It's rare that a videogame can inspire me to write tidbits about it. The fact that Halo didn't and UFO: AI did inspire me to write about it is a mark that this game is indeed something.
If it were a trading card game and the card depicts a firefight I would have gone:
"Rifleman Wilkes fired shot after shot of uranium-depleted rounds as the South African village started to disintegrate under a sizzling hail of energy bolts from the UFO. Things were starting to pour out of the ship, carrying particle-based weaponry. F###, Wilkes thought, the UN wasn't prepared for this! F###, no one is! A hut exploded on his right, as blue death once again spat from the hulk's laser batteries..."
Keep it up Dev team.