A clunky old over-the-shoulder shooter that is way past its prime. And I'm not sure it was that good back in the day either. Really simplistic: run around, shoot aliens, pick up health and armor, etc., but not very deep.

Before the bureau was a thing,There was X-com Enforcer An arcade third person shooter and one of the few spin offs of the x-com series aside from interceptor(space sim) and Alliance (which wasn't good enough to be finished apparently). As far story goes it's pretty much the same as the original, but you play as a robot and must save the human race(taken from the most annoying scientist you'll listen to). visuals were ok for 2001, at the time unreal engine 1 looked dated at the time. Music is pretty forgettable, actually I don't think there was music at all. Because throughout the game you only heard a bunch of obnoxious noises. Each level of the game is this kill aliens,destroy transporters, and rescue survivors......for 5 hours. it's pretty fun....untill you Realise how insanely boring and tiresome it is. not even over the top weapons can save how absolutely Teadious Enforcer is. there is a crapton of enemies making trying to be like a third person smash tv or something. there is also a pacman minigame for some reason and even that's boring. It's pretty short as I said before, But Really it felt more like 10 hours and I just Wanted it to end. Bottom line X-com enforcer has to be the most boring shooter I've ever played. It's nothing broken but with how annoying and beyond teadious the game is, I just can't reccomend this game unless you're really curious.

overall

4/10 Insanely Monotonous

LAN essential fun chaotic arcade-style action game.
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It's definitely not a traditional X-COM game, but a spin-off and side-story to the original game, a companion piece and precedent to the additions in Firaxis X-COM's Enemy Within.

This game might be called "mindless shooter" but it is one of the best such games. You don't have to think half an hour before you make a move, you don't have to compare different characteristics of soldiers or weapons. You just enjoy the fast action.

Strategy games always will be number one genre for me but from time to time I really like to relax and chill out with games like X-COM: Enforcer.

Considered by many to be the worst of the X-COM games (I don't think it's as bad as X-COM Interceptor!), I don't really consider it part of the series at all. When you look at it on its own, I don't mind it as a fun FPS. Heaps of different upgradeable weapons, with other upgradeable stats and pickups available, the difficulty can be ramped up to make it more challenging. Alright if you can get over your angst at how they ruined the X-COM franchise