When comparing Carmageddon: Reincarnation vs Xenonauts, the Slant community recommends Xenonauts for most people. In the question“What are the best Kickstarter games on Steam?” Xenonauts is ranked 16th while Carmageddon: Reincarnation is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose Xenonauts is:
This game goes back to the original roots the UFO: Enemy Unknown, as the whole X-com franchise should, and raised it to another level. Without a doubt this is the best "X-com" type of game.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Great damage mechanics
It's possible to thoroughly damage and destroy each vehicle in the game. And the game highly encourages such behaviour with one of the more commonly achieved winning conditions being to destroy the competition.
Pro Public beta released
As of February 14th 2015 the public beta has been released for Carmageddon: Reincarnation. This includes all cars, levels and multiplayer, the full game.
Pro Back to the roots: The original UFO: Enemy Unknown
This game goes back to the original roots the UFO: Enemy Unknown, as the whole X-com franchise should, and raised it to another level.
Without a doubt this is the best "X-com" type of game.
Pro 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.
Cons
Con In early access
The game is currently in pre-alpha development stage and as such is poorly optimized, buggy and unstable.
Con 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.
Con Lack of additional animation and more original ideas
Seems like they copied all the mainstream ideas from original UFO: Enemy Unknown, and added up some of their own which do not reflect well, like mechanized enemy units, instead of implementing original Snakeman and Muton species.
Game also lack a possibility of taking back fallen continents with some kind of anti-infiltrator missions.