iPad Games like XCOM?

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  1. Avatre

    Avatre Well-Known Member

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    #1 Avatre, Jul 19, 2013
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    I've just bought XCOM for the PC on the Steam sale, having never played that type of game before, and found I really like it. I know XCOM is on the iPad but the price is a bit steep at the minute, especially after said sale. I was hoping there might be other games like it on the iPad?

    I was looking at War of the Zombie but from what I can see that's extremely buggy and quite broken at the minute?

    Just gonna edit this and add a request for any games like Heroes of Might and Magic too? Discovered Eador: Masters of the Broken World on the Steam sale too and really like that.
     
  2. Pocketnova

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    I heard Breach and Clear was Xcom like, it's a tenth of the price as well. ;)
     
  3. Avatre

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    I have looked at that but put off by the '15 missions' and also thought it might require too much thinking before even starting as I believe you have to choose where to enter etc.
     
  4. Pocketnova

    Pocketnova Well-Known Member

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    True. I'll have to think about more games.
     
  5. undeadcow

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    Here are some quality turn based strategy games like X-com (but many with a different setting) to consider: Kingturn, Tactical Soldier: Undead Rising, Aliens Versus Humans, Partia, Mysterious Castle, iWesnoth, World to Conquer, Tactical Warrior, etc. I think most of those are Universal optimized to iPad, but some may not be.

    The closest thing to Heroes of Might and Magic on iOS is Palm Kingdoms 2.
     
  6. Exact-Psience

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    Well, nothing quite like XCOM because that is currently on top of its class, but here are some turn-based strategy RPGs you might be interested in (what i can remember):

    War of Eustrath
    Warhammer Quest
    Hunters 1 & 2
    Ravenmark
    Tactical Soldier - Undead Rising
    Final Fantasy Tactics
    Spectral Souls
    Blazing Souls Accelate
    Great Big War Game
    Rogue Planet
     
  7. Alister

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    Wait for the release of Shadowrun Returns...I have a feeling it wil be x-com's rival..I based this on the potential I saw from its trailer,just hope its does't disappoint..

    Hopefully it drops by next week,just heard it was submitted for review...
     
  8. Oceraux

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    LOL on every thread I see that is like this, Exact-Psience is always there! Exact-Psience knows everything (except my secrets)
     
  9. quangvietnguyen

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    +1 to this
     
  10. MidianGTX

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    Frozen Synapse differs a little, as it's not exactly turn-based, but as far as being an excellent strategy game goes, it's right there next to X-Com.
     
  11. Mene

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    Aliens vs Humans

    This is better than Xcom!!! Its a copy of the ORIGINAL Xcom game (UFO:Enemy Unknown)

    Its a great game, ignore the graphics.
     
  12. Avatre

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    I've been looking at that a lot. I like the sound of it and it seems a lot of work has gone into it since the release, but it's difficult to gauge reactions because of that. I'm worried it'll be too difficult for me though as the new XCOM is challenging and apparently dumbed down from the original.
     
  13. aliensvshumans

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    Get Aliens versus Humans: Missions. The first 5 missions are free. Classic PvP is free. Give it a try. It is <32MB to download.

    Al(ien)
     

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