Siege Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 http://www.gamespot.com/news/6258092.html I'm not really sure how to feel about this. On one hand, it could be an interesting and engaging FPS debut for the series. More likely, however, it will be an utter disappointment and waste of sixty dollars. I think it could work if it played like GRAW: slow and methodical. I have no interest in a run and gun. Online coop option would be a big plus. Really hope its intercept/recovery as opposed to linear mission campaign. Finally, large maps with usable vehicles please. : Players will take the role of an FBI agent... Hopefully more details are released soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gimli Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 (edited) I expect something like Bioshock. So... I wonder how long before No Mutons Allowed. Edited April 14, 2010 by Gimli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3llense'g Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 An Xcom FPS? How original! And naturally, it's outsourced to a bunch of nobodies. Duke Nukem Forever, eat your heart out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 I don't expect much from this project at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 someone sent me a link on facebook about the new game and I was like OMGYESYESYES.But then I read what it actually was so I came here to share my disappointment with you guys. :/ if it has a system like VATS from fallout3 it wouldnt be so bad though I suppose.. might even allow strategy to actually happen in the FPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3llense'g Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 In the very least is should be like SWAT4 or something similar. As in: squad based. Also, AI has to be incredible and console games rarely have that commodity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Something like Operation Flashpoint meets Rainbow Six could be acceptable - especially if the player would be a squad leader or platoon leader. I doubt there are any chances for it, though. Still, even if it would be like I have said, I'd prefer if it wouldn't be called X-Com. X-Com was a tactical wargame with strong tabletop roots, not a tactical shooter and tactical shooters already existed back then. What's the deal with using the names of old games from completely different genres for new FPS games?It's like they are making these games for people who hated the original games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3llense'g Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 What's the deal with using the names of old games from completely different genres for new FPS games?It's like they are making these games for people who hated the original games.It's for people who loved the original world, and want to experience it from a different (more personal) point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catgirl Leader Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 What's the deal with using the names of old games from completely different genres for new FPS games?It's like they are making these games for people who hated the original games.It's for people who loved the original world, and want to experience it from a different (more personal) point of view. Except it doesn't put you in the original world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 (edited) What's the deal with using the names of old games from completely different genres for new FPS games?It's like they are making these games for people who hated the original games.It's for people who loved the original world, and want to experience it from a different (more personal) point of view.In case of X-Com, it would be a very short and painful experience . Also, X-Com didn't have a really lovable setting. It was very generic. Our world + UFOs + an organisation that fights them.On the other hand X-Com 3... Edited April 16, 2010 by Sorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 Info from first look in CanardPC: I'm reading the article right now so this will be short : - No world map : There's a USA map (with a 50s' style) for selecting the missions.- Research & production : yes.- Base management : yes.- Team management : yes.- Choice of the next missions : yes.- No control of your teammate during the mission (in the demo, this may change) It seems like you can goof around in your base between the mission (in first person view). EDIT : - The demo was running on an XBox360.- You play as the chief of operation of the base between the mission.- The choice of the played mission will impact the game.- In the demo, lots of area of the base were off limits.- During the missions you can take photos (research ?).- The game is due for release in a little more than a year. The magazine does in fact have an article on the game, but I am still trying to get confirmation that the information itself is legitimate. Please take this with a grain of salt until I can confirm it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthropod Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 looks to me like xcom franchise will no longer be the xcom we have come to love. Doesnt mean this game wont be worth playing. It just means that it in no way will satisfy the needs of the original xcom fans ufo2-extraterrestrials will hopefully keep us happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 "Franchise" is such an ugly word...It represents all that is wrong with the gaming industry nowadays. Like it's a Mc Donalds or something like that. Do you remember the times when both gamers and developers were using gaming terms like series, setting, etc. not business terms?When they start talking in business terms like "franchises" and "IP" it's sure that the series they are talking about are going to