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| Felo Germany. October 03 2011 22:01. Posts 391 | Profile Blog # |
Oh boy, I still remember the day when I got the armor that allowed you to go up/down underwater in X-Com Terror from the deep - I got so excited over it that I woke up my older brother who wasn't impressed enough for my taste (I was like 8 or 9 years old).
Looks great thus far - more promising than the latest ... lets call them spinoffs that the x-com series created. |
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| LoLAdriankat United States. October 04 2011 00:42. Posts 3634 | Profile Blog # |
| I suddenly don't care about the X-Com reboot anymore. |
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| caradoc Canada. October 04 2011 01:52. Posts 2893 | Profile Blog # |
| Wow, this is a LOT like XCOM. Hadn't even heard of this game before this post. Will check it out. |
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| andrewlt United States. October 04 2011 05:34. Posts 3113 | Profile # |
On October 04 2011 00:42 LoLAdriankat wrote:
I suddenly don't care about the X-Com reboot anymore.
Did anyone really care about the X-Com reboot, other than to be disappointed and move on? |
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| DaCruise Denmark. October 04 2011 07:00. Posts 2020 | Profile # |
I´ve pre-ordered Xenonauts and got the alpha version.
Make no mistake: This game is FAR from finished however it does really bring back the good memories from X-Com.
I hope and prey the release version of the game can sort of match the old X-Com games. |
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| Belannaer Finland. November 07 2011 03:50. Posts 41 | Profile # |
| Xenonauts.com was recently revamped to be the site to "sell the game" to audience and their new company/community site is now at http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com. It is also now possible to pre-order the game from Desura (http://www.desura.com/games/xenonauts) and you get access to the early builds of the game (big one coming soon) and when the game is released you can choose between key to Desura or Steam version of the full game. Last edit: 2011-11-07 03:50:46 |
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 Maixori United States. November 07 2011 11:33. Posts 13 | Profile # |
| Looks pretty sweet, albeit a tad expensive (considering that they have a "cookie cutter" to follow). The original is probably still the best game of its kind. |
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| ATeddyBear Canada. March 27 2012 22:15. Posts 2780 | Profile Blog # |
| I'm thinking of pre-ordering this game. Has anyone kept up with development and played the current build? |
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| RA Latvia. March 27 2012 22:39. Posts 783 | Profile # |
| I would pre-order but I'm skeptical how well it would feel as a tactical game, not even talking about true X-Com successor. Last tactical games I've played have been very disappointing, to the point I just dropped em. So... I'll wait. If it's that good, I'll definitely pay for it. X-Com is my childhood's epic-game. |
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| Tamburlaine Canada. March 28 2012 03:02. Posts 280 | Profile # | |
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| PassiveAce United States. March 28 2012 03:20. Posts 4344 | Profile Blog # |
That video looks really nice  |
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| Endymion United States. March 28 2012 03:27. Posts 2477 | Profile Blog # |
On March 28 2012 03:20 PassiveAce wrote:That video looks really nice
i agree, glad firaxis is being nice enough to give us a real remake, it's always nice for a developer to care about their community! |
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| RA Latvia. March 28 2012 18:54. Posts 783 | Profile # |
| Oh.. that looks great. If they preserve the mechanics, then I have no problem with all the cinematic moments and most likely they can be disabled. |
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| andrewlt United States. March 28 2012 22:44. Posts 3113 | Profile # |
| I don't know about that. Firaxis has a bigger budget but they seem to be going more for a Valkyrie Chronicles type of game. I enjoyed Valkyrie Chronicles 2 when I played it but I prefer the X-Com style more. This one is more true to the original but with an inexperienced developer on a much smaller budget. |
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| RA Latvia. March 29 2012 05:17. Posts 783 | Profile # |
You're right. Haven't played VC, but since I enjoyed UFO: Aftermath/Aftershock/Afterlight, I found this version similar and loved the vibe. Honestly just by watching both vids and generally checking the sites of the games the only real difference I spotted, besides engines, was the cinematic approach to combat and possibly Geo combat since it wasn't shown for 3D counterpart.
