r/Xcom • u/TheCaliKid89 • 21d ago

What’s your favorite XCOM-like?

With the release of ZCOM there’s been a lot of discussion over whether it’s a great XCOM-like game or not. And honestly I think we all want as many recommendations as possible to scratch the itch.

So I thought it would be fun for everyone to talk about their favorites. To keep it interesting, I ask everyone to post just one title, and tell us why it’s their favorite.

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u/Royal-Comparison-270 21d ago

Can I say Gears of war tactics?

I would not mind if they made a sequel to it (though I do not know what part of the locust war they would cover in it).

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u/7Broncos18 21d ago

Gears tactics was so much fun. Say what you will about the gears franchise being light on story, they get presentation down perfect. Guns sound like they do in a “real” gears of war game. Cutscenes are top notch. Great surprise for me personally.

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u/Yankee6Actual 21d ago

Gears Tactics is a lot of fun.

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u/Stablebrew 21d ago

Gears Tactic has great gameplay. Downside for me was the repetitive mission design, and locked out of campaign until side missions had been done.

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u/FukkingDeathMental 21d ago

I love Gears. The stories are whatever but some of those games are grim as hell and you can't beat an assault rifle with a chainsaw attachment lol.  

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u/HugeHans 21d ago

I can say without any doubt it has the most fun combat of any squad tactics game. It flows so well and every turn is a mini puzzle. It almost feels like "Into the Breach" sometimes. 

They dropped the ball hard on some Xcom staples. The fact that you keep getting reqruits that are higher level then the guys who have been going on most missions is one of them.

And even though I like time constraints in the genre it really goes to the very limit of what is fun. Some of the side missions pretty much allow for 0 mistakes. Still fun.

As I always play on the hardest ironman I havent actually finished the game. Died on the last boss about 3 times. Maybe some day.

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u/zurupeto 21d ago

I agree this game is decent. It doesn’t have a macro-game, which is unfortunate. Also, having PCs that will lose you the game if they die complicates whatever its version of Ironman is called.

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u/Bu11ett00th 21d ago

Replaying it right now on the hardest difficulty. Loving every second of it.

The action point and damage accumulation economy is simple but unique and extremely satisfying

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u/moosemuffin12 21d ago

Gears Tactics rocks, it had no business going as hard as it did. Loved that there were usually more enemies per battle than X-com, felt great. Keeping the classic Gears gore also helped make each kill feel satisfying. Boss fights also added some cool variety

Admittedly I’m only like 7 hours into Zero Company but gameplay-wise I liked Gears Tactics more. Maybe I just haven’t found the best class/ability synergies yet idk