Open Xcom - The Best Games Ever

Openxcom is an open source continuation of  UFO: Enemy Unknown, known as X-COM 1 or simply UFO 1. Basically, the game remain the same, but with tons of new content, aliens, weapons, crafts and researches. It took me one exiting month of gameplay with 4 hours/day without weekends. For inspiration I was watching parallelly "Stargate SG-1".

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Game Data:

Name: Open Xcom.

Type: Turn Based Tactic (TBT), Turn Based Strategy (TBS)

Genre: Futuristic (Earth)

Year of Release: 2010 - 2016+

Platforms:

   

From the Globe Screen we coordinate missions. Right now there are two alien ships landed for some sort of research or abduction, marked in green X. If we find a supply ship landing, probably there is an alien base there.

One of the OpenXcom mods aliens, the Gazer is strong, but not very fast - have approx 50-60 TU.

In early terror missions we need to get a lot of High Explosives to be able to clear the big aliens. As always it is good to have one sniper on the high ground, if we manage to get there.

A Man in Black Agent is wondering in front of the Skyranger. He is carring a simple gun and no armor. MiB is another fraction like X-Com, but instead of fighting the aliens, they offer them safe houses and coverage.

This is a MiB(Man in Black) ship shot down by our crafts. MiB come either with this ships or with base ships, which do not present in the tactical combat, but contain around 40 MiB and tanks.

The Stormtroopers are one of MiB soldiers. They have a stormtrooper armor, which can fly and increase the base Accurace. From a rocovered Stormtrooper body we may sinthesise this armour before researching it.

With the fist laser rifles we can confidently wipe out some alien bases. A lot of materials, powers sources and items may be recovered from alien bases.

Hybrid aliens are borowed from Xenonauts game. They are not very bright, have weak weapons, have no armour and come in good terrains without ships. They are excelent for reaction practice.

 The Anthropod aliens are terror soldiers. At first they look very scary, and their thick skin makes them hard to eliminate with one shot. Anhropods come with another nasty alien form that is reborn after kill.

The Anthropod Autopsy

 A wall photo of the team, captured during mission. The four types of armor are (1.violet) Personal Armor. (2. White) Power Suit. (3. Black) Stormtrooper Armor. (4. Blue) Synthsuit. The Synthsuit armor have no good defense, but increase the base TU of the soldier with 20. A 80 TU sldier with Synthsuit can use Mind Control action 4 times! Also here is the sole Concussion Cannon I got for the hole game. This weapon do not need ammo and stun the enemy with one shot.

A well designed X-Com base with 3 workshops and 2 labs.

An alien research ships full with sectoids. This one is ready to be taken alive with the Taser Pistol.

This is the Alien Drone which escorts the Hybrid worriors. Buhmir, armed with the newly discovered Rail Gun is eager to make some frags. Rail guns have the most damage, but lack mobility.

The aftermath from high explosives, nothing can be seen from teh smoke :)

 The Fusion Torch(in left hand) can be used to make holes in the ships.

The Reptoid aliens are borrowed from UFO 2. They have a good amount of TU and carry fine weapons.

An ancient structures in the desert terrain

After the third month, the base was attacked by all types of Muton worriors, carring the most powerful weapons and very hard to eliminate.

The Waspite are well armored flying aliens similar to Klackons. Fighting them with simple weapons and no armor is very hard.

Here are a bunch of Etherials. We take them under control and remove their weapons. After that, they are harmless.

 144 alien ships have landed so far.

The scout is advancing with the mind control weapon in right hand.

 In the beginning, money are always not enough. When we develop a well defended or hidden construction base we begin manufacturing Alien Laser Rifles and sell them for profit. Selling 1315 Alien Laser Rifles for 52 000 $.

At around UFO 420we should be able to discover Cydonia or Bust and make the final mission.

Finally we reach the Cydonia Base. After a strugling battle we find a strane brain-like entity. Before we destroy it, the brain reveal some interesting story about ancient Earth history.

The folowing are some Gameplay Movies from Ogo's epic adventure, beginning with the last two missions on the surface of Mars and the alien underground base:

Cydonia full surface mission, played by Ogo bob.

Cydonia full mission inside the alien base, reaching the master brain. No casualties.

 

Equiping soldiers and going for a small alien craft with two Floaters inside.

Battle against Wasp aliens

Supply ship mission. Ethereals under control.

Medium ship mission. Cerebral aliens combat.

Terror mission. Chtonite alien combat.

Small alien research ship mission. Anthropod alien combat.

Four Sectopods taken in one blow lol.

Overview of All 64 soldiers that took part of this adventure.

19 Similar Games. Games like Open Xcom:

1. UFO: Enemy Unknown. (X-COM 1) (1994)
2. UFO: Terror from the Deep. (X-COM 2) (1995)
3. UFO: Apocalypse. (X-COM 3) (1997) 
4. Xenonauts. (2014)  
5. UFO: Extraterrestrials (2007)  
6. UFO: Extraterrestrials 2. (2014)
7. Laser Squad Nemesis. (2003)
8. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate. (1998)    
9. XCOM: Enemy Within. (2013)
10. Fallout Tactics 3: Brotherhood of Steel. (2001)
11. Silent Storm. (2003)
12. Jagged Alliance 2. (2000)
13. Omerta: City of Gangsters. (2013)
14. Invisible Inc. (2015)
15. Krater. (2012) 
16. UFO Aftermath. (2003)
17. UFO Aftershock. (2005)
18. UFO Afterlight. (2007)
19. UFO: Alien Invasion. (2007)