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First The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Review Leaks and It’s Not Pretty

August 19, 2013 5:00 PM

Why does it seem that every game that I have even the slightest of hopes for gets mixed to poor reviews from the critics. For the last few months, I’ve been keeping tabs on the rechristened XCOM shooter now called The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.

Well, the review embargo is reportedly 9:00 PM tonight but that doesn’t mean that we haven’t had a review leak as is befitting of a game whose premise involves classified US government documents.

Destructoid’s Jim Sterling’s review of the game was the first to leak and it’s not looking good for XCOM fans.

While the review wasn’t online for long, a Reddit user was able to post an image of the whole review which we have below for your perusal.

Before reading, remember that this is just one review. Don’t panic yet. It may still turn out good despite some worrying critiques about the gameplay and story. However, given my track record with hyping games, I’m not holding my breath.