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[Maxwell Armada]

I read that Genesis was supposed to be a remake/parralel story line to Xcom1. But what was X-com alliance supposed to be about. Was it still going to be a turn based combat game similar to the first in the series, or was it going to branch out line the silly FPS and Fighter pilot sim i read about in the forums?

[Aknazer]

I read that Genesis was supposed to be a remake/parralel story line to Xcom1.? But what was X-com alliance supposed to be about.? Was it still going to be a turn based combat game similar to the first in the series, or was it going to branch out line the silly FPS and Fighter pilot sim i read about in the forums?

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It was going to be a great FPS which combined strategy of the old games with some first person action, you would kill the aliens and take their technology and research it as you do in the X-Com games (except enforcer... which is X-Com by name only).
According to the X-Com storyline, when Earth was looking for more Elerium after all was depleted (or near depleted), they sent a Patton-class cruiser to cydonia, the cruiser disappeared never to be heard of. You'd play as the crew of the patton cruiser, which went through a dimensional portal or a wormhole, don't remember, and went to another dimension where the Alien races from X-Com: UFO Defense and other species which were called the Ascidians. IIRC you were supposed to be allied with the Ascidians in the battle against the Sectoids, Mutons, etc.
Damn... I want to play that game

I saw a pic of it in one of my other XCOM game manuals and always wondered what happened to it, and now I know. So sad, that looked like an actual decent game.