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    Default XCOM ufo Defense, Greatest Game Of All Time??? Or...

    .....THE GREATEST FUCKING GAME OF ALL TIME???


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    greatest? no but top 5? yea! too many games are as great as x-com so you cant say its the top
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    Not much can satisfy like a direct hit to a 'grey'.. then watching as it drops to the ground, shrieking in defeat.

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    I personally was never a big fan of X-Com: UFO Defense.

    Actually I don't think I ever played a Microprose game I liked.

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    If is the best game in the universe and other galactics.
    This is mine.

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    Certainly one of the top 10. I've got a sealed copy of the CD32 Limited Edition :)
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    Wow, game looks really crappy

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    It's one of those games that I have yet to play, but hear it mentioned now and again. Will need to play it soon...

    By the way, Paradroid for the Commodore 64 is the greatest game ever made.

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    I'll be honest, I've never been much of a PC gamer- so I don't know much about this game... but I did a little research and it looks like something I could get into. I'll have to try and track it down.

    For anyone who is clueless like me- IGN put it at the top of their Best PC games of all time list.

    http://pc.ign.com/articles/772/772285p3.html

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    Deus Ex for PC is definitely on my personal top of the game heap, but X-Com is in my top five.

    There is also a PSX version that is tough to use with the controller, but I think it's compatible with the PSX mouse, which would be much preferred. Its also a fairly rare game and difficult to get...but it's a very faithful translation of the DOS classic.
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    I loved that game when it came out... couldn't keep me off it.

    For $5 you can get it via Steam and it's compatible with XP/Vista. I paid, downloaded it... and can't figure out WTF to do! I don't remember how to play the game at all haha

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    It may be one of the greatest Strategy games of all time, definitely in the top 5 of my personal all time greatest PC games of all time.

    Xcom rules. Go play it.
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    Xcom, Fallout, Doom, Duke3d, Daggerfall. That would be my top 5 PC games of old.

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    I could never get into the game but my brothers loved it.

    And wasn't there a huge long thread on this not too long ago?

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    I think this is the thread I was thinking of but it's not as long as I remember.

    http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78922

    Maybe all the pictures made it seem longer.
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    Civ II > UFO. But only just.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    Wow, game looks really crappy
    ....i'll kill you if you say this again

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    Game looks really crappy, .

    If you are into games like this, then yeah give yourself a pat on the back. I however am not and am entitled to my own opinion. I will say that I have not personally played this but will tell you that I hate games that are SIM style.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    Game looks really crappy, .

    If you are into games like this, then yeah give yourself a pat on the back. I however am not and am entitled to my own opinion. I will say that I have not personally played this but will tell you that I hate games that are SIM style.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EX-Soldier View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by EX-Soldier View Post
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