UFO: Aftershock
UFO: Aftershock is the second 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: Aftershock is a real time strategy (rts) developed by ALTAR Games, released 21 October 2005 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $0.79 at GOG.
What UFO: Aftershock is
UFO: Aftershock is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by ALTAR Games and released in 2005. It was published by Fulqrum Publishing. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After the life support system on the Laputa (orbital space station/city) fails, the peoples of the Laputa revolt against the Human Council, and an armed conflict ensues. As a result, the Laputa's engines explode and the city is destroyed, killing almost everyone on it. The few survivors escape in space shuttles and find another deserted Laputa in space. This Laputa is equipped with a landing pod to Earth, rumored to be long lost. Now you lead the remaining survivors of the Laputa and re-establish contact with Earth and the mysteries within.
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: Aftershock holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium® III or AMD® Athlon 1GHz, 512 MB RAM and nVidia® GeForceTM 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. 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 $0.79 at GOG, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
UFO: Aftershock launched on 21 October 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005). All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005).
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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