get raped and next games will be for the lowest common denominator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGOATSE Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Got to say, when I first saw the article and the screenshots, it confirmed my belief that god hates us all. Such a tragedy for X-COM to turn into this. Weird style of graphics, nothing tactical, just another plain old FPS offering "immersion", not even single sectoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfan Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 http://www.gamespot.com/news/6258092.html I'm not really sure how to feel about this. On one hand, it could be an interesting and engaging FPS debut for the series. More likely, however, it will be an utter disappointment and waste of sixty dollars. I think it could work if it played like GRAW: slow and methodical. I have no interest in a run and gun. Online coop option would be a big plus. Really hope its intercept/recovery as opposed to linear mission campaign. Finally, large maps with usable vehicles please. : Players will take the role of an FBI agent... Hopefully more details are released soon. I too missed a few heart beats when I heard it is an FPS. I don't expect much from this. However, I also came across the following: http://www.ufo2extraterrestrials.com/ I read mixed reviews about their first game (even with the BMan mod). However, I have great hopes for this prequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Strife Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 http://www.gamespot.com/news/6258092.html I'm not really sure how to feel about this. On one hand, it could be an interesting and engaging FPS debut for the series. More likely, however, it will be an utter disappointment and waste of sixty dollars. I think it could work if it played like GRAW: slow and methodical. I have no interest in a run and gun. Online coop option would be a big plus. Really hope its intercept/recovery as opposed to linear mission campaign. Finally, large maps with usable vehicles please. : Players will take the role of an FBI agent... Hopefully more details are released soon. I too missed a few heart beats when I heard it is an FPS. I don't expect much from this. However, I also came across the following: http://www.ufo2extraterrestrials.com/ I read mixed reviews about their first game (even with the BMan mod). However, I have great hopes for this prequel.It is strange we are approaching the release date (Q4 2010) but we still don't have screenshots, it's weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark0 Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 i just found out about this game and i don`t know what to say. I`m having negative fealings towards an FPS... There are so many out there right now.. It doesn`t look good for the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Strife Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Oh come on, many FPS are very fun and perfect for a quick pick-up-and-play game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 The series have died when Julian Gollop has quit and when the Interceptor came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valken Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I hope they make it like Natural Selection but on a bigger scale! Base commander to help setup and build base (voted in or best player of private server) then the rest of the players go out and shoot it out FPS style but with the commander on overwatch for them. The guys working on this game are supposed to be hard core xcom fans so let see what they can do first before we rake their bodies over the hot coals of heck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 It's kinda weird when someone claims to be a hardcore fan of a game and then takes the gameplay out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valken Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 I reread that article and it seems they changed "studios" so the hardcore xcom fan is not in charge: While Irrational Games head Ken Levine last year professed his admiration for the franchise, it seems his studio will not be in charge of the reboot. 2K Marin--made up of studios in Novato, California, and Canberra, Australia--will be developing the game, with the Australian offices taking the lead on the project. 2K Marin's last project was the critically well-received BioShock 2, which has now shipped more than 3 million units worldwide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Frankly, seeing a developer use a world "franchise" is a sign that they aren't real fans of a game. It's a term for businessmen, not for gamers or developers. It has no use for gamers, especially that gameplay can be replicated and improved without buying any "franchises". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 .....XCOMENFORCER2WAT? I'll like to be true to the series and check it out first hand. *forks over $60*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafros Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 It won't be, you'll be attacking black flesh-eating blobs or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge_Deadd Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 (edited) At least they called it "XCOM" and not "X-COM"... I'm sooo pissed by today's tendency to make games with titles like "Prince of Persia", "Alone in the Dark" or "Medal of Honor", without a subtitle. It's horribly confusing, and makes me think they want to make people forget about the old games... Edited July 2, 2010 by Judge_Deadd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Strife Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 It won't be, you'll be attacking black flesh-eating blobs or something Aaaaaand the rest of the aliens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 