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2K Games announces XCOM (X360 and PC)
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Neuromancer
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Since no one can post a scan or anything, this image from a Japanese Iron Giant fan site will have to suffice:
This is more or less the aesthetic 2K Marin seems to be going for in its character design.
This is more or less the aesthetic 2K Marin seems to be going for in its character design.
Hellsing321
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Well the preview in OXM just sounds awful for an XCOM game.
LQX
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Neuromancer said:
I say that because they were in dramatic poses. They showed the two detective and you can tell they were investigating some crime scene. Not ever screen was with them holding guns looking bad ass. I guess when they release the screen shots you will see what I mean.
edit- Just noticed you also got OXM. Regardless it all looked very dramatic to me.
Versipellis
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I must have missed the point where they explain why exactly did they have to smack the XCom label on this game. It seems different enough to find its own place in the market.
Apparently they're not even using the lore of the original game, then why?
(did they use those red switches, back in the 50s?)
Apparently they're not even using the lore of the original game, then why?
most obvious answer: more buzz > more hype > more $$$
(did they use those red switches, back in the 50s?)
Neuromancer
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I don't know but the whole thing's really bumming me out.Sinatar said:
It's weird. Those of us who were around for X-Com back in the day are going to be irritated by what looks like the complete lack of similarity, and those who weren't probably don't care about the name. It's a really strange move.Versipellis said:
This... is not what I hoped for in an X-COM sequel.
Is this how the NMA lunatics felt when the first Fallout 3 screenshots were revealed?
I still think Fallout 3 handled it pretty well, especially coming from a new developer. But it's much easier to convert Fallout to an FPS, considering that Fallout only deals with a lone player character, not a huge (expendable) X-COM death squad.
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I actually love the art style.
Servbot #42
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Wait where are the sectoids? That's like the most basic enemy! Are we really gonna fight black oil in the first few missions? if so i retract my previous statements of hopefulness. This game maybe cool on its own right but don't call it X-com because it's not X-com.
Gexecuter said:
It's puzzling. Only the first 2 X-Com games were great. Apocalypse was ehhhh, and the other non-strat games blew ass and bombed hard.
What's puzzling is that X-Com is an Old Man PC game. It's nearly 20 years old. The name means nothing--heck, the name meant nothing when they flushed it with the last 2 games. This is like a Dante's Inferno-esque example of bad naming. Is there going to be a Legend of Kyrandia kart racer next year?
White Man said:
A brand is a brand is a brand is a brand. That's how the industry seems to think. Your generic third person war shooter not really finding an identity? How about we slap 50 Cent onto it? Yeah, that oughta work.
I wouldn't be surprised if this didn't even start out as an X-Com game.
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DennisK4 said:
Yes, really. Not a technological showpiece, obviously, but it looks really charming, in my opinion.
Sinatar said:
Could it be that there will be at least a few different enemies in the game? I know that sounds like crazy talk, but hey...
Joseph Merrick
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yeah.. definitely not interested in this
DiscoJer
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bhlaab said:
Well, as many in this thread have pointed out, there's a very close similarity to the X-files. At last on the surface. FBI agents battling aliens.
That is probably why they used the X-com name. Similar enough it might get some recognition. You see that sometimes in other products, especially laundry detergents.
AgentOtaku
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I'll just echo what someone else said.
Art Direction looks great! ...I just wish this wasn't called Xcom
Art Direction looks great! ...I just wish this wasn't called Xcom
Gorgon
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Well, I'm liking it quite a lot. Is certainly NOT what I would expect and want from a proper new X-COM game and it certainly should have been a separate new IP. It's pretty clear they're just exploiting the X-COM name with this game.
BUT, I'm liking what I see, no doubt. I'm far more interested in this than any other upcoming FPS. In fact, this is the only upcoming FPS I'm interest in :lol
BUT, I'm liking what I see, no doubt. I'm far more interested in this than any other upcoming FPS. In fact, this is the only upcoming FPS I'm interest in :lol
MightyHedgehog
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With more than a decade of disappointing sequels or spinoffs, I'm not seeing quite why so many are so down on this...like it's the first potential drop from greatness or something. Anyway, if you can simply put aside expectations that come from the name, this sounds and looks pretty cool. If they can manage to include network co-op and squad control similar to the PC and old console versions of Space Hulk, I think this could well be amazing.
Hypereides
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Haunted said:
After Bioshock, Resistance and Mafia series....? Eh, not so much.
2 out of those 3 are 'interestingly' enough owned by 2K.
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highluxury said:
Resistance really doesn't make much use of it's time period and BioShock is art deco (and very much inspired by the 20's/30's), while this seems to be more in line with the anti-communism propaganda from the 50's and 60's.
Edit: this actually reminds me of the artwork by Chris Van Allsburg, a children's book author and illustrator.
MightyHedgehog
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Yeah, I think so...it's a lot more refreshing to see something like this than another damned gritty-looking, hyper realistic-looking title in a sea of of them. I want to have some visual variety and artwork from the era gives them plenty of license to work with that never-was 50s/60s classic look without having to continue to fall in line with a visual homogenization that unfortunately afflicts most non-family fare-type games this generation. I've been visually fatigued and rather bored by that seemingly universal aim for that photo-real/movie-like look of your average modern game. I mean, there's a whole box of crayons there and so many people just want to spit out facsimiles of reality.Haunted said:
Yeah, but considering how old those titles are, I'm sure it's not going to draw many people for the value the old name had anyway...not after so many failed followups post TftD. I mean, we're talking about a franchise that hasn't really lived up to the originals for almost fifteen years now. When Apocalypse was released, and that first sting of things not being quite what they should be was felt, it was all over... At some point, the name simply loses its original value.
Peronthious
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Meer's preview sounds amazing. I just went from being a bit lukewarm on the game to super hyped.
Koopakiller
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I don't understand the backlash from those screens. We already knew it would be an FPS - what did you guys expect?
Besides, seems the core elements are still there...
Besides, seems the core elements are still there...
SapientWolf
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It is an homage to X-Com. It looks like they want to do justice to the franchise but isometric turn based strategy games aren't mainstream enough to justify a big budget. So this is the compromise.Jarate said:
Neuromancer
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I agree with everything DennisK4 said. As a personal aside, I find the FBI agent angle irritating.DennisK4 said: