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[Always-honest]

XCOM.

please fill me in on the details. never played it.

 

[dofry]

Xcom, finest turn based strategy shooter, researching, alien invasion game that existed in 1993.
The sequels were never as good as the first one, but pleased many.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM

Is this an "xbox exclusive", or just xbox/PC game, and maybe later for every device?

 

[Monty Mole]

Xcom, finest turn based strategy shooter, researching, alien invasion game that existed in 1993.
The sequels were never as good as the first one, but pleased many.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM

Is this an "xbox exclusive", or just xbox/PC game, and maybe later for every device?

It's the common-place 360/Windows exclusive of Mass Effect 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction fame.

 

[toythatkills]

And this suddenly makes it "substantial"?

Sorry, I don't really follow your logic here :/

The PR itself refers to it as "one of gaming’s most beloved franchises."

Which doesn't make it true, but makes sense that OXM would go with it.

 

[corrosivefrost]

Xcom? They got me excited for xcom?

 

[Raide]

Are we sure its X-Com? That is supposed to be 360 and PC, yet this thread is supposed to be about a 360 exclusive title. Are they just saying that and just throwing the PC version is as a dead cert?

 

[McBradders]

The PR itself refers to it as "one of gaming’s most beloved franchises."

Which doesn't make it true, but makes sense that OXM would go with it.

Aye. Beloved it is. I wish someone had the funds and balls to do a true HD remake

 

[InfiniteNine]

They're bringing back Dig-Dug!? Awww, HELL YEAAAAAAAH!

 

[jorma]

The PR itself refers to it as "one of gaming’s most beloved franchises."

Which doesn't make it true, but makes sense that OXM would go with it.

Well that part IS true.

 

[ShogunX]

Xcom it is then! The cover art for the magazine looks pretty decent.

 

[Malio]

This being X-Com is AWESOME!

It being another damn FPS is not.

 

[iceatcs]

Are we sure its X-Com? That is supposed to be 360 and PC, yet this thread is supposed to be about a 360 exclusive title. Are they just saying that and just throwing the PC version is as a dead cert?

Always.

 

[Host Samurai]

I told you all that it would be another shooter. Man is this generation predictable or what?

 

[Deleted member 30609]

shooters are fun and profitable.

 

[shaowebb]

Piss on this. I wanted me some Kuros revival.

 

[riceandbeans]

Xcom? They got me excited for xcom?

This. I don't even know what the fuck x-com is.

 

[Haunted]

People ignorant of X-Com.

smh

shooters are fun and profitable.

Well, some are. Few are both.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

This. I don't even know what the fuck x-com is.

I do (friends who played it) and I see no reason why it should come back.

Certainly not as an FPS, as current console FPS's have shown over and over again that "invasion" plots don't work with the current hardware limitations (that is, without compromising "realistic graphics"). Crysis did well with that plot -imho, as your milage may vary - , but mostly because of it's MASSIVE sense of scale.


And micromanagement and FPS controls really do not mix to well, I'm afraid.