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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

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In The Bureau: XCOM Declassified as agent Carter, call the shots, pull the trigger and lead your squad in a gripping third-person tactical shooter set within a covert war to protect humanity from an otherworldly enemy.
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About The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

About this game

The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism. As agent Carter, call the shots, pull the trigger and lead your squad in a gripping third-person tactical shooter set within a covert war to protect humanity from an otherworldly enemy.

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
August 22, 2013
Developer:
2K Marin
Publisher:
2K Games
Rating:
ESRB rating of 17
PEGI rating of 16
Franchise:
XCOM
Features:
Steam Achievements
Full controller support

Steam Trading Cards

Steam Cloud

Singleplayer

Product Requirements

Requires a Steam account

MINIMUM
OS: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 12 GB free
Video Card: DirectX9 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT /
Video Card Memory: 512 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

RECOMMENDED
OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit
Processor: Quad Core Processor
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 12 GB free
Video Card: DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 6950 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
Video Card Memory: 1024 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

NOTE: Incompatible with Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics

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0.88% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!

Difficulty Statistics

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Simple
0.68%
Easy
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Just Right
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Unforgiving
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Relax & enjoy! 65.99%  of players consider this game to be Just Right

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14.21%
Played It
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5.58%
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Completionist! 20.81%  of players have Conquered It

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Not Recommended

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- This review was made based on my experience playing on a Ryzen 5 3600, 16GBs of ram and a GTX 1650, be mindful that my experience can differ from yours depending on the hardware. - The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (TBXD) is a third person shooter that borrows some elements of tactical strategy from the classic Xcom games. I would like to make clear that this game is a third person shooter first and a Xcom game later. If you want something similar to Xcom: Enemy Unknown or Xcom 2 this is not the game for you. TBXD is a prequel to the new games and it explains who created the Xcom program back in the 60’s. The main character is an agent from the CIA called “Carter” and all I can tell about him for now is that he is a “classic protagonist” from the early 2010s … I would elaborate more of this later on. **Questions you might have if you're interested in playing it:** *What is it exactly that you do in the game?* It’s a third person shooter from the early 2010’s: so you can take cover, shoot aliens and carry only 2 weapons at once. There is also an element of strategy and squad gameplay that lets you select 2 more NPCs and give them orders to complete the missions that the game presents you. There is a bit of base management and crew management that awards you useful stuff to make you live easier. But nothing at the level of Xcom 1 and 2. *Will it make my eyes bleed?* For a 2013’s game it looks mostly great. The textures and the look are a bit outdated. The models are fine, nothing mind blowing for modern standards but I love how decent the lip sync for the time. The levels are where the game really shines, the lighting and the details are great, even today I really like them. Also the cinematics are pixelated, I don’t know in what resolution they were recorded, but at 1080 they are full of artifacts and missing pixels. Overall it is a decent looking game. *Does it have a good story?* This is going to be a controversial take, but I think that If you don’t take this game seriously and think about the story and characters as something from an old pulpy comic or a B-movie. You will enjoy yourself. The thing is that this game goes places, near the end it jumps the alien shark. I can understand someone that hates this story, especially with how “gritty” and “dark” it tries to be, but for me the game tries so hard that it is funny. *Does it have a good soundtrack?* No… It’s comically bad. Not sure if the composer went for this tone, but it really feels like...
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Frequently Asked Questions

Available DLCs for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified include The Bureau XCOM Declassified Codebreakers, The Bureau XCOM Declassified Laser Pistol, and Hangar 6 R&D DLC
Somewhere in the middle. 13% of GameFAQs users said The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is Simple or Easy. 66% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 21% of GameFAQs users said The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is Tough or Unforgiving.
According to ESRB, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is suitable for players aged 17 and above.
Yes, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is Steam Deck Verified. Valve’s testing indicates that The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is Verified on Steam Deck. This game is fully functional on Steam Deck, and works great with the built-in controls and display.
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck

Requires a Steam account

MINIMUM
OS: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 12 GB free
Video Card: DirectX9 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT /
Video Card Memory: 512 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

RECOMMENDED
OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit
Processor: Quad Core Processor
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 12 GB free
Video Card: DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 6950 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
Video Card Memory: 1024 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

NOTE: Incompatible with Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics

The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 18 hours. 88% of users played The Bureau: XCOM Declassified for over 12 hours.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified was released on August 22, 2013
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is published by 2K Games
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified was developed by 2K Marin

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