PC Answers 1995 September/DISK19.iso/games/csheet/u/ufo.txt

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~UFO : ENEMY UNKNOWN
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UFO1.PCX

Reviewed By Jose Luis Muniz Martin Of Spain.

        This is, without a doubt, one of the better games that I
have played in enough time.  Starting with a single and small
base, your mission: avoid that the several kinds of  alien
terrorize the several countries of the world.  For that have
annual funds contributed by the countries in order to support
XCOM.  If your work  well, the assigned funds increases, but if
you are wrong, could that some countries withdraws his support.
If you lose much support, you lose the game and the world which
your you know quit existing.

        In order to help you in your task, could investigate
about several fields technology, aliens, weapons, equipment,
that which does the scientifics you contracts.  To bigger number
of them, faster are the research.  You needs engineers too for
manufacture the equipments researched by the scientifics and,
the hearth of Xcom, soldiers, that in proportion to achieve
missions increase their experience and efficacy.  You needs too
an  air force in order to could intercept Ufos (Interceptors)
and for attack the Ufos crashed with your soldiers (Skyrangers)
In proportion to advances in the game, you can build new ships
faster and powerful.

        Something to keep in mind, is that all your men
(scientifics, engineers and soldiers) has a salary, the
Interceptors and Skyrangers are rented, and your base gets some
expenses to maintenance. For this your engineers are very
important for your economy, since they manufacture the equipment
you can sell.  Manufacturing more than that which you need and
selling the surplus, you can improve your base and create other
seven maximun.

    The alien  are of several types and all of them dangerous .
The little sectoids are the soft of killing but they possess
psionic powers and could cause you problems.  Their better
weapon is the very rare Cyberdisc (very armed and armored) The
Snakeman is more dangerous and hard and could go accompanied for
the Chrysalid (I think the Chrysalid are the most dangerous of
the game) After they are the Floater and some other, but all are
a problem.

        Into the alien ships you will find devices that helps
you in your work and alien to kill (All) .  Once eliminated all
the alien the base (automatically) sen a cleaning squad  every
util object .

        Your own bases could be attacked by alien allies. You
need build in them a strong defense (and have some soldiers,
too).  Your  could attack alien bases , but before you have to
discover this bases doing patrols through the zones in that
registers high alien activity.

        The game has some very good grafics and the sound,
without being special, it is well.  The system of combat is for
turns (same that Laser Squad or Breach 2) Each soldier has a
numbers of movements and every action has a movement cost moves,
discharges, gets items from the ground, etc..

        A detail that I like is you see each soldier with
his/hers weapons and  armor that carries to the style of The
Summoning.  If he carries a Heavy laser that is that which
really in his hands.

        The Ufopedia is looked like  the Civilization's
Civilopedia .  In it you could consult the knowledges which
possesses until the moment.

        A highly important point is that most of the objects,
weapons and ships of alien tecnology, and the clips of the
weapons need for its manufacture an element named Elerium 115,
and your couldn't manufacture it.  You need found it in alien
ships.  Keeping in mind that the most powerful ships than you
could get in the game   need it for their construction, use it
of combustible, for that which you need a lot, and he is scarce.

        In summary, a game more than recommendable,
indispensable if you like the strategy and you want a game that
allow you to play hundred of hours.