When comparing X-COM: UFO Defense vs Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, the Slant community recommends Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition for most people. In the question“What are the best Turn-Based Tactics games on Steam?” Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is ranked 10th while X-COM: UFO Defense is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is:
Users can connect over LAN or TCP/IP for up to 6 player co-op.
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Pros
Pro 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.
Pro 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.
Pro Dark humor
Seems to have started the "evil aliens" trend.
Pro Online and LAN co-op
Users can connect over LAN or TCP/IP for up to 6 player co-op.
Pro New NPCs to choose from
There are two or three new NPCs your PC encounters, and can add one or more to your adventuring party.
Pro Plays like original with more portraits available for PCs and the Black Pits arena combat module
Plays just like the original game with the same hidden treasures. When creating PCs, you have more available portraits to choose from. Black Pits Arena combat module is awesome, but gets really deadly in the later rounds.
Cons
Con Artwork
The artwork is not to everyone's liking.
Con Modded original can offer better experience
Depending on if one want to go through the trouble, but modding the original game can offer a better experience over this enhanced edition.