Seriously. It's like if Grand Theft Auto merged with Robocop, but instead of being bulky and slow, Robocop was really fast and you could jump a hundred feet into the air. It's that awesome.
Basically, you're a Super-Cop that can do whatever he wants in the fight against viscious gangs. You can kill guys by kicking them in the head. You can jump from rooftops to rooftops like Batman on steriods. You can drive fast cars. It's like everything that Grand Theft Auto did right multipled by AWESOME and WIN. This game is the greatest thing ever. I mean that.
The rumor looks plausible, and if true it would be so incredibly awesome... X-Com is an amazing game, and Irrational is one of the best developers there is.
Quote:Irrational Games Developing X-COM Title? [02:23 pm]
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Irrational Games, developer of System Shock 2 as well as the upcoming BioShock (X360, PC), may be working on a successor to Microprose's PC tactical sci-fi classic X-COM: UFO Defense. Evidence suggesting the new game's existence comes by way of a resume found on the official website of law firm Fierst, Pucci & Kane, LLP. It was listed in the CV of firm partner Frederick U. Fierst, which states that among Fierst's clients are "Ken Levine and Jonathan Chey, founders of Irrational Games LLC." The current version of the document has had the pertinent reference removed, but a cached version of the document lists the following games as being credited to the Boston, Massachusetts- and Canberra, Australia-based developer (emphasis added):
System Shock 2, Tribes 3, SWAT, X-Com, BioShock, Freedom Force
Fierst, Pucci & Kane is no stranger to the video games industry, with clients including Shiny founder Dave Perry, The Behemoth, High Voltage Software, The Tetris Company, Paradox Interactive, and everybody's favorite copyright protection service, StarForce.
X-COM has spawned several sequels since the original game's release in late 1993, though the franchise has not seen a new entry since 2001's action spinoff X-COM: Enforcer. Studio head Ken Levine is known to be a diehard fan of X-COM. He has referred to the game as "sort of like my first love," and frequently mentions it as an example of strong design that stands the test of time. He has cited X-COM as the single greatest influence on Irrational's Freedom Force series as well as a more minor influence on the upcoming BioShock. Developer MicroProse was acquired in 1998 by Hasbro, and the development studio was closed soon after; in 2001, Atari (then Infogrames) acquired Hasbro. Coincidentally, original Microprose co-founder Sid Meier now heads up design at Firaxis Games, which is owned by Irrational Games parent 2K Games (in turn a label of Take-Two Interactive).
Levine declined to comment on Irrational's potential developments when contacted by Shacknews. At the moment this can be taken only as a rumor. Further inquiries have been send to 2K Games and Irrational Games.
Update: Shacker baron calamity points out that Take-Two Interactive acquired the X-Com property in full from Atari in 2005, just a few months before Irrational Games was acquired by the publisher.
Alright, that's it, I'm not shopping there any more. First they pester me, then they sell me opened games as "new" (which is great, except they readily admit this is to lower sell-back price as they won't take opened games as new, but they will SELL them as new? Hypocracy!), then there's the uppity "ya should have preordered" attitude if they are sold out of some game (which usually I find at Wal-Mart or Best Buy anyway). About the only reason I still go there is it is close. No longer, I'll go the extra mile!
It would seem that Nintendo of America is at least "open" to the possibility of releasing those Japan only games in our VC selection, if they can get them translated. I'd be happy muddling through a Japanese game and a .txt translation on my laptop :D. That would, potentially, get us every Fire Emblem game save for the first GBA one.
What did I do to get the sidebars on Windows Explorer deleted (the sidebar where it shows filesize, date, image preview, etc)... and the 'Open With' option on Windows Explorer rightclick menus is gone too... bah... :(
Kirby's Adventure and Ice Climber too... a lot better than most of the NES stuff they've released, that's for sure... (well, Mario, Zelda, and a few others are good, but Tennis? Ice Hockey? Etc? Ah...)
