UFO Aftershock - Altar Interactive

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Product Features

• Fight to reclaim earth in this exciting sequel to UFO: Aftermath
• Global strategy and small-scale tactical missions intertwine
• New amazing technologies and items to be researched and developed
• New enemies and allies; resource and base management in the strategic game
• Improved SAS and RPG systems in the tactical game; strong story

Product Details

• Our recommended age: 12 - 20 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 0 months and up
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BYR42C
• Item Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 25, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,735 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
The year is 2054. Fifty years ago, something terrible happened and the surface of Earth became uninhabitable. The remnants of humankind escaped to an immense flying island, the Laputa. However a revolt against increasingly rigid and corrupt human leadership of the island escalated into a conflict that eventually destroyed it. The survivors of the survivors flee once again. Can they reclaim the Earth from the unknown forces now holding her in their grasp?

Features:

• Global strategy and small-scale tactical missions intertwined
• Sequel to the successful UFO: Aftermath
• New amazing technologies and items to be researched and developed
• New enemies and allies
• Resource and base management in the strategic game
• Improved SAS and RPG systems in the tactical game
• Strong story
• And many other new features

Product Description
UFO: Aftershock is an exciting turn based tactical strategy game where you'll lead the advance as human soldiers fight to reclaim their homeworld. An alien race called the Reticulans used Earth to conduct an experiment that left her unable to support human life. Fifty years later, humans are moving to take back their world -- whether the Reticulans like it or not.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great game, October 6, 2006

By	infael "infael" (CO) - See all my reviews

Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

Even though Aftershock was created in the X-com vein, it's not an X-com game and as thus, should not be compared to X-com.

Instead of talking about what was good, I'll just discuss the bad things which is a much smaller list.

The game introduces resource management, which can be really difficult. I would strongly recommend going to www.strategycore.co.uk and reading the resource management FAQ. Read all the Aftershock FAQs as well, to enhance game enjoyment.

The game is actually too long. Near the end, I pretty much stopped using strategy and just swept the mission area, killing and healing as I went. :)

Sure, there are bugs. Nothing is perfect. There are also workarounds. I finished the game long ago so I do not remember what the latest patch number is. Again, those FAQs and reading the strategycore forums will help you alot.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Played the Demo (overseas demo), November 28, 2005

By	J. D. worth (Sioux Falls, S. D. , USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

<<Update at the bottom.>>
...and this game SO reminds me of a current-technology update of the favorite X-Com that this game is derived from.

This game has evolved from it's previous incarnations. Better tech, Diplomacy, Research and Manufacturing. Multiple bases and Character advancement for each of your squadmembers.

I encourage you to download the demo before buying the game if you have broadband, it is worth the look. I actually didn't like the previous UFO game, and didn't play it 30 minutes. This demo sold me to this game.

(The average rating is because I have yet to play the WHOLE game in all it's complexity.)

JW

<Update>
The games pirate protection may cause your PC to blue screen at times. The blue screen will happen whether you are playing or not. I finally had to ditch the game - uninstall it completely. I only got 5 missions into the game. Good game - bad protection.
bummer.

JW

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Game, lots of bugs, bad experience , August 18, 2006

By	D. Kells - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This would be a fantastic game if the developers actually worked out the bugs. To date they have not, even with a 1.2 patch.

The turn based strategy game had me hooked for months until I reached a point in the game where one of the many glitches meant I was unable to complete the mission. Upon reading associated forums, I could fix this problem if I restarted an earlier saved mission (2 solid weeks worth) or emailed the saved game to the developers. I have been waiting two weeks for this 'fixed' save game to be sent back. Really annoyed, by all accounts I was just one piece of research away from finishing. I have no faith in this software developer and consequently will never buy one of their products again.