X-COM: UFO Defense

X-COM: UFO Defense is a computer strategy video game with turn–based tactical battles, which at one time was named the best PC video game ever. The plot tells about a secret organization of people who are fighting against aliens who are constantly trying to attack the Earth in order to capture it and enslave humanity.

A now-closed American studio called Mythos Games worked on the creation of the video game.

Plot

The events originate in 1999, when the government of the leading countries of the world learns about the existence of alien races aggressively disposed towards humanity. To counter the threat, they create a secret organization X-COM, which begins to fight the invaders.

It turns out that several powerful alien races have united to take over the Earth and they act in several ways at once – they attack important strategic objects, introduce spies, commit murders. The COM community, whose head is the main character, needs to develop an effective system of methods of struggle, otherwise humanity will be destroyed as a free race.

Gameplay

Among the key gameplay features of the cult strategy, it is necessary to highlight:

• the gameplay takes place in two modes – strategic and tactical;
• in strategic mode, the player manages an organization all over the planet, sends people on missions, builds bases, manages finances, and so on;
• in tactical mode, turn-based tactical battles take place, where you need to control X-COM fighters in order to defeat alien soldiers and agents;
• the player's actions affect the development of events in the future – depending on the effectiveness of the decisions made, the final of th