With XCOM 2, you are humanity's last stand, again, after the first last stand
against alien invasion forces failed.
Not exact matches
In these films, the world has usually turned
against humanity in some way — a zombie apocalypse, an
alien invasion, or simply the indomitability of nature itself — and the relative resourcefulness of characters who were previously reliant on now - absent tools or technologies provide the major dramatic beats as outside
forces close in, driving these characters into action.
The saga centres on a planetary defence
force which fights back
against alien invasion by setting up bases on the extra-terrestrials» home world, using a wormhole over Antarctica.
But few titles have had gameplay mechanics that convey heroism better than X-Com: UFO Defense (aka UFO: Enemy Unknown), the 1994 strategy game from Microprose where you led a multinational
force — soldiers, scientists, pilots and purchasing officers —
against an
alien invasion.