UFO: Afterlight
UFO: Afterlight is the third in a three-game squad-based tactical strategy-RPG series clearly inspired by the original X-COM games, with similar themes and gameplay, but with its own post-apocalyptic horror…
UFO: Afterlight is a real time strategy (rts) developed by ALTAR Games, released 1 December 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.39 at GOG.
What UFO: Afterlight is
UFO: Afterlight is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by ALTAR Games and released in 2006. It was published by Bohemia Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story is situated on Mars. It starts where UFO: Aftermath left off and runs simultaneously with UFO: Aftershock. While the Laputans on Earth are fighting Wargots and Starghosts and finding out what caused the destruction of their home planet, a small colony on Mars is trying to survive and flourish. The player will gain more details about the activities of intergalactic organisms, called Myrmecols, in the solar system. The scientific research and communication with different factions on the Earth gives him a different perspective on the events of the two previous sequels. In UFO: Afterlight, the players will meet with brand new technologies, unusual environment and enemies both old and…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
UFO: Afterlight holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium® III or AMD® Athlon - 1GHz, 512 MB RAM and nVidia® GeForce™ 5700 or ATI Radeon® 9500 *. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.39 at GOG, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
UFO: Afterlight launched on 1 December 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Medieval II: Total War, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Wii Sports. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Medieval II: Total War, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for UFO: Afterlight yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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