UFO: Aftermath (Windows)

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Description

In the year 2004, Earth is suddenly overcome by "spores" launching from an alien mothership. Slowly blocking earth from the sun, in only a week it rains down biological death on the earth... killing most of humanity and larger life forms.

Since then, the few survivors of mankind have sought out each other, and by 2005, enough humanity has joined together to make a stand. Calling themselves the Council of Earth, and working secretly in hidden bases, they must research, recruit and train to the ultimate goal of shooting down UFOs, engaging aliens in combat and reclaiming the Earth from their oppressors and the mutated biology.

This game is VERY similar to the cult favorite, X-Com but with a post-apocalyptic War of the Worlds (or perhaps "V: The miniseries") feel to it. Much of the game takes place on the world map where you choose which missions to attend to, where to build new bases (and what type) and your overall sphere of influence. Additionally, you control Research & Development and current equipment for your squad.

On the 3D map of each "area" however, the game is real-time strategy that pauses to allow you to give orders to your forces. In fact, at the end of queued actions or whenever something 'signifigant' is noticed, the game stops allowing you to put together a strategy. Just as in X-Com, these areas are limited in size, and visibility. However objectives vary.. killing all enemies is not always the purpose of a mission. Soldier development is also fairly detailed. The skills your squad uses out in the field they will get better at (they gain experience individually). Additionally when they reach certain prerequisites in their base stats, they can train to get better at certain skills, including Soldier, Medic, Scientist and others.

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Alternate Titles

• "UFO: Нашествие" -- Russian spelling
• "UFO: Kolejne Starcie" -- Polish title
• "UFO:AM" -- Common abbreviation
• "The Dreamland Chronicles: Freedom Ridge" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Squad management
• Middleware: Bink Video
• UFO series

User Reviews

An attempt on reviving a classic ... sadly a failed one	Cadorna (222)	unrated
XCOM meets Abomination meets Jagged Alliance 2	P Ray (8)
Worst Encounter	Terrence Bosky (5458)
Great tactical game: I got hooked at once	Robert Seagrove (7)
Tactical combat freaks will enjoy this game	Tommy Wood (39)
Nice try	Cabeza2000 (810)
Slightly disappointing, but a good start	Andreas SJ (22)
"I played XCOM. You're no XCOM." Nice try, though.	weregamer (169)

Critic Reviews

GamingXP	Oct 19, 2003	87 out of 100	87
GameZone	Oct 10, 2003	8.5 out of 10	85
Gamesmania.de	Oct 23, 2003	79 out of 100	79
IGN	Oct 13, 2003	7.5 out of 10	75
PC Action (Germany)	Oct, 2003	74 out of 100	74
Netjak	Nov 28, 2003	7.3 out of 10	73
Gameswelt	Dec 01, 2003	70 out of 100	70
Jeux Vidéo Magazine	Oct, 2003	13 out of 20	65
Computer Active	Nov 27, 2003		60
Génération 4	Oct, 2003	35 out of 100	35

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Trivia

The way the title is revealed on the screen echoes 1951's The Thing From Another World (and Carpenter's 1982 remake, The Thing).

Related Web Sites

• UFO: Aftermath (official website)
• IGCD Internet Game Cars Database (Game page on IGCD, a database that tries to archive vehicles found in video games.)
• UFO: AM > HQ (Official website)