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[Egan_BW]

X-Com: Ufo Defense does not exist in my timeline. Firaxis now make tactical combat spinoffs of Civ, but they aren't very good.
Also! All my bodyparts fell off.

[kilakan]

I can...wait what's that noise... *urk*... *thump*

[Rince Wind]

It is the sound of Advent, bashing on your door to imprison you before you can take the fight to them.


6 more hours wahhhh

[umiman]

Practicing my Australian.

G'day cunt! Shrimp my Vegemite barbie yeah?

[Aklyon]

* Aklyon interrupts with other news!

[scriver]

I died waiting for 2com and was sentenced to an eternity in hell overhearing other people play the game but never be able to play it myself!

* Aklyon interrupts with other news!

Yeah well but does it have snek tits?

[Toaster]

They picked a hell of a time to announce that.

[Rolan7]

It has a graphical engine (Unity) and they hope to implement turn-based air battles

And "less strategic railroading"!  I haven't played Xenonauts 1 but surely I am correct in assuming they're making a megacity with factions like Apocalypse this time.  Possibly with the Half Life brand.  Half Life Apocanauts 3 confirmed

_{Sorry, early-morning lawnmowers made me smart today}

[Majestic7]

I'm actually more hyped about new Xenonauts, but while waiting for my true love I'm willing to bang this snake-titted strumpet.

[Aklyon]

They picked a hell of a time to announce that.

They even mention on the page that this is mostly to tag along with the hype, the actual announcement will be later. Plus they aren't stuck with an engine that is shit this time.

[umiman]

So it launches in one hour?

[scriver]

It has a graphical engine (Unity) and they hope to implement turn-based air battles

I'm usually a turn based kind of guy, but I feel like air fighting would not be particularly well abstracted into tb. I'd prefer something phase based (ie the turns are separated into two phases; one where you decide your actions, and an other where every unit makes their action simultaneously), so you'd risk units crashing into each other if they plot the same course.

[timferius]

It has a graphical engine (Unity) and they hope to implement turn-based air battles

I'm usually a turn based kind of guy, but I feel like air fighting would not be particularly well abstracted into tb. I'd prefer something phase based (ie the turns are separated into two phases; one where you decide your actions, and an other where every unit makes their action simultaneously), so you'd risk units crashing into each other if they plot the same course.

Something like the X-wing minature game would be pretty cool. Where you pick the manoeuvres for everything at once, then they all resolve.

[Majestic7]

There was a couple of WW2 air warfare games like that, where you led a squadron of RAF or Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. The battles would play in the way you guys described, I think it worked pretty well. Of course in a modern fight the distances would be very long and not sensible for dogfights.

[Chiefwaffles]

Xenonauts 2 has been a thing for a while now, and the design process has been very community oriented. (Dev puts ideas/plans on forums, people comment, he revises.)

Last I saw it was going to be a UFO Aftermath situation where most of the population is already dead. There's one central base with defending(/capturing) territories to secure resources and manpower. And technology is aimed to be a lot less linear (no more straight weapon progression).
Of course, it's probably changed a lot since then.