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X-COM Enforcer

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Game Info

Publisher: Hasbro Interactive

Developer: Microprose

Genre(s): Action

Players: 16

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: April 17, 2001

Summary

Microprose has abandoned the suspenseful, tactical combat inherent in the previous installments of the "X-COM" series in favor of a pure, straightforward arcade action format with more than 30 levels of non-stop shooting from a third-person perspective.

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What The Critics Said

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Game Over Online

The levels are short and there are lots of them (about 40 total, not counting bonus levels), the weapons are varied as are the aliens, the locales are well-drawn and fun, and the screen is almost continually packed with stuff dying. What more could you want in escapist arcade entertainment?

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Happy Puppy

Fun as hell to play.

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IGN

While the game does have its sophisticated side, it's pretty much nonstop action. There are a few games on my hard drive that are perfect for when I've only got fifteen minutes to kill and Enforcer is right at the top of the list.

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Armchair Empire

A great fast-paced action (but repetitive) game that pays homage to a number of arcade games and will probably show up on the console side of the industry.

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GamePower

Though not as groundbreaking as the original X-COM was when it first appeared, Enforcer is a damn fun romp, nevertheless.

GameSpy

Although it's not a perfect game by any means (I don't think we've found one yet), it's old-skool fun at its best. Lock and load baby -- it's time to save humanity one more time.

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Gamer's Pulse

The voice acting is pure camp. The sad thing is that the camp gets old real fast and I was ready to ‘enforce’ that twit long before the game was over.

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ActionTrip

What it lacks in variety, it tries to make up in quantity. Speaking of quantity, I've already mentioned that you'll meet gazillions of enemies along the way.

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Adrenaline Vault

Despite a few small design quirks, this is one release I found I just could not stop playing from the moment it was installed on my hard drive. I heartily recommend it to all of you who want an adrenaline rush of the highest order.

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GameSpot

It's as mindless of a shooter as they come, and you can't help but be disappointed at the thought of this, in light of the series' roots as a mentally stimulating strategy game.

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PC Gamer

If you can turn off your brain, Enforcer can be fun for 20-minute sessions. [July 2001, p.73]

Yahoo! Games

A seriously retro-minded and generally uninspired project.

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Computer Games Magazine

All the complexity and depth of a frying pan.

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Daily Radar

In a repetitive mind numbing kill-a-thon manner, it's a good time. Is it a $30 (120 quarters) good time? No.

Game Revolution

This might be a good example of what some teenager could do with the Unreal engine, a Commodore 64 and 2 sticks of chewing gum, but it's a poor example of a good game.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

VegitarianZombie gave it an8:
Different from other X-Com games, so if you dont like it, still try the other ones. Although probably not worth the price when it came out, now that you can buy it on steam for less than 5 bucks or part of the entire package for 15 (actually as I right this there is a special for only 2$) it is definatly worth it.

Yervant B gave it a10:
A thousand words cant explain the fun I have had the 6 times I have beaten this game. Although the game doesn't really compete with todays standards, back when it came out, it was hard to quit. Any game that makes me want to go back in time deserves a 10.

Gordon S gave it a6:
Mindless fun but certainly tarnish on the X-Com name. Pretty random (ex. Collect letters to spell BONUS ala Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and dive into a boxing ring with two muton while data points spring from no where like a fountain) Reminded me of Doom - kill bad guys, get through level, receive mission score, rinse and repeat. Went into it not expecting much and was not disappointed.

Vince F. gave it a 10:
Good game

Billy boshback gave it a 9:
Whoah, x-com in full 3-d action.

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