The XCOM series has been considered one of the greatest tactical strategy franchises ever since it kicked off in the early 90s. If you've been looking to check them out, you'll want to check out Humble's new XCOM: Complete Bundle, which includes the entire series on PC for just $10. Like with other Humble deals, a portion of every purchase is donated to charity--in this case, the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research--and customers can increase their pledge and adjust the revenue split between the charity, Humble, and the game's publisher before checkout.
While the full $10 bundle is the best value, there are also smaller pricing tiers that include fewer games. The most affordable tier starts at $3 and gets you five of the classic games that kicked off the series back when it was known a X-COM (before it was rebooted as XCOM), including the original X-COM: UFO Defense from 1994 and its sequels and spin-offs X-COM: Terror from the Deep, X-COM: Apocalypse, X-COM: Interceptor, and X-COM: Encforcer. While these older releases certainly show their ages in some respects, the core tactical sci-fi strategy is here--and in some cases, even more challenging than what the reboot series offers--making them worth revisiting.
The second tier starts at $7 and includes all five games from the previous tier, plus the superb reboot of the series, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, plus the Enemy Unknown: Slingshot DLC and Enemy Within expansion. This tier also includes The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, which launched a year after Enemy Unknown attempted to reinvent the series as a third-person shooter set during the groovy '60s. It's a polarizing entry in the series due to the major shift in gameplay and tone, and marred by a rocky development. That said, it's not a terrible game and features some interesting spins on XCOM lore.
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