XCOM dated and a new trailer

Jarrod

E3 2011: XCOM dated and a new trailer by Jarrod

PALGN News: It's like XCOM, if XCOM was like this.

mikezilla2 · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:32 pm�� Post subject:

as now the game will be launching on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

awesome ! , so Jarrod still skeptical?
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Jarrod · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:38 pm�� Post subject:

Yes, because it looks nothing like XCOM.
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mikezilla2 · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:40 pm�� Post subject:

lol to true , wili it may bear the face of something quite alien ( pun intended) theres no denying that there seems to be alot of effort being put in to this ?
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Jarrod · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:44 pm�� Post subject:

If rumours are to be believed it's had a pretty shakey development, so I'm not sure how it will turn out in the end. We'll see.
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Nic_231 · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:57 pm�� Post subject:

FPS WHY!!!!!!!!??????
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Crank · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 1:48 am�� Post subject:

I haven't even played Xcom, and even I can see this is definitely not Xcom, that's just how much it isn't like Xcom.

Karai Pantsu · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:26 am�� Post subject:

You know what? I was expecting this to be a total fucking write off. Buuuuuut, that trailer just sold me 100% on it. It doesn't have the traditional setting, but who cares - it looks cool as hell. Looks like you still have tactical control of some people, research of tech, and a thoroughly menacing and brutal looking alien invasion. As a style bucking reboot, that's pretty decent.

Paired with a time period I dig, a fucking cool looking alien race looming, and FPS gameplay (<3)... I'm pretty much ready to extend this the olive branch of optimism.
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PixieGirl · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:52 pm�� Post subject:

grim-one · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:07 pm�� Post subject:

Did you lot all miss the trailers from last year orsomething? When they revealed it was an FPS in the 50s fighting black blobs and monoliths?

I'm glad they've kept the collection and research from the originals. That part was always what made the games shine for me. The FPS stuff looks like Bioshock, which I can't say I dislike. The visual style is nice too, very stylised rather than the ultra-realism that most shooters go for. I'll be giving it a shot.
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Crank · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:37 pm�� Post subject:

Jokes aside, I though it looked like a really average FPS, but I'll be happy if they prove me wrong. The setting is interesting, I'll give them that. I suppose it's early days, though, it's not due out until March 2012. Perhaps some more intersting gameplay elements will emerge, but it looked fairly bland to me.

Frozencry · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:50 pm�� Post subject:

Kinda moves like Bulletstorm gunplay wise.

Looks overall pretty boring though. Will see when it comes out.
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Jarrod · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 5:05 pm�� Post subject:

This is going to be like Syndicate; it will look pretty good on paper and in motion, and might even be a great title by its own merits, but its not anything like the games the franchise is based on. It's XCOM if XCOM never existed, and this was the first XCOM.

I'll judge the game as it is, but I hate slapping IP labels on games that don't need it. There's no reason this couldn't be its own IP. Its such a strange situation. Usually an IP is attached to give the game weight as launching a new IP is difficult, but at the same time this looks to be doing absolutely nothing to appeal to old fans, so why have the old IP attached in the first place? It really is just a name.

My biggest concerns with this, however, is that the rumour mill has been alive with reports of very, very rocky development. Like, max exodus of staff because they hated the direction it was going in.

Oh well, we'll see.
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grim-one · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:11 pm�� Post subject:

jesuslol · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:00 pm�� Post subject:

Yea the video is giving off a bit of a Bioshock/Mass Effect 2 type of gameplay, a first person shooter that also gives you some other skills etc.

Skiller · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:28 pm�� Post subject:

*sigh* does slapping an existing IP on to a FPS game every work? I remember C&C Renegade and more recently Shadow Run, I'd be happier if neither of them were ever released. And I've got a similar feeling it's going to be just as bad for XCom, but least UFO: Extraterrestrials 2 is coming out so I can get my real XCom fix from that.

Cyph · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:43 pm�� Post subject:

What the F was that?! It has about as much in common with XCOM as it does with Frogger.

Karai Pantsu · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:12 pm�� Post subject:

I love how amazingly exaggerated the community reaction to this is.
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Cyph · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:22 pm�� Post subject:

Much like how they/we were to the announcement of Fallout 3.

Jarrod · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:29 pm�� Post subject:

Cyph · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:39 pm�� Post subject:

Although Fallout 3 and Vegas were OK games in their own right (they didn't win me over), they not as great as Fallout 1 and 2.

Benza · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:44 pm�� Post subject:

I have absolutley no idea what XCOM is. Never heard of the franchise before this game. But this looks cool.

Does it go invasion of the body snatchers style with the anti spiral aliens taking over bodies of people? Cause that would be nifty.
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Karai Pantsu · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:06 pm�� Post subject:

XCOM was a turn based, tactical affair - you were in command of a squad and tasked with neutralizing alien threats, recovering technology, and researching it to create new tech for your own use. Between levels there was base management, including resource juggling and reasearch to deal with. It was hard as nails, and very, very good.

Over the years the IP has drifted into many different styles and settings. No one raised much fuss when it branched into space flight action, or 3rd person shooting. First person, however, seems to be the tipping point.

Whatever. The only games worth playing were the first two. Fingers firmly crossed that the gameplay in this satisfies.
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THEMAN · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:59 pm�� Post subject:

wow. just saw ..the trailer

looked ugly
looked stupid
looked nothing like xcom

cubey things. humans with blue eyes. goop.

WTF IS THIS SHEET
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