EPTI can't wait for this!
Oh and also check Xenonauts which is gonna release before XCOMif I am not mistaken
XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Page 2
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Loddigesia
247 Posts
I can't wait for this! Oh and also check Xenonauts which is gonna release before XCOMif I am not mistaken | ||
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YMCApylons
Taiwan359 Posts
On June 14 2012 14:26 StarStruck wrote: ... X-Com games were never about the graphics lmao. Anyway, after watching this video: http://ca.ign.com/videos/2012/06/06/ign-live-xcom-enemy-unknown-demo-e3-2012 I don't know. They added a ton of stuff, but it's very gimmicky and ultimately could lead to a much easier game overall. Some of the units and abilities are overkill. Hmmm...the stealth unit seems wrong, but I think that's because we're both XCOM purists. One of the best parts of XCOM were those no-win situations, where it was incredibly dangerous and someone was going to die. Like when you assault the large scout UFO, it was never possible to clear out the bridge without taking a reaction shot from the alien navigator. With good armor, your door-breaching man might survive the shot, but without armor, your only hope was that the navigator would miss. Overall, considering this is going to be a console-ported game, the dumbing-down doesn't look too bad. But they better add action points for standing, kneeling, reloading, pulling weapons off belts, chest rigs, and backpacks. The core tactical game mechanic was reaction fire with unused AP. At high levels of gameplay, it was all about the sniper-spotter fireteam. But it seems like there is some kind of AP-based reaction fire system in the demo. The first soldier had enough AP to reaction-fire on the first chrysalid, but not enough left over for the second one. Hopefully, we can mod it to give it a wicked AI, and bring back XCOM in all its glory. Considering how mod-friendly Firaxis has been in the past, I'm optimistic. And considering how XCOM diehards have basically tried to remake the game from scratch (XCOM UFO 2000, anyone?), the interest is definitely there. | ||
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YMCApylons
Taiwan359 Posts
On June 14 2012 14:47 Loddigesia wrote: There are many previews and dev interviews on Rock Paper Shotgun if you'd like to know more. I can't wait for this! Oh and also check Xenonauts which is gonna release before XCOMif I am not mistaken Oh damn...I've been out of the XCOM loop for 2 years and someone makes this. Holy shit. Xenonauts looks like a literal XCOM remake. That's amazing. If Firaxis' XCOM remake turns out to be a console-fied piece of shit, I'm going with xenonauts. | ||
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Tumor
Austria192 Posts
good its back | ||
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moopie
12605 Posts
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Ssin
United States88 Posts
The first person shooter too is on the radar, only because I am hoping its the X-Com: Alliance we never had the chance to play. Doubting it greatly though. Also, Xenonauts looks amazing so far and will definitely be followed like a hawk. edit: Also the narrator for the video sounds like Optimus Prime. | ||
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d3_crescentia
United States4054 Posts
EDIT: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ua9t8/iama_indie_video_game_developer_who_broke_into/ | ||
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Myrkskog
Canada481 Posts
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YMCApylons
Taiwan359 Posts
On June 14 2012 15:20 Myrkskog wrote: Yup. Nice Triton there. My setup is UFOgold on DosBox. Still haven't gotten it to work with windows 7 though. | ||
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moopie
12605 Posts
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DrZz
Romania70 Posts
On June 14 2012 15:20 Myrkskog wrote: Yup. God that brings back a lot of memories! It was great game that one. Hope they measure up with the new one though... | ||
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vasculaR
Malaysia791 Posts
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xjoehammerx
United States191 Posts
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YMCApylons
Taiwan359 Posts
On June 14 2012 15:28 moopie wrote: I haven't had issues running the game (CD edition) on DOSBOX. win7 x64. To be honest, I haven't tried that hard yet...it doesn't work with my version of ufogold, anyways. But I'm sure there's some combination out there that would work. Been too busy playing...SC2, of course =). I always cursed when I saw the smoke coming out of the UFOs, because that meant the power cores had blown out. No precious elerium-115 for you. Apparently, if you 'lightly kill' UFOs, rather than blow them to bits with avalanches, you can get a higher percentage of intact crashes. | ||
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Tabbris
Bangladesh2839 Posts
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WindofNine
1 Post
http://ufoai.org/wiki/index.php/News It's still a beta, and has been for quite some time, but it's fun nonetheless. | ||
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YMCApylons
Taiwan359 Posts
On June 14 2012 15:57 Tabbris wrote: I know that im nit picking but the graphics dont feel creepy like it did in x-com It was the music, plus watching the few pixels of sectoid head moving through the wheat, in the dark. I was scared out of my mind when I first played XCOM. | ||
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NekoFlandre
United States497 Posts
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xjoehammerx
United States191 Posts
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Reivax
Sweden214 Posts
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