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hello again ladies and gentlemen i'm joe hindi the android authority app guide XCOM was released in 2012 and received a whole bunch of accolades now you could play it on android and we're gonna take a closer look at it so for those who have never played XCOM here's how it works this is a strategy game where you must move your soldiers around the map to try to outmaneuver outflank and kill the enemy of course the enemy is trying to do the exact same thing to you and therein lies the challenge of the game did I mention the enemies are predominantly aliens between missions you'll get the opportunity to visit your headquarters to do a lot of things to help you during upcoming battles this includes research and new technology recruiting new soldiers and otherwise beefing up your offensive and defensive capabilities and personnel for future missions there are four difficulties to start with if you play it XCOM or games like XCOM before then you can probably try this at a higher difficulty however I did that and I'm kind of new to this type of gameplay and it whipped me so if you aren't familiar with how these games work you should probably play it at a lower difficulty first during combat each player can move two times or dash a great distance once you can also attack with weapons and grenades get a better view or hunker down and try to improve your defense the concept is you must move into a good position and kill the bad guys without getting your team killed mechanics for this game are very simple the touch controls translate very well from PC and while I'm sure the PC controls are still better players on Android shouldn't feel as though they're missing out on too much in combat you select where your team goes and then they go there you can then pick the actions on the task bar below at any point you can move around the screen by swiping to see your enemy positions as you can imagine the more you outflank them the more damage you do and the more advantage you have in combat outside of combat things get a little more interesting in the home base you can train and upgrade your troops research new stuff to use in combat view upcoming missions and all kinds of other tomfoolery even though strategic combat can mean the difference between a win and a loss XCOM is done in such a way that proper upgrades are just as important as proper combat tactics and that adds a lot of depth to the game ok so here's what we liked the graphics and XCOM look fantastic it's definitely one of the better-looking games for Android the cutscenes the animations the voice acting in the story are all above average for an Android game and this is a very clean and crisp title the controls are simple enough you'll be sick of the tutorial before it's over because you we'll have grasped the game concepts by then the combat and headquarters duo allow for a game that is very in-depth between the strategy involved in the combat mechanics and then all the stuff you can do in your base is possible to play through this game a number of different ways and that's always good unlike many Android games there are no in-app purchases so there aren't those pitfalls you'd find in similar titles what happens in this game happens and you cannot buy your way out of it nor can you buy your way to the end of this one the gameplay mechanics are simple to explain but require a certain elegance to perform well despite there being guns and explosions you really have to think in order to do well in this game and I like that a lot and here is the bad there are some bugs that have been affecting primarily tablets usually it's some screen freezing or force closes here and there which can totally ruin the experience if you have a tablet and you are thinking of getting this game make sure you test it as quickly as possible after you buy it to make sure you don't end up buying a game that you can't use we wish there would have been cloud saving achievements and other Google Play services included that would have made this among the most essential titles in the history of Android gaming it's still a really good game but you know without the Google Play services it's missing a little something overall XCOM is the kind of game Android gaming enthusiasts have been waiting for it's a long drawn-out game with great graphics good controls and as coherent of a story as you can possibly expect from a strategy game I don't often tell my viewers to go spend $9.99 however if you like strategy shooters this is $9.99 well-spent of course if you don't like strategy shooters you probably won't like this title anyway so I recommend you don't buy it if you're not into this type of game it doesn't take full advantage of the Android platform and there is the occasional bug for some people but the fact that this game helps take the platform to the next level far outweighs the negative aspects of the title if you've been waiting for this type of game go give it a shot once again I'm Joe 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