Enemy Known: XCOM's Baaaaaaaaaack

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Enemy Known: XCOM's Baaaaaaaaaack

Author: Alec Meer
Category: RockPaperShotgun 2K 2K Marin X-COM X-COM: UFO Defense xcom
Publish Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:51:05 +0000



Yeah, you heard me. X-COM, the game to end all games, is finally getting its long-rumoured remake/sequel. [Boom. Internet explodes.] Wahoo, basically. Yes, it is indeed a first-person shooter - it is extraordinarily sad to wave away X-COM's traditional genre, but c'mon, did you really think a AAA title in 2010 (or 11, or whenever it ends up being released) was going to be a turn-based strategy game? Let's wait and see where they take it, at least.

Contrary to ancient prophecy, this tantalising do-over isn't being made by Ken Levine, but rather is pitched as a game from 2K Marin, the Bioshock 2 chaps. Though it also seems 2K Australia (née Irrational Australia) are heavily involved. Sparse announcement details and the first in-game screenshot are below...

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Source: Rock, Paper, Shotgun

[buzzmong]

In summary:

2k Marin (of the not so good) Bioshock 2 are the main devs with a helping hand from Irrational.

It's an FPS.

It's PC and 360.


Prospect = Not good.

The fps side isn't bad, actually would make the battlescape quite interesting providing it was done in say a Rainbow 6/Swat 4 style, but without the world map and all of that stuff with it, it's just a remake of some of the other fps titles in the XCOM series, the ones that didn't do very well.

It's certainly not the sequel I want, back to waiting for UFO:AI then.

[Joose]

YEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHwait, what? FPS? What? Hmm.

Not sure how I feel about that.

It's certainly not the sequel I want, back to waiting for UFO:AI then.

Ooh, that looks interesting. I'll check that out later.

[Dog Pants]

it's just a remake of some of the other fps titles in the XCOM series, the ones that didn't do very well.

-s

There was only one, X-Com Enforcer. Which I think was ditched for being shit before release. And it's not even considered canon. So not much hope for this from me either. The whole appeal of the series was the R&D aspect, but yet again someone's bought the license thinking 'ooh, a great old game, that'll get people buying this shite FPS we've been working on'.

[HereComesPete]

Buh?

Why did you talk x-com in two separate threads? That's just weird.


But not as weird as us totally saying it needed a sequel and one turns up. Even though it sounds like it'll look good but be rather generic.

[buzzmong]

Why did you talk x-com in two separate threads? That's just weird.

T'other thread is Alec Meer chatting about UFO-EU, rather than this new product, ergo, different game different thread.