just took so long to become interesting that it felt like it was 6ish hours of slog for 2 hours of story. I wouldn't mind if the gameplay felt better at least.

Awesome game, very different from the series (collection) but it has its own appeal. if you like killin Aliens i would recommend this game for sure.

quite a change from the normal xcom but not a bad game.

Not playing this as long as monstrous policy lasts.

Slightly boring, went to fight hollows instead

I love it and I hope that there will be a sequel.

Shitty publisher can burn.