X-Com
 

As announced in the Video Games thread, Firaxis X-Com rewrite coming out in Fall.

Firaxis Games

Getting to Know XCOM: Enemy Unknown - IGN

Pretty cool video, looking forward to it ... great looking graphics, glam-cam, ant farm ...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Deep Dive #1 - YouTube

Facebook link.

http://www.facebook.com/XCOM

My favorite quote. "The core principals that we wanted to build on from the original game are basically ...everything." Very excited for this!

I'm not sure about the changes to how many people in a squad though...

Well maybe the second part of the Rock Paper Shotgun interview will make you feel better.

Firaxis On XCOM vs Xenonauts & Optional Kill-Cam | Rock, Paper, Shotgun


Or maybe the part where the dev was actually being serious.


The interview also mentions another X-COM style game that is in development named Xenonauts, and from the development screenshots you will be able to have a larger squad for missions.

I'm excited for X-COM, though there is one thing I'm worried about that centers around it being a multiplatform release. I'm happy it's coming out on consoles so people have the option to play it on their system of choice, I just hope they have separate UIs for console and PC. I really hope they don't design one UI and control scheme that's built around the limitations of a controller and on screen text designed to be read from a TV. Should be something basic, but too many games don't seem to get it right.

Could they do something as simple as the remake of Sid Meier's Pirates a couple of years ago where there wasn't much new except for a new coat of paint on the graphics? It was a somewhat limited experience as the old game was but there was so much depth in the original that it held up fairly well.

SI

wow - the remake was already 8 years ago.

After reading SI's post I was thinking, "Was there a Pirates! game I somehow failed to notice?"

I just started playing UFO online. It's pretty fun, free, and has a surprising amount of depth for an online game. It's in closed beta, but you can get a key here.

The same folks also make Jagged Alliance Online which is also a good amount of fun, and in open beta.

Wow- was it really that long ago?

SI

I like this

October 9th

Another trailer for the upcoming xcom.

Firaxis’ XCOM’s Apocalypse | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Kotaku, IGN, and Game Informer have all had very positive hands on experiences with it. I'm excited and starting to get my hopes up so it's destined to fall short of my expectations.

My god that looks fantastic.

I thought that the UFO games from 2000s were not that hot, but one on another world was pretty close to the original. What was it's name......


I can;t remember, sorry

Another review. On sched for Oct 9.

The ‘Consequences’ Of Playing Firaxis’ XCOM: Enemy Unknown | Kotaku Australia

Cant wait.

Damn, now my expectations for this are pretty sky high. Looking good in preseason

The game is up for pre-order on Steam.

very disappointed in the decision to only have one base.

At least they've said modding will be supported and hopefully it will have Steam Workshop integration like Civ V so the ability to have multiple bases will just be a couple clicks away.

Otherwise Xenonauts is looking like a good alternative.

I would have been happy with an updated graphic engine for original X-Com and opening it up for modders. I think with the Firaxis track record, it will be a good game.

I'm not disappointed in that - I'm dissapointed there won't be any base invasions as that was always quite a nice/stressful thing to occur .. but all told its shaping up in a very promising manner imho.

Preordered. :D

Solid preview/review of the first 40 hours:

Hands-On: Forty Hours With XCOM | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Can't wait!

I am slightly concerned that there will be only handcrafted maps (100?) and no procedurally generated ones. Hopefully the random placement of aliens will make things not as repetitive.

Supposedly the demo is available on steam.

I'm downloading it now!

Doh! I don't have time for this now!

Pfft. That was disappointing.

THE GAME IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!! The demo is way to fucking short!

It took me longer to download demo than it did to play through it. The tactical missions seem close enough to the original.

Like Neon_Chaos said I'm a little concerned about the individually drawn maps. One hundred is quite a few but I liked the way the original randomly generated the maps. You never knew exactly what to expect.

I'm also a little bummed about there only being one base and no base defense missions. Maybe there is a chance they can add base defense on as a DLC or something.

One base????? No defense missions???? Might as well wait for the inevitable
gold edition with whatever crap they put into their DLC's....Sigh

Good thing I got my original working on my system...

Steam Workshop integration is what I'm hoping for, there should be a good chance of it since they've said they'll include mod support and Civ V is already in the workshop.

Xenonauts is also worth checking out, even for those getting Enemy Unknown.

Getting a "No Subscription" error when trying to download demo. Anyone else?

Apparently you need to re-start Steam and that should fix the error.

Being that the base is laid out in vertical levels, I think a base defense mission would be pretty difficult to achieve.

In part I agree with this assessment, but the developers seem to have caught so much else of what was great about the game, that I'm hoping they judged correctly when they made that compromise.

No base defense missions are hardly enough to keep me for getting this game. It's just that the original had it so right. Why couldn't they just update the graphics and keep everything the way it was?

Still......


But the tactical mission I played was pretty cool. It's going to take all my willpower to not buy this when it comes out.

I actually have already pre-ordered. :)

Just cause I want the custom color scheme. :P

I don't think I ever stayed alive long enough to experience a base defense mission in the original. :D

Also pre-ordered, don't know how I'm going to find time to play FTL/X-Com/Madden/NCAA.....

Having tried the demo I've gone from "I'll wait til its on sale on Steam" to "I'll tell myself I'll wait for it to be on sale, but one night I'll pull the trigger and buy it for full price then hate the fact I've spent 50 friggin bucks on a game." It's that good.

I also like that since it's in the near future, Scotland is once more an independent nation. My little guy with the Scottish flag on his backpack was my hero.

I preordered a couple of weeks ago. The demo made me feel good about my leap of faith.

