XCOM: Enemy Unknown Walkthrough Xcom: Enemy Unknown

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Walkthrough - XCOM Enemy-Unknown 0

Welcome to Portforward's guide to Xcom: Enemy Unknown. As this game features a non-linear path progression system, I'll be going over the basics and how to have the biggest chance of beating this game.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Walkthrough - XCOM Enemy-Unknown 1

Before starting, I'd suggest to spend a minute or two in the options menu and turn on at least autosaving which is turned off by default. If things go haywire, you can pick up the pieces.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Walkthrough - XCOM Enemy-Unknown 2

After that, choose a difficulty and get started.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Walkthrough - XCOM Enemy-Unknown 3

When you are done with the cutscenes, you'll be prompted to choose a starting location for your base. It will be a continental thing and every location will have their own kind of advantage. In North America, you control the air.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Walkthrough - XCOM Enemy-Unknown 4

In Europe, you pioneer and maintain both research and engineering efforts.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Walkthrough - XCOM Enemy-Unknown 5

In Asia, you execute various infantry reforms at half the price.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Walkthrough - XCOM Enemy-Unknown 6

In South America, you dissect and interrogate captured aliens instantly.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Walkthrough - XCOM Enemy-Unknown 7

In Africa, you get a flat 30%+ more monthly income.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Walkthrough - XCOM Enemy-Unknown 8

For this guide, we'll be going with Africa's income increase as money is gold in this game and It's the most flexible resource material you could ever have.

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