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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

2K Marin · Aug 20, 2013

PC · PS3 · Xbox 360

Mature

About

The year is 1962. JFK is President and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear – but a far more powerful and insidious enemy than communism is threatening America. Known only to a select few, a top-secret government unit only known as The Bureau begins investigating and concealing a series of mysterious attacks by an otherworldly enemy.

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Scores by platform

PC

Critic 6.6 (21 critics) · Gamer 6.6

6.8

PlayStation 3

Critic 6.7 (13 critics) · Gamer 7.7

7.2

Xbox 360

Critic 6.7 (12 critics) · Gamer 7.9

7.2

Critic reviews

  • Games Radar+

    Hollander Cooper · Oct 24, 2013

    6.0
    You'll find that you are either interested in the compelling story but bored with the lackluster gameplay, or enamored with the thrilling gameplay and tired of the muddled story. Most of the pieces for an interesting, compelling experience are there, but they simply never come together to create a memorable affair.
  • USGamer

    Matt Cabral · Sep 09, 2013

    7.0
    The Bureau isn’t nearly as good as Enemy Unknown. Muddle through that initial disappointment though, and you’ll discover a fun third-person shooter/strategy hybrid that, while flawed, refreshingly taxes the brain cells and trigger finger in equal measure.

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Gamer reviews

  • Stealthp1ayer

    Feb 9, 2021 · PC

    5.4

    Reminds me a bit of Mass Effect series but a lot less interesting. The story is pretty straightforward which is to take out the aliens and not much else. Enemies are a bit challenging and other than guns and the various abilities you can use to deal with enemies there's not much else to talk about.

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