Design Thoughts - XCOM Enemy Unknown

This is good. Why? This makes you not only be afraid to lose your soldier in battle but also be more careful with him since if he's baddly injured he might not make to the next mission and you might just need him. Improvements: None, this works like a charm.

This is bad. Why? The game gave few options to customize your characters. Few hairs, few bodies, few voices. If you're giving the option of customization then it better be plenty. Solutions: More voices or giving the option to make it sound older/younger. Option to change body size. It's weird every man/woman having the same body build/height.

This is good. Why? The fact that (most) missions are on random maps make you stay on your toes and never underestimate the enemy. Improvements: None I can think of.

This is bad. Why? If being able to change a soldier race's make sense, then why not his country? I don't see why the constrain is there. Solutions: Simple, give the option to change the country. I think it's important because people might want to choose someone from a certain country that hasn't shown up yet for you. So again, options.

This is good. Why? It makes sense. If they are this super advanced race why not they have better weapons and technology? So it's great to see that in game you're always trying to learn the aliens technology as trying to caught up to them. Improvements: None.

This is bad. Why? You kinda know how far the gun will be able to reach after a while but every once in a while you'll will fail at it and put someone in a bad position for no reason. Solutions: Add an indicator of how far that equipped gun can reach.

This is good. Why? Again, it makes sense. The game defines it's world rules and keeps true to that. So shooting rocket launchers or throwing grenades will blow stuff near it and destroy someone's cover. Improvement: None.

This is bad. Why? This was one of the biggest issues with me. I mean, at most times it makes sense the hit change but others it's just ridiculous. You can be very close to an enemy and still be something like 80% when there's nothing visual between the two. At the end of the game it shows that the average hit percentage is about 60~70%. That's too low and just slows down the game making it depend on luck too much. Solutions: Increase the hit percentage base by 10~15% or so to see if the works better. Rework hit mechanic.

This is good. Why? While in most games missing is just a difference of not hitting the enemy here there's more at stake. If you try to shoot someone near a car and miss it you might hit the car and that will make him explode. That adds more strategy to it since taking a shot requires to take that in consideration at times. Improvements: None.

This is bad. Why? I think this was made intentional so as to make overwatch not so overpowered, but still. Solutions: Make each soldier take a shot in a order, not at the same time, so if the enemy dies he'll shot the next one instead of shoot a already dead enemy.

This is bad. Why? After a few missions and few like a pro sending your troop to raid UFOs the tension just drops a bit and you want to get it done faster. Solutions: Add option to make the game play 2x, 3x faster so everything happens faster. Add option to skip enemy turn so you don't have to see him move it's troops and attack you.