Who's excited about the new X-Com?
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Really interesting "New Xcom vs X-Com" by joystiq:
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/13/video-from-x-com-to-xcom/
also gives a sample of Michael McCann(of Deus Ex:HR fame) battle music, making both the video and the game in which it will feature 5 billion percent cooler.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/13/video-from-x-com-to-xcom/
also gives a sample of Michael McCann(of Deus Ex:HR fame) battle music, making both the video and the game in which it will feature 5 billion percent cooler.
I think my captcha quote is a pretty good descriptor of what I feel for the new X-Com: "puppy love".
I always named my soldiers after co-workers in the original X-Com. When I ran out, I used their pets.
I would often run out of those, too.
X-Com.
I would often run out of those, too.
X-Com.
More XCOM: Enemy Unknown video previews, all with new footage:
Gametrailers Preview [http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/4mw519/xcom--enemy-unknown-first-contact-preview]
Rev3 Games Preview [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZGF8WJQcfQ]
Joystiq Preview [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjqdCl-H_bw]
Gametrailers Preview [http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/4mw519/xcom--enemy-unknown-first-contact-preview]
Rev3 Games Preview [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZGF8WJQcfQ]
Joystiq Preview [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjqdCl-H_bw]
Yes I am excited. I haven't ever played a single X-Com game before, but it doesn't matter - this game looks absolutely amazing. Day one buy, if I'm not busy. To be honest, the games i'll be playing in October (Dishonored, X-Com: Enemy Unknown) might trump even this month's awesome releases (Borderlands 2, Torchlight 2.)
I was interested until you said it was xbox. Oh dear.Uliana said:
OT: Hell yes. I was too young to play the original, though I had a little go at Apocalypse, which I sucked at but loved. I'm super excited to play this, though I'll probably just nick my dad's copy. xD
My favourite of the lot was the Joystiq Preview [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjqdCl-H_bw] mission, "That one was for you!.. Whatever your name was..." Rookies make great Sectoid fodder apparently.Uliana said:
Guardedly optimistic about the new XCOM.
The original XCOM was great, but it also had many flaws: a clumsily scripted escalation of the conflict and some serious bugs, like a difficulty setting that only worked for the first mission. Poor weapon progression didn't help either as the cheap and early laser rifle was king in most combat scenarios.
So the new game may become better still. Then again Jagged Alliance 2 is where it's really at.
The original XCOM was great, but it also had many flaws: a clumsily scripted escalation of the conflict and some serious bugs, like a difficulty setting that only worked for the first mission. Poor weapon progression didn't help either as the cheap and early laser rifle was king in most combat scenarios.
So the new game may become better still. Then again Jagged Alliance 2 is where it's really at.
Watching with interest, but not pre-ordered. Will probably wait for a price drop/sale on. Sorry, but I'm not really into strategy and I was literally not alive when the original was popular.
This is a myth actually. Turn-Based games have thrived on console for a long while now. In fact, the Japanese make a killing out of making turn-based games for the Playstation 3 and other consoles, with titles like Valkyria Chronicles (the closest analogue to this game), Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy Tactics, the Disgaea franchise, Super Robot Wars, etc.nikki191 said:
There's also the fact that the original X-COM: Enemy Unknown (with hyphen) was ported to Playstation in 1995 to no detriment of its tactical or strategic gameplay.
Finally, none of the limitations that prevent most Real-Time Strategy games from being successful on consoles, like the need to select and move multiple units with precision within a short amount of time, are absent in Turn-Based games due to their very nature of giving you all the time in the world to make an action, allowing control schemes with less buttons to work.
