16th April 2010, 1:40 PM
X-Com was a great classic early '90s PC strategy game that got several sequels. Aliens are attacking the Earth and you run the agency fighting back against them. There's a world map where you control things on a global scale, doing research, etc, but when some aliens get through and land, you send in a team and fight them in a turn-based, isometric tactical combat battle. X-Com was a deep and complex game, but was also understandable and fun as well.
Later on there were two action game X-Com spinoffs, an FPS and a space combat game, but neither was anything really special. The three strategy games are why the franchise is remembered so highly.
Some other somewhat similar strategy games exist. There's Rebelstar: Tactical Command for the GBA, UFO: Aftermath and its two sequels Aftershock and Afterlight for the PC, and perhaps a few others. Those three UFO titles are good, and pretty much try to be newer X-Com style games, but aren't X-Com itself...
So when rumors of a new X-Com game started appearing last year, it was pretty cool, but worrisome because would it be something as good as the classics?
And yeah, that worry is now validated. I mean, it could be a good FPS. 2K Marin, who did Bioshock 2, is making it, so it well could be (Irrational Games was initially rumored to be doing this game, but they aren't, they're doing something new). But it's an FPS, not really X-Com... hopefully there will be strategy game elements of some kind, without that X-Com's just not the same.
(Oh, they seem to be calling the game Xcom,
Later on there were two action game X-Com spinoffs, an FPS and a space combat game, but neither was anything really special. The three strategy games are why the franchise is remembered so highly.
Some other somewhat similar strategy games exist. There's Rebelstar: Tactical Command for the GBA, UFO: Aftermath and its two sequels Aftershock and Afterlight for the PC, and perhaps a few others. Those three UFO titles are good, and pretty much try to be newer X-Com style games, but aren't X-Com itself...
So when rumors of a new X-Com game started appearing last year, it was pretty cool, but worrisome because would it be something as good as the classics?
And yeah, that worry is now validated. I mean, it could be a good FPS. 2K Marin, who did Bioshock 2, is making it, so it well could be (Irrational Games was initially rumored to be doing this game, but they aren't, they're doing something new). But it's an FPS, not really X-Com... hopefully there will be strategy game elements of some kind, without that X-Com's just not the same.
(Oh, they seem to be calling the game Xcom,
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