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Is UFO2: Extraterrestrials worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want both global decisions and turn-based squad missions
- RPG fans who want soldiers’ statistics to improve through experience
- Players seeking tactical combat with destructible terrain and air combat
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want purely real-time tactical battles may bounce off the alternating-turn squad system.
- Players seeking a narrow combat game may hit a wall when global strategy, air combat, development, interrogation, and tactical missions are combined.
- Players looking for a puzzle, party, or stealth game may find its strategy-and-RPG structure mismatched.
Our take on UFO2: Extraterrestrials
The bounce point is the shift between systems: players must engage with global strategy, air combat, development, interrogation, and alternating-turn missions. Those seeking one focused combat mode may hit a wall when the game moves between these layers.
What is UFO2: Extraterrestrials?
UFO2: Extraterrestrials combines real-time global strategy and air combat with turn-based tactical missions.
Its squad battles use an alternating-turn structure, with each side acting in sequence. Missions take place in interactive environments where terrain can be destroyed. Players can develop technologies, weapons, and combat units, while interrogating a large number of aliens. Soldiers gain improved statistics through experience, adding RPG elements to the tactical gameplay. Dynamic lighting features during firefights, and the game includes many aliens, weapons, technologies, and combat units within its strategy and combat systems.
How UFO2: Extraterrestrials plays
- 01Global Strategy Layer
- The game joins real-time global strategy with air combat and separate tactical missions.
- 02Alternating Squad Turns
- Tactical encounters use an order in which opposing sides act one after another.
- 03Destructible Battlefields
- Mission environments contain terrain that can be destroyed during combat.
- 04Soldier Experience
- Soldiers’ statistics improve as they gain experience.
- 05Military Development
- Technologies, weapons, and combat units can be developed.
- 06Alien Interrogation
- The game includes a large number of aliens to interrogate.
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UFO2: Extraterrestrials: platforms & release
Is UFO2: Extraterrestrials worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want both global decisions and turn-based squad missions. Skip it if: players who want purely real-time tactical battles may bounce off the alternating-turn squad system.
Where can I download UFO2: Extraterrestrials?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens UFO2: Extraterrestrials's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is UFO2: Extraterrestrials on?
Windows only.
