What is the most X-comy part about X-com (and TftD)? For me it's the suspense of scuitong out the battlescape and the suspense after hitting the end turn button. There is not one mission in all of the two games (I never played the other sequels) that highlights this as much as the ship missions! I loved them.Oh, and try this for a end-of-a-shitty-day-stress-reliefer: Have a special save game always waiting and never saved over with a troop ship full of soldiers only equiped with the blasterbomb equivelant (can't remember it's name). Then just nuke the enter damn thing. That was one of the top things that made my mid-teen years bearable! :D