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X-COM: Enemy Unknown Game Informer Mag Details [Up8: Sid Meier Talks XCOM]
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Cause they need to keep the creepy smile!
Technosteve
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first pic looks like they are sending in the rookies in first as meat shields, while the vets lounge in the back
Welcome to XCOM!
Screaming_Gremlin
My QB is a Dick and my coach is a Nutt
I don't think anyone wants to relive the Diablo 3 art style threads.
But as others have said, I think the graphics are fine for the type of game this is. I just hope they nail the gameplay of the original.
Fair enough. They do need to keep that slasher smile. The happiest little aliens in the world. They only want hugs! (And to implant their young inside you, so you can die in a gory explosion when the new Chryssalid appears.) Wonderful foes, those. I mean... KILL IT! KILL IT WITH PLASMA!
By the way, are the aliens the ones wearing suits in the screenshot? That's kind of funny. The XCOM troops are wearing armor, and the suit guys are red on the radar. Also, UI upgrade: Radar!
of course
Neuromancer
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Nice job Xater. Also note the generic name of the soldier in the bottom left hand corner, hope that's editable!
schragnasher
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Hex vs Grid is a never ending battle...and Firaxis has made their stand on on the hexes side, even in civ. Personally i think hexes makes for more realistic placement and movement.
The smile is a plate that hides the tongue that implants the eggs.
Yeah, but that was all Shafer and he left.
So you havent played XCOM? Thats heresy
Yep, there is a radar but because of the symbols next to it and them mentioning the fog of war, I am sure you can only see enemies on the radar that you have line of sight with. It just makes orientation easier in a 3D game.
NullPointer
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I'm ready for this.
Chairman Yang
if he talks about books, you better damn well listen
The last screenshot made me incredibly excited, despite the graphics being average. TB gaming has so much unexploited potential. Just updating UIs alone will push the genre forward.
I'd actually lean towards the game doing better at full price. Die hard X-COM/turn-based strategy/old-school PC fans will definitely buy this game at full price, assuming it turns out reasonably well. Why charge less than they'd pay for? Other customers will have to be won over, but I doubt a low price alone would do that.
Lactose_Intolerant
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Camera is off in every screenshot, but I'll still play it. I hope that's the camera zoomed in on the tactical shot. It needs to be zoomed out more.
It has been mentioned already, but holy cow the stone and bark textures are bad. You don't just make a boulder then slap a texture with dark shadows all over it.
It has been mentioned already, but holy cow the stone and bark textures are bad. You don't just make a boulder then slap a texture with dark shadows all over it.
Neuromancer
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I haven't played this X-Com, it's not out yet!
NinajHeartless
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Looks fantastic 
I just hope the "streamlining" that they are doing doesn't change the feel of the combat too much. The original X-COM definitely could use some UI improvements, but the game mechanics themselves were pretty sound.
I just hope the "streamlining" that they are doing doesn't change the feel of the combat too much. The original X-COM definitely could use some UI improvements, but the game mechanics themselves were pretty sound.Personally, I prefer hexes if the game has a lot of outdoor areas and grid if it's indoors with a lot of right angles. They each have their merits.
Even if I never actually completed X-Com, those things do leave a lasting impression. Just when you get used to the plasma fire coming from out of nowhere when you disembark the Skyranger, you suddenly get these super fast horror monsters that kill with a touch and turn their victims into more of them. In a map full of defenseless civilians. Each scream in the night means one more Chryssalid to fight... They are coming.
Then you get flying armor and you taunt them from the air. Ha ha, stupid melee only critter! Then the Etherals show up... Ha ha, stupid Psi weak X-Com agents! I never made it past the Etherals...
They confirmed fog, it might just be disabled for the sake of the screenshot.
Oh, phew. Loved the aliens in the fog (that killed my noobs).
thetrin
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Well, you'll be happy to know that the original X-Com was designed by Julian Gollop, who also worked on Shadow Wars.
Go back and play X-Com.
More Fun To Compute
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So I just made this. What we can probably learn from the combat screen:
Now tha ti think about it what i marked as cover could also be armor. I assumed it's cover because of the indicator by the XCOM member behind the tree.
What you marked as health makes a lot more sense for me as being action points. How many action points someone has should be more important to know than health. Maybe the blocks indicate a more easy to digest action point system, like 1 block equals one move or action. The most forward soldier still standing while having all the blocks greyed out might be significant.
Any game that has an isometric perspective.
Maybe they should have made Diablo 3 in first person.
thetrin
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I think they pretty much said that destructible environs was a big part of X-com in the past, and it's going to be in this one.
"Should X-Com have been in a first person perspective?"
They were mentioned in the original press release.
Hmm maybe. Then I guess the health indicator would be the shield? But then again you don't see the shield at all the XCOm members...
Well i guess that part of the UI is debatable. It does look good though and we will probably know soon enough what everything means.
Doesn't really make sense being able to see your enemies AP though. I'm thinking he's right about the health thing.
More Fun To Compute
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I don't think that enemy health should be there at all really as that is information you shouldn't know but who knows.
For the icons I guess that the > indicators are movements left and blocks are actions left. The white line on the bar is pretty subtle and could just be a highlight effect to show selection.
For any other game maybe but for xcom keeping track of how much opportunity fire they have is much more important information.
"What X-COM can learn from Halo"
Metalmurphy
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No one's complaining about Path of Exile... Being Isometric has nothing to do with it.
For your guys sure, it's kind of cheating if you know what they have though.
This is a worrying comment, as it doesn't hint at whats been removed or why.Game Informer said:
I can see reworking certain aspects to fit with a newer interface, but to not even mention it beyond 'yeah they're stripping things out' is going to cause anger.
I'll wait until I see it in motion, but so far it doesn't look bad to me.
Minsc
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I can't tell if its hexagons or octagons. Look at the shape to the right of the tree.
Boogalogist
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I'll take this over that FPS "remake".
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