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[Mech#4]

Turns out it's not an FPS anymore.

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/04/that-xcom-fps-isnt-dead-and-it-isnt-an-fps-anymore/

I had a search for a previous topic, maybe not too thoroughly but this is quite a drastic change in direction so maybe it's worth a new topic entirely.


I like the 1950's style of things. Large banks of blinking, small screened computers look an odd kind of cool/silly to me.

[Sirus]

“third-person, squad-based tactical combat

Carter wields a special ability called Battle Focus which slightly slows down the action and lets him issue commands.

Geez, I can already hear the screeching and scoffing.

However, I noticed a couple of nifty things in the trailer. At one point in a hallway, the camera pans by a door marked "Elerium Lab". A report on a typewriter also mentions "Sectoids". Plenty of looks at classic disk-shaped UFOs as well. So I'm still tentatively hoping that this works out.

[Xantalos]

Prepare for incoming nerdrage.

[sebcool]

Looks neat. PTW.

[jocan2003]

Ill be honest i dont know how to describe my feelings toward this game, but switching from FPS to third person-tactical-mass-effect-1-wannabe might be a step in the good direction but what IP owners DONT SEEM to understand... is the SANDBOX FREEFORM of the game that is PART of what made XCOM great too.... Anyway we can only see if they learned it too...

[Neonivek]

As always I would have loved it if the 1950s Xcom was a prequel, basically what events took place that made the Xcom project come about.

A lot of people say it would contradict history but I think it works pretty well.

[Lightningfalcon]

They MIGHT be able to pull it off, as they seem to at least be heading in the right direction, but I doubt they will. 

[Ghazkull]

I find it really sad that a potentially Good Game is shouted down because of: THIS IS NOT X-COM! X-COM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRATEGY TITLE! DON'T MAKE EVERYTHING CALL OF DUTY LIKE!

I mean come on the concept is interesting. It plays in the 50s. That alone makes for a fresh scenario. And i really like the Idea of instead of just building my base i walk through it. I just like the idea of walking through this huge complex with holding cells for aliens with test labs which you see from a first person perspective. Just because it's First Person it doesn't mean in any way that it now has to be a linear rail shooter. And did they say anything that the sandbox part has been taken away?

[jocan2003]

I find it really sad that a potentially Good Game is shouted down because of: THIS IS NOT X-COM! X-COM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRATEGY TITLE! DON'T MAKE EVERYTHING CALL OF DUTY LIKE!

I mean come on the concept is interesting. It plays in the 50s. That alone makes for a fresh scenario. And i really like the Idea of instead of just building my base i walk through it. I just like the idea of walking through this huge complex with holding cells for aliens with test labs which you see from a first person perspective. Just because it's First Person it doesn't mean in any way that it now has to be a linear rail shooter. And did they say anything that the sandbox part has been taken away?

That you will see once during the first stage of the game then will simply be prompted by menu between mission by after, that is if they are kind enough to offer you that opportunity once.... To be honest i sure hope im wrong but i believe this is what will happen, a series of pre-scripted mission with menu interlude with no free-form at all.

Look i dont mind FPS, TPS, RTS, RTT as long we keep the sandbox/gritty/scary/management/hardcore of the frigging game, so far the only thing that happent and seem to be happening with good old success where gameplay was important is dumbed down gameplay to favore trisomic 3yrs kids even if the game is frigging rated M for mature, they seem to try all they can to make sure that your alhzeimer-parkinson-quadraplegic grampa can play.

Dont get me wrong i LOVED the other XCOM as a game, but hated what they did to the old-school feel and vibe of the game. I really hope i am wrong on this one but sadly.... in all my years i can count on half-a-hand the number of time i have been. Im quite sure the game will be good and fun but again its what they do to the IP/spirit of the game that saddens me.

What did they do to syndicate? you know the X-Com like game from back in the day? What did they do to XCOM and SOO many other game.... and well the studio name says everything if you follow closely game market and whats happening to title/sequels.....

****Stop ranting*****

I want the game to be good while staying true to the spirit i mentioned higher up wich sadly will most likely not happen....

[10ebbor10]

I want the game to be good while staying true to the spirit i mentioned higher up wich sadly will most likely not happen....

Mostly because it can't.

The songs never sung, the books never written, the games never made are the greatest of them all. It's impossible to surpass that which could have been.

[Darkmere]

The songs never sung, the books never written, the games never made are the greatest of them all. It's impossible to surpass that which could have been.

Best quote I've seen in a long, long time.  Judge a game by what is, NOT the indescribable thing that didn't happen but would have been better in every way that was completely fictitious.

[Pnx]

I always thought, the potential of a freeform sandbox alien investigation thing could have been very good, but frankly...

1) This sort of seems a bit shit.

2) If you are making something like this, piggybacking on the "X-com" franchise is not a good idea.

[jocan2003]

Maybe its my french, but i dont think i really understand quite well, the problem is tha tgame did exist back in the days, im talking about what made the X-Com serie great, thats what i call the game spirit, if it did exist once why cant it exist today with all the technological advance we have. Hell just a full-on remake with better graphic would be better than some offshoot.... Why fix what aint broken? well they fix what is not broken and fix it so much that you cant recognise your car after you sent if for a change of oil....

[werty892]

Fuck, this looks like something I would play. I loved all the XCOM's, and this would be a new interesting take on the classic idea.

[jocan2003]

I always thought, the potential of a freeform sandbox alien investigation thing could have been very good, but frankly...

1) This sort of seems a bit shit.

2) If you are making something like this, piggybacking on the "X-com" franchise is not a good idea.

I would like to know how that could be shit but oh well... i must be getting old to prefer gameplay over shineyh stuff. I prefer an ugly inteligent girlfriend over a stupid hot chicks if you know what i mean, but again most ppl prefer the hot chicks god knows why...