I certainly hope both teams try to stick to the old core games, rather than follow UFO series. Yet I can't say UFO was bad, it just wasn't exactly X-Com. Too simplified but at the same time I wouldn't want needless amounts of factors either, game should stay fun while being smart, not over-do it with things which eventually annoy the player. But I guess that's very subjective.
I wish them luck because there haven't been much of anything that would make me excited, and these guys bring hope |
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| plated.rawr Norway. March 29 2012 05:52. Posts 1387 | Profile Blog # |
I dunno, I really dislike the 80s action movie-feel of the ingame shots there. Some of the point with the original XCOM was the suspense and worry the incomplete information and limited time units would give you, and the music and sound effects helped amplify that. With some generic action music, the tension dissapears, and takes with it a rather central part of the game experience.
I want tense alien hunting, not "America's Army Saves The World Again, HIGH FIVE!". |
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| PassiveAce United States. March 29 2012 05:58. Posts 4344 | Profile Blog # |
On March 29 2012 05:52 plated.rawr wrote:I want tense alien hunting, not "America's Army Saves The World Again, HIGH FIVE!".
Cant we have both? |
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| andrewlt United States. March 29 2012 06:05. Posts 3113 | Profile # |
On March 29 2012 05:17 RA wrote:You're right. Haven't played VC, but since I enjoyed UFO: Aftermath/Aftershock/Afterlight, I found this version similar and loved the vibe. Honestly just by watching both vids and generally checking the sites of the games the only real difference I spotted, besides engines, was the cinematic approach to combat and possibly Geo combat since it wasn't shown for 3D counterpart. I certainly hope both teams try to stick to the old core games, rather than follow UFO series. Yet I can't say UFO was bad, it just wasn't exactly X-Com. Too simplified but at the same time I wouldn't want needless amounts of factors either, game should stay fun while being smart, not over-do it with things which eventually annoy the player. But I guess that's very subjective. I wish them luck because there haven't been much of anything that would make me excited, and these guys bring hope
The Valkyrie Chronicles series have classes, which makes certain soldiers way better than others in very specific areas. It's to the point where each class can only equip a specific weapon type that is good against a specific enemy.
Firaxis is removing time units from the game. At the start, soldiers can only move or act once but later on they can do multiple things. For these type of games, I'm not a fan of very different classes and abilities. Soldiers having different stats when you recruit them is one thing. Having very disparate abilities sounds more suited for a fantasy setting. |
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| Endymion United States. March 30 2012 03:19. Posts 2477 | Profile Blog # |
On March 29 2012 05:52 plated.rawr wrote:I dunno, I really dislike the 80s action movie-feel of the ingame shots there. Some of the point with the original XCOM was the suspense and worry the incomplete information and limited time units would give you, and the music and sound effects helped amplify that. With some generic action music, the tension dissapears, and takes with it a rather central part of the game experience. I want tense alien hunting, not "America's Army Saves The World Again, HIGH FIVE!".
I haven't seen much of the generic stuff (or heard, I haven't heard any of the music at all).. however, if you're referencing the flags on the backs of your soldiers I believe it's togglable, so you could either have them wear their home country's flag (neat imo) or have them all wear a certain country's flag (where they're based out of maybe?), or none at all. I think it's a neat feature that adds character to your soldiers.. I do hope they retain the atmosphere of dread from the original though, so far I'm skeptical but I hope they just haven't shown any scary stuff.. Part of the sense of dread comes from the ridiculous difficulty of the original which I also assume they'll keep.
has anyone played the game that this thread is actually about? I'm thinking about picking it up to sate my thirst for aliens if it's any good |
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| RA Latvia. March 30 2012 03:28. Posts 783 | Profile # |
Rewatched the video and yeah, this time noticed that they did remove time units. I always liked them, made combat more difficult and deeper. That's one of the reasons I still love Fallout Tactics on par with other parts, if not more. Hopefully their variation of combat isn't gonna be bad.
Still I loved how they showed the base, the antfarm style really clicked with me. I'm happy there are 2 X-Com games coming and honestly there's nothing bad about them being different. Imho, they will only complement each other or you can always choose the hardcore one (seems like most people here are rather going for the 2D counterpart). |
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