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XCOM: Enemy Unknown mini-guide — understanding how cover and flanking works

By Edward Pang on 2 November 2012 9:10am - No Comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown’s tactical game is all about cover, but the isometric Battlescape often makes it difficult to understand why and how an enemy can still be under cover, even though it seems that your soldier has a clear line-of-fire. Read more »

XCOM: Enemy Unknown review — one giant leap for turn-based combat, two steps back for strategy

By Edward Pang on 26 October 2012 8:40am - No Comments

Ask me to summarise XCOM: Enemy Unknown in 10 words or less, and I’ll call it, “the Dark Souls of turn-based strategy games”. Both games take pleasure in making players fail in the most spectacular manner, and yet, we keep coming back for more because of the enjoyable frustration, the perfect balance of addictive fun […] Read more »