Critics Consensus: The Bureau:XCOM Declassified

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the new XCOM reboot sequel sort of thing! It's complicated.

XCOM was originally a reboot to the acclaimed 90's action series and 2K wanted it to be a first person shooter. Then delays and troubles arose and with Electronic Art's Syndicate not selling well (it was also a 90's strategy hit rebooted into an FPS) 2K turned XCOM back into a strategy game. It worked well and became one of the most respected titles of 2012. Well now 2K is trying to dip XCOM into the third person shooter genre. But one quick mistake and this could easily fail.
Well The Bureau is not a bad game because 2K Marin always tries hard as seen with Enemy Unknown but what went wrong? The Bureau has a 68 on Metacritic. Even IGN gave it a 5.5 and they typically give everything a high score. The problem is The Bureau's gameplay mechanics don't always work and sometimes can be really clunky and generic. However as VideoGamerTV said XCOM is lots of fun with friends and the plot is intruiging.
Overall only get this if you want to.
The Bureau:XCOM Declassified is rated M.