The twist - and it could’ve been a good one - is that this time around the aliens have traded in their UFOs for submarines and are attacking us from the world’s oceans. You’re back in command of the Extraterrestrial Combat Unit, once again defending the earth from alien invaders. Some fans loved it, some hated it, but no one thought it superseded its predecessor. Gameplay-wise it was nearly identical to the first game (even including underwater… grenades?), albeit larger and, according to some, more difficult. The sequel, Terror from the Deep, was set some decades after the first and took place mostly underwater or in coastal locales. The first X-COM game, UFO Defense, occurred on land. Despite the underwater shift, Terror feels more like a skin graft.
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