Feature: Surprise! The Bureau is the full XCOM experience

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Feature: Surprise! The Bureau is the full XCOM experience

Added: 20.08.2013 10:14 | 2 views | 0 comments

Why XCOM fans should find a lot to love in 2K Marin's take on the franchise.

Feature: Surprise! The Bureau is the full XCOM experience article

The next time we saw it, the game had evolved into a third-person squad shooter. The first batch of screens admittedly weren’t very exciting and it seemed poised to just fill the gap between Enemy Unknown and its inevitable sequel - it looked like it was being sent out to die.

Luckily, that’s not the case. The Bureau is a reimagining of XCOM canon - again - twisting the invasion narrative to fit the story viewed from a single protagonist, William Carter. A man tasked with stopping the invasion on American soil, in contrast with Enemy Unknown’s global struggle.