XCOM: Enemy Unknown 2012

Is it still worth playing?

Firaxis Games' 2012 turn based tactics game for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, a reimagining of the 1994 UFO: Enemy Unknown. You command the multinational force XCOM against an alien invasion in an alternate history 2015. Missions send a squad of one to six soldiers or robots onto handcrafted maps with randomly placed enemies, fog of war, cover that can be destroyed and limited action points. Each shot shows its hit chance, cover reduces it, and four classes are assigned at random, with promotions, perks, some psychic powers and permadeath. At the base you build, manufacture, research and interrogate or dissect captured aliens, while the Geoscape tracks the panic of 16 nations, and a nation that leaves never rejoins. Visible hit chances and a strategic layer where every choice costs something elsewhere still keep each decision a readable risk today.