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Product Identifiers
PublisherDK Games
ISBN-100744013909
ISBN-139780744013900
eBay Product ID (ePID)128302381
Product Key Features
Book TitleXcom : Enemy Unknown
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicVideo & Electronic
Publication Year2012
IllustratorYes
GenreGames & Activities
AuthorBradygames Staff
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight14.4 Oz
Item Length10.8 in
Item Width8.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2012-289505
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal793.9325369
SynopsisBradyGames' XCOM: Enemy Unknown Official Strategy Guide includes the following: Our Last Hope Earth is under siege. Only XCOM has a chance of preventing humanity's extinction. Confront this infestation wherever they threaten, research alien technologies, and defend your home. Mission Debriefing- Be prepared to tackle any mission the Council throws at you. We've built flexibility to adapt to any given mission into the walkthrough, because the XCOM story arc is randomly generated from event to event. Tactical Multiplayer - Build an effective fighting force with our squad creation tutorial, and then take that force online to challenge your opponent. Research Lab: Xenobiology Preparation is your best weapon. Our alien encyclopedia is tied into the other components of the research lab. It includes data and stats for the various life forms, from the sneaky Thin Man to the dangerous Cyberdiscs. Advanced Engineering Your ignorance is the alien's most potent weapon. Discover how technologies, aliens, and equipment are tied to equipment creation, ship advances, and base structures. All the information you need on every item and piece of equipment in the game is at your fingers. Weapon Manufacturing Weapons and armor suits are the keys to your survival. Outmanned and outgunned from the start, learn how to get the best weapons and armor without wasting money or time., BradyGames' XCOM: Enemy Unknown Official Strategy Guide includes the following: Our Last Hope Earth is under siege. Only XCOM has a chance of preventing humanity's extinction. Confront this infestation wherever they threaten, research alien technologies, and defend your home. Mission Debriefing- Be prepared to tackle any mission the Council throws at you. We've built flexibility to adapt to any given mission into the walkthrough, because the XCOM story arc is randomly generated from event to event. Tactical Multiplayer - Build an effective fighting force with our squad creation tutorial, and then take that force online to challenge your opponent. Research Lab: Xenobiology Preparation is your best weapon. Our alien encyclopedia is tied into the other components of the research lab. It includes data and stats for the various life forms, from the sneaky Thin Man to the dangerous Cyberdiscs. Advanced Engineering Your ignorance is the alien's most potent weapon. Discover how technologies, aliens, and equipment are tied to equipment creation, ship advances, and base structures. All the information you need on every item and piece of equipment in the game is at your fingers. Weapon Manufacturing Weapons and armor suits are the keys to your survival. Outmanned and outgunned from the start, learn how to get the best weapons and armor without wasting money or time. "
XCOM: Enemy Within is by no doubt a difficult game to get through. Keeping your research, facility, engineering, and armory up to speed is tough enough, but building your army and strategizing every move just so you can stay alive and in the good graces of the world powers is downright stressful.
This guide helps you gather your strategic planning and can guarantee that you will survive (maybe not your soldiers however) until the end of the game. It does a good job with meta game strategies and has a decent walkthrough.
Since XCOM's ground battle maps, scenarios, and enemies are randomly generated, there really can't be a fully comprehensive step-by-step guide for the game. If you like challenges, this could be considered a great thing about the game.
For what little detail they can get into, the guide does a good job of explaining the necessities of the game. The artwork is very nice, with full-page illustrations throughout.
Overall, this guide is pretty helpful, but given the rarity of the print and the current age of the game, this is definitely something to mainly have sitting proudly on your shelf next to your (also rare) C.I.B. Promotional XCOM game.