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 XCOM: Terror from the Deep is basically the same game as XCOM: Enemy Unknown, only much harder and with different graphics and assets. They clearly didn't want to mess with a winning formula when they made the sequel. But, like, it's really hard. I very seldom survive past my first few missions before giving in up frustration.

And yet... I prefer it. It's better, somehow. The underwater aspect, starting with those retro diving suits that your aquanauts wear into battle, the coral reefs and cthulu-esque monsters... I guess I've always liked the aesthetic of nautical horror, with the ships and the mysterious depths and all that.

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