Those black blobs are probably the cousins of the micronoid aggregates from xcom3. Strange thing is that the xcom game states that the FBI are doing the investigations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMacker Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Those black blobs are probably the cousins of the micronoid aggregates from xcom3. Strange thing is that the xcom game states that the FBI are doing the investigations.The XCom in the new story is a division of the FBI, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Strife Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Those black blobs are probably the cousins of the micronoid aggregates from xcom3. Strange thing is that the xcom game states that the FBI are doing the investigations.You probably start off as an FBI agent and later join X-Com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafros Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 A different opinion:http://kotaku.com/5517548/whats-the-big-de...bout-a-new-xcom And, a new game called "Xenonauts":http://kotaku.com/5518361/another-new-x+co...s-not-a-shooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Xenonauts kinda reminds me of the older Call of Duty games. I'm hoping they'll release more screenshots of the xcom game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 (edited) I'm starting to wonder if these guys are simply trolling and getting a kick from provoking angry answers.Seriously, I don't believe that anyone can be so retarded. I don't want to sound like I'm somehow sticking up for 2K or this new XCOM game for the sake of it. After all, for all we know, the game might suck! I'm simply trying to point out that getting angry at the game's partial change of genre, on principal (since we know so little about it!), as though this were still 1994, isn't going to get us anywhere.What? What 1994? Is this guy retarded or something? Seriously, what is he talking about? He's trying to prove that tactical wargames are outdated? Seriously, this guy has to be trolling, otherwise he's so retarded that he shouldn't be able to form a coherent sentence .Oh wait . Anyway, wasn't UFO: Afterlight released, like in 2007? Wasn't UFO: Extraterrestrials released in 2007 too? Isn't, there, like UFO: Extraterrestrials II in works? So, what 1994?Seriously, does that guy suffer from some kind of a brain damage? Also, principle, what principle?Did that guy think that X-Com has some kind of a sensible setting that totally isn't so generic that it can be copied by several developers? Not to mention that he completely ignores the fact that there are several specialised publishers that publish mostly wargames. I think our memories of the original X-Com, at least where they're involved in affecting our expectations for a modern remake, are like the old saying: if you really love them, you have to let them go.What remake? It's a completely different game. Anyway, it's funny when journalist whores start marketing games like that. The truth is that fanbases usually quickly stop giving a damn about retarded "remakes".The whole Fallout 3 rage was because of constant trolling by journalist whores and Bethesda fans. Mostly because people had to refute retarded arguments like that tens, hundreds or even thousands of times. And, a new game called "Xenonauts":http://kotaku.com/5518361/another-new-x+co...s-not-a-shooterSo, what are the chances that it's not going to suck?From what I've seen, every complete remake managed to screw something important up. Edited July 8, 2010 by Sorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurluas2000 Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 I liked Fallout 3, the worst thing about this new Xcom is that it aint XcomIts a completely different game and should have been a different IP...The only think it has in common with Xcom is that it is about fighting aliens, and the story is not even related to the original Xcom thats what ruins it for me. I would have been okay with an fps if it at least was set in the same world and continues that story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3llense'g Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Ok, so Xwhatever is now a division of the FBI. Which means they're US based. And they fight black ink-like enemies. Notice how I wrote "Xwhatever" earlier. Couse that's what Mulder's dad was doing in his time. Even the time period fits. Call it X-files! What's wrong with developers today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[dipstick] Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Just found out about this. Saw the trailer for it, am truly disappointed indeed. Shocking to think they can even conceive of doing this. Looks like they've crossed XCOM 3 with X files, via 2001 a space odyessy and mashed it all up completely. Don't get the poor graphics either, not that I'm a graphics person, but if you're going to make a new game with FPS focus and not look at the graphics as a top priority. Overall, I wonder where the heck this will fit into the scheme of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 I'll probably give it a try before giving my $0.02 about the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafros Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/2761/ar...per-commentary/ C'mon guys, it's not an XCOM strategy game, but it seems that it's a well-made FPS. Probably not too linear, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 More like another crappy cover shooter with plasma-proof walls where you can see targets through walls because of magical aiming mode and where you have lots of HP.Just see 10:20+. It's not even a good tactical shooter. No, thanks I'll stay with Operation Flashpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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