Unfortunately success stories - and XCOM games were a success story - often make bad franchise. This game is not dismal but it does not include the elements that made the actual XCOM so enjoyable ( team management, a bit of RPG, a bit of tactical combat ...) and feels quite outdated...

a shooter trying to cash in on the x-com name, its ok in its own right but not great

This is a no-brainer shooter unlike other X-COM series. Your goal is simply to blast aliens and (sometimes) rescue people.

It's played in Third-Person, and you play as a X-COM Operative with powered armor.
There are many powerups dropped from enemies and researched/upgraded through playing, some of them are too powerful and made games cakewalk after I fully upgraded them.
Lots of levels are in game, including Frogger-ish minigames(you enter one of a minigame levels when you finish a level with BONUS letters collected).

as I said above, This is different from other X-COM series, and has no strategic element AT ALL. skip this game if you want tough games, or if you played other X-COMs.
and I recommend this game for people... who wants to familiarize with TPS(though there are better games of same genre out there).