Stumbling through UFO: Enemy Unknown

[davidn]

I remembered about a game I used to play a lot and yet got absolutely nowhere in - this is UFO: Enemy Unknown (or XCOM: UFO Defense) by Microprose (or Microprose). It's a strategy game from 1994 where you (attempt to) run an organization that repels alien invaders from Earth - you do this by engaging their ships and crew in combat and taking back artefacts for research, although I never really got to that bit. This video demonstrates the usual calamitous results of my efforts as the head of this organization.

I had originally meant to introduce this video by talking about the new XCOM game, but then I looked it up and discovered that it has actually been released in 2012 and not last week as I had thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDJY-5U5Us0&hd=1

Comments

[premchaia_pre4]

So—is there a particular reason you… seem to be usually sending your crew out one at a time?

[davidn]

Because the previous crew member is usually dead shortly after stepping out of the landing craft!

[premchaia_pre4]

… do you not get to select multiple crew members per turn so that you can move the second one before the first one dies? And they usually only seem to die once you've moved them out into a dangerous zone! Or at least not moved them back into hiding quickly. Something feels inconsistent with this…