The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

I totally understand why XCOM fans don't like this game. As most of the players, I remember the great trailers the game had very well. Look them up, the whole premise felt like somekind of a Fallout game set pre nuclear war. The looks changed drastically for some reason during the development. It's not a AAA banger, but it's a fairly good, yet clunky 3rd person squad shooter, serving as somekind of prequel to the 2K XCOM series. It plays like a Mass Effect clone set in the 60's with aliens. After 8 years I gave it another try and found it still to be entertaining, although the gameplay is pretty streamlined and dated, but the story is still pretty good and I vividly remember the well executed plot twist towards the end, So my current mood is pretty optimistic. If you're okay with clunky gameplay and want to experience a nicely written alien invasion story set in the 1960's, check it out, when it's in a sale. At the time I'm writing this review, it's on sale for 3.99 €, which is absolutely fine. Currently I'm playing it on a Windows 10 desktop PC and it didn't crash once.

Uma experiência cativante que mistura estratégia e ação em terceira pessoa, ambientada em um universo de ficção científica fascinante. O jogo oferece uma história envolvente, personagens interessantes e combates táticos que incentivam o planejamento e a tomada de decisões rápidas. A mecânica de comando de equipe é intuitiva e bem-executada, proporcionando uma sensação de controle total sobre o campo de batalha. No entanto, um ponto negativo importante é a ausência do idioma português, o que pode dificultar a imersão de quem não domina outras línguas, especialmente em um jogo onde os diálogos e decisões são tão importantes. Fora isso, o jogo é excelente em praticamente todos os aspectos. Com uma jogabilidade sólida e um enredo que prende a atenção, The Bureau é uma escolha imperdível para fãs de XCOM e para aqueles que gostam de um bom desafio estratégico com muita ação. Diversão garantida!

TPS táctico retro mezclado con Expedientes X.

Jogo muito bom, e a mecanica de controlar o squad estrategicamento é bem massa historia interessante tambem.

If your like classic XCOM this might not be the game for you. It changes from the traditional top downish style into a third person shooter. The story overall is decent it kept me going and my god the TWISTS were good. But on higher difficulties the game is infuriating, and the friendly AI is meh for lack of a better word. They will barely scrap by in a fight without you shooting an enemy with them. The gun-play is good but the squad mechanic just feels tapped on, Once you find 2 agents and max them out there's no reason to change them because its really hard to let your squad mates actually die. Overall -Pros- Decent story Decent gunplay Good characters -Cons- Buggy Choices feel inconsequential. Get this game on sale, at most 8 hours of content if you do all the side missions and maybe 30 more minutes if you do the investigations. DO NOT GET THE DLC

I loved the modern XCOM strategy game and like sci-fi shooters, so I was hoping this would be a great mix of things. Unfortunately the game didn't run very well, and the visuals didn't have the appeal of the other XCOM titles. Probably one of the biggest things was how clunky the controls felt, feels like none of the actions were smooth.