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Well I wanted it I got it Xcom the Bureau & Heavy Rain


On 07/18/2014 at 07:50 PM by leeradical42

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So like a dumb ass a while back I traded a bunch of games for a hard to find NIS game but in the process I traded games I wish I hadnt I mean im glad I got to get Cross Edge in mint condition I really miss some games I started but never got far into them, so in my last blog I mentioned I wish I had Xcom the Bureau so today I found Xcom and Heavy Rain and couldnt resist.

Remember in 2010 when publisher 2K Games announced its contribution to the traditionally strategy-focused XCOM franchise? And that it was a first-person shooter? And then everyone lost their minds because that was one of the most baffling genre shifts possible?


The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is not that game.

This title from developer 2K Marin, which takes players back to 1962 and the founding of the top-secret alien-busting XCOM organization. It ditches the series’ usual overhead view and turn-based tactics in favor of a more action-centric cover-based shooter with squad management and strategic elements. Other than the fact that you’re still fighting aliens, and a little shield icon indicates cover, The Bureau strays pretty far from the well-tested and beloved XCOM formula.

So I started Heavy Rain awhile back and although the controls are whacked I still wanted it so I got it today as well.

The Director’s Cut will include the full original game as well as that one and only DLC, behind-the-scenes game videos, the original soundtrack and a lot more. 

 

Complete, original game, Heavy RainHeavy Rain Chronicles: Episode 1 – The Taxidermist DLCHeavy Rain Original Videogame Score by award-winning film and television composer, Normand Corbeil (16 tracks)New front-end menu and interface with built-in Move supportA series of 8 “Making of” Bonus VideosThree Dynamic Themes (Heavy Rain, Heavy Rain ARI Forest, Heavy Rain ARI Mars)15 additional pieces of new concept art2 bonus Trailers.

Like I said the controls are odd but the game is awesome and im excited to get these two again and by the way I had the 360 version of the Bureau but got the ps3 version late!! =-)


 

Comments

Matt Snee Staff Writer

07/18/2014 at 07:53 PM

i liked HEavy Rain quite a bit.  it was unusual.  

leeradical42

07/20/2014 at 08:53 AM

Everyone told me about it so I had to get it and will start it after xcom of course. Tongue Out

xDarthKiLLx

07/18/2014 at 08:43 PM

I hated The Bureau...bout as far from XCOM as you can get.   I hope you have a better time with it than I did Lee!  I never got to play Heavy Rain. Any good?

leeradical42

07/20/2014 at 08:52 AM

Alot of people didnt like it for that reason but once you learn that its Xcom zoomed in you can apreciate what they did here.

BrokenH

07/19/2014 at 03:51 AM

Still want to get into Xcom myself. I'm usually not the greatest at real time strategy games but I really love the sci-fi/X-files/conspiracy theory/Independence day vibe that permeates the whole series.

xDarthKiLLx

07/19/2014 at 05:52 AM

Its pretty fun. I sucked at it....but it was fun

leeradical42

07/20/2014 at 08:49 AM

Xcom is a turn based strategy game not a rts and once you figure out how to play its like crack lol!!! Not that I know anything about crack lol!!Tongue Out

jgusw

07/19/2014 at 08:33 AM

I bought Heavy Rain awhile back.  I still hadn't played it.  

leeradical42

07/20/2014 at 08:48 AM

The controls are weird as hell once I start playing it I will figure it out but for now its Xcom lol!!

KnightDriver

07/20/2014 at 02:16 AM

I remember when the Bureau was first talked about. I thought it was going to be an open-world 3rd person shooter like Destroy All Humans! and got all excited. Nope.

leeradical42

07/20/2014 at 08:46 AM

It's a fps version of Xcom Enemy Within or unknown just zoomed in to a first person perspective and thats why I like it and im having a blast with it I might add.

xDarthKiLLx

07/20/2014 at 10:59 AM

The Bureau is 3rd person,  if I remember correctly. ...?

leeradical42

07/20/2014 at 03:20 PM

Yes you are correct duuuur not sure why I said fps lol!!!!Tongue Out

KnightDriver

07/21/2014 at 12:33 AM

I might try Bureau sometime, but I still haven't got to XCOM EW.

leeradical42

07/22/2014 at 11:55 AM

You know its funny cause im not a big sci fi fan I mean Mass Effect was ok and I need to get DarkStar One again but short of that im not into it but Xcom im obsessed with so go figure probably because that was what I played mostly when it first came out in the 90s.

goaztecs

07/23/2014 at 04:14 PM

At some point I will play Heavy Rain. I bought that version I think a year ago, and just never got around to playing it. At this rate, the games I bought over the past couple of months I won't play for another year. 

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