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7 Options Considered	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
-- Knights of the Old Republic	$9.99	Mostly Positive	RPG
-- XCOM 2	$59.99	Mostly Positive	–
-- XCOM	-	Very Positive	–
-- Alien: Isolation	$39.99	Very Positive	FPS
-- Alien Swarm	Free	Very Positive	Shoot 'em up / Action

Knights of the Old Republic

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Lengthy

The main story of the game can take a good bit of time to finish. See More

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Movement does not work that great on touchscreens

The on screen controls for movement in the game do not work as good as they could giving a sense of non-preciseness. See More

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MOGA controller support

KotOR features MOGA controller support. See More

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Engaging story

Being a role playing game, KotOR has a pretty good story that feel very engaging. See More

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HID controller support

KotOR features full HID controller support. See More

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Gameplay holds up well

For what is now an eleven year old game the Bioware RPG game mechanics hold up well. See More

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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Controller Support:HID (Android), No (PC)

XCOM 2

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It's fun to upgrade and manage your squad

As you progress through the game you can train and promote your soldiers to make them more effective in combat, unlock new abilities and upgrade their weapons armor. The interesting part of it is if a member gets injured (which is really easy to happen on the harder difficulties) they are not available for the following missions until they heal. So if you only upgrade one solider and he/she gets injured, you're in a really tough spot. The weapons, abilities, items and armor you can unlock are varied and interesting enough to make it really fun to progress through the game and build a custom squad based around how you like to go about your missions. See More

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Performance could be better

Even when using well above the recommended hardware the game does show some performance issues as it is difficult to hold 60fps. While not the biggest problem thanks to this being a turn based game it would have been nice to see better performance and a constant 60fps when using what the developers recommended for best performance. See More

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Excellent suspense

You're always against the clock in one way or another. Globally your enemies are moving forward with their plans and unless you actively work towards countering them, they will win. You'll be short on cash, manpower, and will have to work with inferior tech. On the field most missions have turn limits forcing you to act aggressively. This scrambling for resources, making with what you can, racing against the clock creates great suspense that makes it all the more satisfying to win an important mission. See More

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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

XCOM

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Assortment of add-on content available

There are quite a few add-ons available for XCOM, including the Enemy Within expansion pack. See More

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Proper choices not obvious until after the fact

Choices that effect the game are not obvious when they are happening and once realized is too late. See More

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Death is permanent

Death is very permanent in XCOM, meaning if a player looses a high level player mid game that they may have a pretty tough time advancing past that point. See More

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Effective resource management mechanics

Resource management feels like a juggling act, in the best way possible. Users have to make hard decisions on what options to give priority to, as they all will effect gameplay in some manner. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Alien: Isolation

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Excellent atmospheric sound

With minimal music, this game generates much of it's atmosphere from the miscellaneous background noises. The audio generally in the forefront is the titular Alien, which loudly thumps along the ground and through vents. This game also uses directional audio as a tool both for and against the player. It uses it to scare the player, but it simultaneously gives the player more information to survive with. See More

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Frustratingly difficult at times

Some segments of the game can be frustratingly difficult or even unfair at higher difficulty settings. See More

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Beautiful graphics

Aesthetically, this game nails the look and feel of the original film. Both well optimized and incredibly beautiful, this game is a graphical marvel. See More

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Unrealistic teleporting alien

The alien will somehow always be somewhat near you no matter how stealthy you are. This does maintain the game's difficulty, but it can seem unfair putting all this work into not getting heard only to have the alien pop out of the nearest vent. See More

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Useful tools throughout

The game provides you with many tools and weapons to assist you along the way. Some items you may only find a use for once or twice, but you'll be glad to have them. See More

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The game progresses slowly, and you can lose interest

The game is too long and quickly loses its charm and tense feelings as the game drags. Too many hours of even the best game can become a chore more than an enjoyable experience. Whats worse is that a bunch of the length is incessant back tracking, which frankly is just a lazy way to prolong a game. See More

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Creates a lot of tension

Intelligent A.I. is capable of keeping the game unpredictable. As soon as the Alien starts stalking the player, the game can easily become tense with player never knowing what the Alien will do since the majority of interactions with it are completely unscripted. Especially in VR, you get the feeling like you are actually being hunted. See More

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Excellent, nostalgic design

Environmental design very closely resembles Ridley Scott's Alien. It has the same retro design of the computers as well as a chilling soundtrack. It still works well in the modern age too - the 3D is on point, and the designers have gone into detail. If you dare to spend time exploring, it's a very cool experience wandering around a spaceship and looking out into space. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Controller Support:Full

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Alien Swarm

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Offline LAN support

Alien Swarm offers offline LAN support. See More

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Gameplay is too short

The main story is only about 3 & 1/2 hours long which means you could easily complete it in one sitting. See More

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Up to 4-player online co-op

Alien Swarm allows for up to 4-player online co-op. See More

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Can get a bit repetitive

The gameplay doesn't change that much from mission to mission which can make for repetitiveness when shooting aliens over and over again. See More

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Free to play for anyone with code available for mods

The game is completely free. There are no microtransactions or ads. The code base is also free to anyone so the game can be easily modded. See More

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Easy to pick up

The game consists of tried and true top-down shooter mechanics that will be familiar to most as it is reminiscent of older arcade and console shooters. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Shoot 'em up / Action

Co-Op:4 Players Online / 4 Player LAN

Controller Support:No

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X-COM: UFO Defense

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Very deep strategy

Keeping track of more than a dozen soldiers with 10 skills, their inventories (including ammo count and weight), dynamic visibility, line of sight, destructible terrain, consequences of missed shots (like friendly fire or destroyed loot), etc. quickly overwhelms noobies, putting the real strategy masters in the limelight. And this is just a battle out of many, with base building, personell management, logistics, reconnaissance, research and manufacturing between them. See More

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Active open source clone

The openxcom team have re-implemented the entire game and fixed many of the longstanding bugs in the original. It allows you to play on modern machines and in much higher resolution. A copy of the original game is still required for the assets. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Xenonauts

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Spiritual successor to original X-Com franchise

Xenonauts took its inspiration from the original X-Com game, giving fans a new game in similar style but expanded on the finer details of the game to give an even more deep experience. This should appeal to those familiar with X-Com as well as those looking for a fun yet deep strategy game. See More

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Can be difficult for newcomers of the genre

There is no in-game tutorial and there is only an online manual for the game, which means users who are not familiar with this game type and what is expected in play may have a difficult time learning all of the ins and outs. Online video tutorials may help as well, but of course this is all time spent not playing the game n order to learn its mechanics, which some people may not enjoy or have the time for. See More

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Steam Rating:Mixed

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