The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Review | Bag of Games

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Review | Bag of Games

Added: 02.09.2013 10:18 | 8 views | 0 comments

Josh from Bag of Games writes "Initially revealed at E3 2010 as a FPS reboot of the beloved PC franchise X-COM incidentally before Firaxis announced their now-successful turn-based strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown (a reboot of 1994s X-COM: UFO Defense), 2K Marins original vision for XCOM suffered from numerous delays, the on-going threat of cancellation, and even an apparent identity crisis during its development cycle before finally reemerging from the cold, uninviting confines of videogame limbo as a reinvigorated, third-person squad-based shooter promptly renamed The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. While it might always remain a mystery whether this drastic design overhaul was initiated in hopes of potentially gaining the approval of the classic strategy series more vocal diehard enthusiasts, one things for sure: 2K Marin has successfully implemented enough thought-provoking tactical opportunities and intriguing though not necessarily innovative concepts into the core of Th...