X-COM Apocalypse: The Official Strategy Guide (Secrets of the Games Series) [Paperback]

Dave Ellis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 26, 1997 | Series: Secrets of the Games Series

So you?ve been promoted to Commander of the X-COM force, now what? You?ll have to gather information on alien technology, create a strong base of operations, and defeat the alien incursion—you need this book! With X-COM Apocalypse: The Official Strategy Guide, you get:

• Tips on navigating and surviving the unfriendly skies of Mega-Primus
• Proven research strategies
• Statistics and descriptions of the alien invaders
• Battlefield strategies for achieving tactical superiority
• Inside information on the buildings and structures of the insidious aliens

About the Author

David Ellis is a game designer at MicroProse Software, Inc. and author of several titles, including the official guides for X-COM: Terror From the Deep, Sid Meier?s Civilization II, and Master or Orion II: Battle at Antares (with John Possidente), all from Prima.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Do You Want to Kick Some Serious Alien Butt?

If You Want to Win, You Need This Guide!

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games (August 26, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761502777
• ISBN-13: 978-0761502777
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #972,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have it you want to fully enjoy the pc game, January 23, 2000

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wayne burris (Louisiana, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-COM Apocalypse: The Official Strategy Guide (Secrets of the Games Series) (Paperback)

This book is a great help when playing the game. There are detailed breakdowns for each weapon, alien, and human enemy. The section on research is crucial if you want to maximize the work of your research team. X-com Apocolypse rocks and having this book makes it that much cooler. I don't suggest you get this book untill AFTER you have already played through the game at least once though, you don't want to spoil it!

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but could of been better., July 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: X-COM Apocalypse: The Official Strategy Guide (Secrets of the Games Series) (Paperback)

The offical Strategy guide is very helpful, the states on weapons and saliens is particularly help ful. However since the actually combat stages change each time your in them it's help on the missions is severly lacking. The help on bases is also somewhat useless as it's very expensive to build one from scratch, and it's almost imposible to redo the orignal one.