Xcom is a game i think fondly off.
When i just turned 13 years old the game got released. My dad got it for himself on ps3 because hes nostalgic to the originals.
I watched him play and discuss topic about the game. Had a good time.
Then he allowed me to play it myself. I just played and played the game like an addict.
I´ve beaten it twice or so on normal (one time vanilla and enemy within).
Then once i was done, like most kids i played other video games and left the game in the game shelf.



Fast forward to 2022 to my exam period and i think of the good ol´ times. like any suicidal engineering student ;)
And remembered the game. Bought it for 4 Euros while on sale, started a classic Ironma Campaign and have been having a blast.

The game is a round based strategy game with a lot of options.
Different Classes and a really fair progression system keeps you on your edge.
Maps, even though you remember them still feel fresh for me.
but how about i tell you about how i lost 4 of my early game valuable members.
Also always turn on ironman, because like most people, once you lose someone valuable you savescum 99% off the time.
Just turn it on, it makes the game so much more tense.

It was a dreadful night in a fishing village in New Foundland, a fishing village with a stranded boat was all that layed wasted first no sign of enemys but then 2 Zombies appeared. No Problem, easily dispersed. But as you got closer and closer to the objective. A boat was had an alien nest, where an alien laid eggs in a dead whale. Slowly the Spidy Boys (Chrysalids, Spider like Creatures that drool in every animation theyre in, they can also cross the map in like two turns) spawned at a faster pace (Normally enemys dont spawn but this one was a special mission, lets call it that). One by one they got picked off by lil Spidys. 3 Got to the EVAC point but one missclick killed the third guy, massacred by ... you guessed it a spidy boy. The two got to live the tale of their sacrifice to the people of Canada. (Damn Canadians)

Basically i recommend to experience it for yourself but if you love strategy games i can only tell you once again to buy it on sale. Play on Ironman Normal for your first playthrough, after that i would recommend Classic which is not as forgiving as Normal, trust me (or im just a really bad player)