Sounds about right

There should be a new GMG voucher code before XCOM is released that will let you preorder for about $36. It will activate on Steam, though you won't get the Steam preorder bonuses.

EDIT: Nevermind, the free copy of Age of Fear deal is done.

Always check Green Man Gaming for deals if you're interested in preordering. I got Borderlands 2 and the DLC bundle for under $60 from there.

Based off of watching videos on the web, the demo is basically the first two tutorial missions.

Grrrr. Can't wait for this.

Hmm, it looks like the current GMG voucher doesn't work on XCOM even though it works on other games that are on sale.

Playing the demo has me concerned about the camera. I would have liked to have a freeform camera instead of the rotatable four corner iso one that is currently in the game.

I was having trouble with it at first, too. I think I got the hang of it at least.

I also thought the restricted camera movement was sort of odd. I can only guess that they were trying to maintain the look and feel of the original.

Yeah I think it's in keeping with the original that it's locked down. Have to say, the demo made me feel a lot better about dropping cash on the pre-sale. Hard to get the whole picture without seeing how the other non-combat aspects of the game works, but the combat... wow.

Landed UFO mission play-through for any not subscribed to their facebook page. (NSFW language)

XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Team GT UFO Walkthrough | Gametrailers

I've never really played this type of game before with the closest being the Civilization series. I noticed that it's out on ps3 as well as for the computer which version would you guys opt for? On the computer I'd be playing it on my 27" iMac on windows 7 through parallels if that makes any difference to you.

I'd recommend it on PC unless you really want to play it on PS3 instead. On PC it will be cheaper, you'll be able to play it on either your computer or TV if you chose to hook it up, plus you'll have access to mods later on.

This mission is what XCom is all about. Can't wait.

Steam X-COM Preorders just hit their target for tier 3, which means I get a free copy of Civilization 5. Yay!

Seeing as how I already have Civilization 5, I will gladly gift it to anyone who wants it. :)

First person to soot me a PM gets it. :)

Interactive trailer!

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Interactive Gameplay Trailer - YouTube

Gave Civ 5 out to a lucky FOFCer. Cheers guys.

Wow, didn't even know about these stretch goals for the pre-order, and I've nearly bought Civ 5 a few times now.... super!

I've had Civ 5 since it first came out. I think it would have been better if they let you choose between it or maybe Gods and Kings.

My AP students were going on and on about the Civ games yesterday and I had to admit that I hadn't played them. I was going to get X-Com for the 360 but if Civ is free with Steam I may give this a shot. Is Civ 5 that good?

Yes.

Since Civ 5 keeps going dirt-cheap, I'm surprised they weren't just giving it away to get folks to buy Gods & Kings.

Civ 5 and Gods and Kings are both selling for $29.99 on Steam. Makes me wonder even more why they wouldn't throw people who already own Civ 5 a bone instead of making the preorder bonus a game that I will just end up giving away. Not much of a bonus, especially for the top tier.

If anyone has an extra copy of Civ 5, id love a shot at it >.>

I'm just bumping this because it's a sad commentary on FOFC that this thread could possibly fall to page 2.

I have not looked forward to a game release more than this one ... ever.

There's not much to talk about right now. Next week will be a different story.

I'm so excited to play this that I downloaded dosbox on Sunday and fired up the original. It took a little tinkering to get it to run right but once I did I've played it for the last two days straight.

First review is up:

http://www.gameinformer.com/games/xc...05/review.aspx

Pre-load on Steam is up.

purchased!

How do I get to this? I can't seem top find it anywhere.

Once you purchase the game, go to it in your library, and there should be a preload button were the play button usually is.

If you don't see the preload button, re-start Steam. Fixed it for me. Pretty large download - like 20GB IIRC.

I think it was 12GB, not huge but bigger than I was expecting for XCOM. Should mean we're getting high resolution textures I think.

I'm happy to see it will be a midnight eastern release rather than the noon eastern time release a lot of games have.

Ah yes, sorry, I think the listed requirements were 20GB, while the actual dl was around 12GB.

Preloaded and ready to rock and roll. Oct. 11 release date
For us in ROW.

Thanks!!

Is this available at midnight pst?

Should unlock at 9 pm pst monday night on pc.

Damnit!

t-minus 9 hours!

Well, for me, Pokemon Black 2 came out this week, and it's in teh mail. So X Com and the Baldur's Gate remake will take second seat until after the Poke-thon!

Been pretty addicted to 2K13 at this point, but I'll definitely be firing this one up tonight.

Working on the preload now. I was waiting for it to allow, and forgot I needed to restart Steam to display the preload option.

I think I'll be cracking this one open at the stroke of 9 PM tonight.

I wish I could pre-load the amazon pre-order. Almost time!

Live stream of gameplay starts in about 10 mins for anybody that is interested

twitchtv 2K live xcom steam

W-O-W

That live stream is starting to hurt my wallet.

Guh. I might be up late.

Ok, I turned this on and now I can't turn it off. I didn't even have this on my radar for the near future- it would eventually but now I'm really considering it

SI

Looks awesome. 9pm PPT can't come soon enough.

I had to turn it off after the mission as I'm really starting to want it.

SI

So who is starting up the first FOFC dynasty?

SI

Looks like its up!

I almost never buy first-day full-freight anymore, but this online show is really, really, really pushing the temptation. It doesn't help my birthday is this month. :D

launching!

Fuck.. this today, Blood Bowl Chaos Edition Thursday, Borderlands 2 with SackAttack, DreadBall next month..

I'm going to be busy ain't I?

My roommate is playing right now. It looks so, so good.